Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , nationalist argument and continual bickering between nation-states played on the fears and worries of the borderlands . |
| 2 | For Windows 3.0 users there is a separate set of drivers held on the drivers disk ( they actually work under 3.1 as well , but not as fast as the proper 3.1 drivers ) . |
| 3 | At their busiest , the annual case load of tribunals exceeded 300,000 cases , though this has now stabilized at around 150,000 cases a year as a result of limitations placed on the rights of appeal under the income support and social fund scheme introduced in April 1988 . |
| 4 | Moreover , when in 1870 urban administrative councils ( dumy ) analogous to the rural zemstvos were established , even the most prominent commoners tended to defer to the minority of nobles represented on the councils . |
| 5 | He passed me by , probably more concerned about his own men of 6 Commando and the large number of casualties inflicted on the Commandos during the attack on the enemy positions in the village just along the road . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Thirdly , is the inevitable consequence of good arrangements the presence of cheats , including mimics , thieves , parasites , parasitoids , nectar-robbers , toxin-users , and , of course , the whole pyramid of carnivores based on the herbivores , some of which ( as in the case of the hapless fig-wasps ) have been mentioned above , notably birds and ants . |
| 8 | Each month we publish a round-up of forecasts based on the averages of 170 seers polled by Consensus Economics . |
| 9 | The bank rate went down , and so did the Irish government , while the weight of lorries allowed on the roads of Britain went up from 3212 to 38 tonnes . |
| 10 | However , the types of germs found on the fingers are n't usually the same one s which cause a discharge . |
| 11 | I lay in the bath daydreaming of putters that never missed and that were made of priceless and perfect metals unknown to man , of millions of pounds won on the fairways of the world , and of even more millions made off the course . |
| 12 | The variety of languages spoken on the streets and in shops is extraordinary — for new immigrants as well as the old Anglo settlers . |
| 13 | I went in and looked with some surprise at a pan of sausages balanced on the coals . |
| 14 | Lack of labour hastened the coming of the steel plough ( c.1775 ) , but this in turn reduced the number of men required on the farms . |
| 15 | The " aid " took the form of contingents of warriors maintained on the lands of the see of Rheims , but still available for service at the king 's behest . |
| 16 | One estimate is based on the size of marks found on the heads of some sperm whales ( who eat mainly squid ) . |
| 17 | Eyes like beetles caught on the bushes . |
| 18 | But in contrast , the DTI has not been notably successful in bringing prosecutions against insiders based on the dossiers provided — as the Geoffrey Collier case demonstrates . |
| 19 | Section 60 Public Health Act 1936 already applies to warehouses which have ‘ on any upper floor sleeping accommodation for persons employed on the premises ’ . |
| 20 | This method has been used since , and others have been added to it , including methods based on the effects of Jupiter on the paths of fly-by spacecraft . |
| 21 | The central of the three portals is sculptured in a masterly manner with birds above the capitals ( 417 and PLATE 47 ) and with columns supported on the backs of crouching ( rather worn ) lions . |
| 22 | On their way they passed the entrances to other corridors , some with names painted on the walls . |
| 23 | Leather was no doubt obtained from cattle stocked on the Ings . |
| 24 | Major changes in these conditions came with the ‘ turnpiking ’ of many of the major roads in the later eighteenth century , the creation of metalled highways by local trusts who paid the costs from tolls exacted on the users . |
| 25 | The cost is shared by the governments of Australia , Britain , Canada , India , New Zealand and South Africa in proportions based on the numbers of their graves . |
| 26 | She disapproved of the haphazard selection of foster parents ( she would have much preferred the children to go to hostels run on the lines of Bunce Court ) and , when the Movement pressed ahead anyway , she concentrated on plucking out from the crowd the children she identified as especially gifted and on salvaging those who had been packed off to unsuitable foster homes . |
| 27 | In the rise to power of individuals in the closing decades of the Roman Republic many magistrates advertised their right to office by reminding the populace of the virtues of their ancestors through portraits reproduced on the coins they were authorised to mint . |
| 28 | Among projects rejected on the grounds of a lack of funds are a number researching into climate change and environmental protection technology . |
| 29 | This evidence that most men take the threat of AIDS seriously was backed up by comments made on the questionnaires and in the discussion groups . |