Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Radice will implement her policy by vetoing aberrant grants among the 1,122 ( totalling $66.1 million ) that the National Council on the Arts has approved for funding on the recommendations of peer panels . |
| 2 | Would one find controlled authorities rationally closing the hospitals which they had been told were least fit to serve for the future — for instance on the grounds of extreme remoteness to districts served or lack of viability in terms of the relative decline of the resident population — and thus cases of rule book judgements ? |
| 3 | In the first year , students are required to study a unit on Europe and the Wider World from 1850 to 1945 and to choose between units on The Origins of Modern Society and The Emergence of Modern Ireland . |
| 4 | Reference can be made to the CFM for guidance on the terms of engagement that may be appropriate to particular types of engagement in the context of the reports involved . |
| 5 | Bonfires are lit after sunset on the feasts of Santo António ( 13 June ) , São João ( 24 June ) and São Pedro ( 29 June ) . |
| 6 | Because of these difficulties , governments might decide to impose strict liability for compensation on the practitioners of in vitro fertilisation . |
| 7 | Bitter wife Mary , 44 , revealed last night that she was suing for divorce on the grounds of his adultery with ‘ Wildcat ’ TV girl Jacqueline Marson . |
| 8 | Dismissing the appeal , the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , said the sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility — which he said did not mean total loss of responsibility — was entirely proper and could not be faulted . |
| 9 | The advocates of equality , as well as those more concerned with other goals , are given a cue for reflection on the inequalities of equalization . |
| 10 | They all agreed to this , and they became so occupied looking for ivy on the walls alongside the lane that they did n't see two boys suddenly come racing round the bend just by Miss Miggs 's cottage . |
| 11 | It relates to places of entertainment such as cinemas , theatres , dance halls , and proprietary clubs and permits the sale or supply of liquor for consumption on the premises to persons frequenting them as an ancillary to the entertainment provided . |
| 12 | For an authority is legitimate only if there are sufficient reasons to accept it , i.e. sufficient reasons to follow its directives regardless of the balance of reasons on the merits of such action . |
| 13 | Inasmuch as that additional reason may tip the balance one can perhaps over-dramatize the situation by saying that an authoritative requirement is a reason to act against the balance of reasons on the merits of the case . |
| 14 | The fact that it will rain tomorrow , for example , may mean that I should not go to London , even though the balance of reasons on the merits of my going ( i.e. all the reasons pro and con but the rain ) suggest that I should go . |
| 15 | Hence unfair dismissal and redundancy are considered by the tribunal , as are cases of discrimination on the grounds of race , sex or trade union activities . |
| 16 | She was also asked to produce a Code of Practice to promote equality and ensure the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race and gender . |
| 17 | This work is to be directed in conjunction with A MacGregor , Department of Social and Economic Research , and is the outcome of discussions on the interactions of housing and labour markets . |
| 18 | The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) . |
| 19 | He had seen it hundreds of times on the faces of people who fancied that they had said too much to him , opened their hearts too wide . |
| 20 | NEW radio station Spire FM has recruited town crier Bob Scott to shout out details of programmes on the streets of Salisbury , Wilts . |
| 21 | I stop to take pictures of graffiti on the walls of a looted gas station/minimart and notice an abandoned 24-hour donut shop . |
| 22 | A programme of meetings on the problems of LDCs was to follow the Bangladesh session , including a meeting in Moscow at the end of the month with the Soviet Union and East European countries , meetings in Geneva in late March with Western donor countries , and an international conference scheduled for Paris in September 1990 . |
| 23 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) ruled on June 19 that UK courts were empowered to suspend an act of parliament on the grounds of its alleged incompatibility with European Community ( EC ) law . |
| 24 | And it was down to two brilliant second shots by the boss , with a bit of confirmation on the clubs from me , where the 1965 British Open title was going . |
| 25 | Instead , she 's got Tommy and Iain dancing around her flat to UB40 at full volume , heavy on the bass , psyching themselves up for another night of action on the by-ways of Pinner Green . |
| 26 | What is more insidious is the lack of guidance on the levels of accuracy to be expected or , where aggregate data are supplied ( for example , the sum or average of the values at a number of points over an area ) statements about the variability of these values within the area are exceptional . |
| 27 | Publishers ' blurbs — i.e. the brief descriptions of books on the insides of dust covers — may sometimes be used as selection information by librarians , and are certainly a very important factor for readers selecting from library shelves , though they constitute at best a dubious selection instrument for librarians and readers alike . |
| 28 | There are plenty of books on the applications of information technology and several quite good introductory texts on computing for courses in schools but this is the first to take a general look at information technology in education in its broadest sense . |
| 29 | 8.22–24 , 30 ) ; in sacrificial ritual generally , the main activity of the Temple at Jerusalem , the principal feature was the dashing of the blood of animals on the horns of the altar and on the floor of the sanctuary ( Exod. |
| 30 | That measure was aimed at tackling the menace of the casual carrying of knives on the streets to which the hon. Member for Leyton drew attention . |