Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The article was not a news report , however , but one of those background features that appear on the women 's pages of quality newspapers after some well-publicized court case .
2 ‘ Our album opened doors for us all over the world , ’ he says , ‘ and another major factor in our success was that one of the songs on it , ‘ Wall Of Tears ’ , was included on the Women 's Heart C.D. which has already sold over 200,000 copies in Ireland alone .
3 Mr MacMullen , a lecturer in politics at Durham University , believes Labour will bring its biggest guns to bear on the Tories ' record and the Conservatives may no longer be able to rely on traditional Tory vote winners , like defence , management of the economy and crime .
4 It was this drive that led travellers to comment on the Catalans ' capacity to make ‘ soil out of rock ’ .
5 Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell .
6 The youth team , all drawn from non-rugby playing schools , improved greatly after half-time and spent long periods pressing on the schools ' line .
7 Whatever effect this has on the children 's futures as clerks , it maims creative instinct .
8 That solicitor attended on the magistrates ' court at 4.20 that afternoon .
9 This depends on the judges ' views of the merits of the case before them or ( I would add ) the direction their political inclinations lead them — what I call below their ‘ view of the public interest ’ .
10 It rests on what is bound to be , to some extent , subjective assessment , as in playing a game when there are rules and communal experience to draw on , but ultimately it depends on the players ' awareness and skill .
11 First , what happens to a site or cell in our lattice depends on the neighbours ' scores , and thence on the state of the neighbours ' neighbours .
12 This depends on the manufacturers ' software .
13 Judge Brian Wall , heading the tribunal , said it had yet to rule on the authorities ' submission that the obstetrician and gynaecologist was not a fit and proper person to practise medicine .
14 Writing on the boys ' club movement in 1904 , W. J. Braithwaite thought that ‘ itis dangerous for the club and the boys that many of them should have tasted too much of freedom ’ .
15 Washington were left to sweat on the Packers ' result when Vince Evans ' three-yard touchdown pass to Tim Brown with 13 seconds left gave the Los Angeles Raiders a shock 21-20 victory .
16 Either he was dead straight , or else he was the sharpest operator-bar none , including the guy she 'd met on a singles ' holiday who 'd almost managed to convince her that he was on his final fling with only ninety days left to live — that she had ever encountered .
17 Their original term was to be twenty-one years , though extension was usual , and few restrictions were imposed on the trusts ' powers of raising capital on the security of the tolls , on their use of it , or on the appointment of toll gatherers , nor on the freedom to contract out the tolls at auction .
18 Strains are imposed on the self-builders ' families and main jobs , and as a result these schemes are not suitable for all persons and rarely for the elderly .
19 Unfortunately , the Palace had been forced to move to Herne Hill by the time the match against Bob 's old club , Croydon Common , was staged , and it is not known what arrangements were made on the players ' behalf .
20 Guests ' bills are written up daily from the duplicate vouchers which are debited to the visitors ' tabular ledger and it follows that the balances shown on the guests ' bills must correspond with the balances in the visitors ' tabular ledger .
21 The erosion has created a fan of scree which is rapidly encroaching on the Lovers ' walk path .
22 Update on The Gardeners ' Memorial Garden
23 The gulf between High Ashdonian and English became obvious when Sue Lawley commented on the Liberals ' election campaign .
24 In reporting on the children 's work he noted this : If any society wanted to perpetuate notions of female fickleness and the importance of accepting the proprietorial bias of moral authority , then here is a tale for the purpose .
25 The Namutamba Rural Education Project started in 1967 , is based on a teachers ' college and involves fifteen primary schools near the town of Mityana , some fifty miles from Kampala .
26 Salmon 's case is based on the Occupiers ' Liability Act , in that it was key to the decision that the defendant was the occupier .
27 Tom Harvey prepares a cost and sales report weekly : This simply shows total sales ( based on the waiters ' checks , which have been checked against cash receipts and any credit bills ) and cost of food sold ( based on an analysed kitchen day book which records opening stocks , purchases and closing stocks ) .
28 DFDS TRANSPORT 's primary product is door/door transport , based on the customers ' need with regard to flexibility , stability , transit-time , frequency and a competitive cost level .
29 John Jevons , Clwyd 's social services director , says in a report to councillors today that a plan would be thrashed out to best meet the needs of individuals based on the residents ' reaction .
30 Locke could have learnt from his Carolina experience that the old English approach to property , based on the tenants ' allegiance to the landlord , was no longer fully accepted and certainly was not suitable for export to a new territory .
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