Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The success of my Versailles experiment partly depended on the characters of its hotels . |
2 | To pay the rent hereby reserved on the days and in the manner aforesaid |
3 | These changes in social identity set the parameters of potential riots , but the actual incidence and seriousness of rioting often depended on the actions of individual officials and the presence of random catalysts which could prompt disturbances . |
4 | There is not a shred of evidence that fearsome beasts were ritually slaughtered in the arena or lissome slave-girls routinely sacrificed on the altars of scowling deities . |
5 | It is therefore advisable to delete clause 9.1.6 , or if that fails , at least ensure that it is amended to refer to the distress or execution being levied at the premises ( 5 ) Consider adding the following two provisos : PROVIDED HOWEVER that in the event that this Lease is mortgaged at the time of the proposed re-entry and the Landlord has been given notice of the existence of the mortgage then prior to such re-entry or proceedings therefor the Landlord will serve a notice of such proceedings and proposed re-entry on the mortgagee at the mortgagee 's last known address AND PROVIDED FURTHER that if the Tenant ( being an individual ) becomes bankrupt or ( being a company ) enters into liquidation ( whether compulsory or voluntary save for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company ) or has a receiver appointed the Landlord shall not exercise the right of re-entry by virtue of such bankruptcy liquidation or receivership unless neither the Tenant nor its mortgagee shall pay the rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and in the manner provided or there shall be any breach or non-performance or non-observance of any of the other covenants or agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained |
6 | Her Majesty barely touched on the problems afflicting her family this year , which included the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of York . |
7 | NIGEL MANSELL clocked the fastest lap ever seen on the streets of Adelaide to secure provisional pole position for Sunday 's Australian Grand Prix . |
8 | A close study of the textual variants of this poem makes one wonder how much value Wordsworth really put on the words of a poem as opposed to its message ( see THE CONTROVERSY OVER POETIC DICTION below ) . |
9 | If , as the Guardian said , ‘ the campaign barely touched on the issues that will engulf us ’ , this is because we , the people , have been treated like small children , and protected against upsetting debate ; like those news bulletins that warn that scenes we are about to witness may prove disturbing . |
10 | ‘ If you had turned round , you would have seen your fate indelibly written on the faces of the people behind you . |
11 | ‘ If you had turned round , you would have seen your fate indelibly written on the faces of the people behind you . |
12 | The plan therefore built on the proposals put forward in 1937 by Sir Charles Bressey and Sir Edwin Lutyens for London 's traffic , and proposed to add to the two already partly-built outer ring roads ( the North and South Orbital and the North and South Circular ) with two corresponding inner rings — ‘ the fast traffic ring-road an |
13 | The Commissioners therefore reported on the forests as potential sources of profit to the Crown and to the local landowners . |
14 | It was n't one of the major soccer matches of the day , indeed , national media attention rarely focused on the fortunes of Bradford City Football Club . |
15 | The highlight of the Junior School charities programme is the Summer Charities Fair held on the lawns in June . |
16 | Exactly how this is achieved is not clear , for experiments using 10 per cent HCI show that although the mineral content of the bones and dentine is removed , leaving the bones with a soft rubbery texture , there is usually some enamel still left on the teeth . |
17 | Having gained the support of the staff , attention then focused on the children . |
18 | The company has warned that the jobs of 18 quarrymen , currently employed at another site almost exhausted on the outskirts of nearby Kilbarchan , can only be safeguarded if the Elderslie scheme wins approval . |
19 | Held , allowing the appeal , that section 69(1) of the Housing Act 1985 imposed a duty on housing authorities to exercise their discretion in deciding what constituted suitable accommodation for persons whom they had a duty to house under section 65(2) of the Act ; that any decision on suitability necessarily depended on the circumstances prevailing at the time and called for a subjective judgment by a housing authority to be made before the performance of the executive act of securing suitable accommodation for an applicant ; and that the duty imposed by section 69(1) was to be exercised by housing authorities subject only to challenge by way of proceedings for judicial review in the High Court , and not on their merits by an action in the county court ( post , pp. 213E–H , 214B–C , 218A–C ) . |
20 | I 'm working on 12 single figures all based on the apostles , the last series of paintings was very much more bathers . |
21 | And Tom Hanks bravely piled on the pounds to play the part of Jimmy Dugan , a tobacco-spitting drunk and played-out former star brought in to manage the girls . |
22 | In 1988 , offered the honour of taking part in the Lord Mayor of London 's Show and carrying the Burgh Standard , the town of Langholm proudly declined on the grounds that the cherished flag was never displayed other than on Common Riding Day and never left the town , and that ‘ It would be demeaning for the Principals to take part in a ‘ fancy dress ’ parade' . |
23 | details of publisher and editorial staff usually printed on the contents page . |
24 | Instead , the debate here focused on the bonuses Charlton 's players will receive for getting to Italy ( £25,000 per man ) and the Sports Minister 's public criticism of Irish television for their decision not to screen the other tie in Group Six , between Hungary and Spain . |
25 | Another creature commonly found on the beakers is a dolphin . |
26 | The southern borders of the little Papal State now touched on the lands of the same family . |
27 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
28 | The two bronze Moors on the clock-tower outside hammered on the bells to announce that it was midday . |
29 | The Combination Acts brought the state into a more manifestly repressive role against trade unions , although the initiation of proceedings still rested on the employers . |
30 | I asked the Home Secretary to list the kinds of information currently held on the police national computer under the data class of warning signals . |