Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was ultimately conceded in 1964 when teachers were given majority representation on the Schools Council for the curriculum and examinations . |
| 2 | In 1985 , there had been local opposition to US moves to find base sites on the islands as an alternative to the Philippines . |
| 3 | The Burlington , Massachusetts company already has OEM agreements on the things from ICL Plc , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , NCR Corp , Sequent Computer Systems Inc , Intergraph Corp and Unisys Corp , and now Sun Microsystems Inc has joined the party . |
| 4 | It is usually beneficial for organisations whose activities involve some degree of risk to the public to establish two–way communication on the issues . |
| 5 | How many hundreds or thousands of those gallons were tipped into the saucepans the report does not reveal , but certain it is that in these days it is not at all uncommon to find dishes of chicken , langouste or lobster flambé au whisky on the menus of French provincial and Parisian restaurants . |
| 6 | Willie lifted it up to find Tom standing on the steps , with a large tray in his hands . |
| 7 | The site was purchased from Woking Borough Council which has nomination rights on the properties . |
| 8 | And , it says , ‘ only a fifth of companies provide orientation advice on the localities , schooling , commuting and general amenities ’ . |
| 9 | He does n't defend it as the best way of getting the correct decision , he does n't defend it , or he does n't solely defend it that way he does n't defend it either on the idea that people have right to be tried by their peers for example which is the most likely defence now , but he defends jury service on the grounds of the effect it has on the jurors which is quite a novel erm . |
| 10 | When she was n't required for her scene in the court room of Alexandria she was fetching and carrying and dabbing calamine lotion on the shoulders of John Harbour who , earlier in the day , had been broiled pink as a lobster by inexpertly using a sun-lamp . |
| 11 | This proposal to monitor vehicle movements on the motorways , for example . |
| 12 | They were crap , but you could scratch with them if you put 10p pieces on the heads . |
| 13 | That 's why I try and stay away from the throttle in the middle of the corner when you 've got max pressure on the tyres . |
| 14 | The Department of Health publishes tar tables to encourage smokers who can not or will not give up smoking to switch to lower tar brands on the grounds that this may at least lower their risk of lung cancer . |
| 15 | Second seed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa joined Martina Navratilova on the sidelines when she was beaten 7–6 6–2 by 17 year-old American Chanda Rubin . |
| 16 | Kenneth Fulcher demanded to know where his wife was and confronted Kevin Leonard on the stairs of his home . |
| 17 | We also wish to hear staff views on the sorts of services which they wish to see provided . |
| 18 | The use of warships to blockade Iraq and enforce UN Security Council sanctions after the invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 , served to focus world attention on the problems and possibilities of naval operations in support of United Nations resolutions . |
| 19 | The League , which had already campaigned for nationwide non-payment of taxes , on Oct. 9 caused an further uproar by calling on small savers not to buy treasury bonds on the grounds that their money would be at risk . |
| 20 | It may be the song of the curlew that recalls childhood holidays on the moors and dales , the calls of oystercatchers that bring to mind the seaside , the smell of the salt , the sunshine and ice cream ; or the song of the thrush that brings back the memory of a walk , a place , a friend who shared a memorable day . |
| 21 | One aspect of word processing that the user has available in most programs is the facility to use FUNCTION KEYS on the keyboards ( e. g. these keys are in red on the BBC microcomputer and run from f0 to f9 ) . |
| 22 | Simply set inbound track on the obs scale ( 090° fig 52 ) and intercept . |
| 23 | The local opposition did not require much effort to undermine state legitimacy on the effects of uranium mining : indeed the state itself contributed strongly to its own delegitimization . |
| 24 | Yellow card : The Takeover Panel has rapped Michael Knighton on the knuckles for pulling out of his £20m bid for Manchester United . |
| 25 | THE TAKEOVER Panel has rapped Michael Knighton on the knuckles for his failure to see his £20m bid for Manchester United football club through . |
| 26 | Mr Abbott arrived to brief Mr Branson on the talks , which went on all day at BA 's offices in St James 's Square , central London . |
| 27 | Since the issue price can be fixed so that it is virtually impossible for the rights price to become negative , companies which pay underwriting commission on a rights issue are making an expensive ex gratia payment . |
| 28 | It follows that any proposal for a use with potential odour emission problems could not be classed as ‘ light industrial ’ and might therefore be refused planning permission on the grounds of conflict with the local plan . |
| 29 | To distribute compression loads on the spars and spine , the bridle trihedrons went direct to each extremity.What could be more simple ? |
| 30 | They can also develop pressure sores on the elbows and other joints . |