Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Important work is also progressing in the recognition of engineering drawings for both the lines of the drawings and for text found on the diagrams ( Waite , 1989 ; Dori , 1991 ; Lysak and Kasturi , 1991 ) , and of musical notation ( Fahmy and Blostein , 1991 ) . |
| 2 | Its supporting declaration called for the creation of " independent organs of struggle based on the factories " , and this was taken up at the Workers Charter Convention held in Bermondsey on 12 April 1931 . |
| 3 | The large sums of money spent on the maltings have enabled manufacturing cost increases to be held well below inflation . |
| 4 | Checks on weeded volumes or on the physical quality of stock left on the shelves are reasonably easy to apply . |
| 5 | The expression of confusion observed on the faces of such cats as they pick themselves up is in itself sufficient to turn any cat-lover against the idea of claw-removal . |
| 6 | It is well known that isolation in itself , with no sleep loss , can induce hallucinatory experiences , and it seems that in this experiment the effects of sleep loss potentiated the relatively mild levels of isolation imposed on the subjects . |
| 7 | Our main argument in this paper is that linguists have not often recognised the need for this sort of justification ; that their views about what is educationally relevant in the field of language study does not always coincide with the concerns expressed by educationalists ; and that linguists and educationalists need to begin a common search for relevance in which the linguists ' knowledge is related to a frame of reference based on the needs of learners and teachers . |
| 8 | Did you feel impressed by the standard of work displayed on the walls ? |
| 9 | Clouds were moving across the far north-west of the landscape as I got to the cave , and I 'd just reached the mouth when the first drops of rain spattered on the stones at my feet . |
| 10 | Marital : Many a parental marriage is broken by the amount of focus put on the problems of the child primary sufferer rather than Upon improving the marital relationship and giving each other support in the time of crisis . |
| 11 | It was also suggested that a policeman attending court at the trial of the present proceedings might take note of evidence based on the disclosures and use that evidence . |
| 12 | Meetings are conducted according to rules of debate modelled on the rules used in what is probably the most famous talking shop in the world — the Houses of Parliament at Westminster . |
| 13 | This took and debate assisted in the further elaboration of a structuralist Marxist school of writing based on the notions of ‘ hegemony ’ and ‘ relative autonomy ’ . |
| 14 | No war correspondent , however , could have described the gloom that pervaded the air , or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days . |
| 15 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 16 | Notes taken at the time of operation commented on the appearances of ‘ an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma infiltrating strap muscles anteriorly and carotid sheath posteriorly . |
| 17 | One type of bird found on the slopes are Ptarnigan — * |
| 18 | In the midst of concrete towers and slabs , the office blocks and apartment buildings of the new Perugia , stood an old stone farmhouse , squat and sturdy , with its attendant chicken coops and vegetable garden , the walls dyed green by years of sulphur sprayed on the vines running up to form a pergola . |
| 19 | It was always going to be a tough encounter , with the likelihood of further displays of petulance based on the tourists ' suspicion of the umpires . |
| 20 | The silence of curiosity descended on the guests as Giancarlo said , ‘ Finalmente ! |
| 21 | Since the average rate of interest paid on the deposits was about 9 per cent ( Mates 1986 ) , the banks would have needed to charge an average interest rate on their counterpart dinar loans of over 50 per cent in order to cover themselves . |
| 22 | Police found his body buried in a back-garden cesspit , and the widow was last seen by her next-door neighbour doing a ‘ voodoo dance in the garden with blood smeared on the doorsteps . |
| 23 | The confident mood of the left in the 1960s had been part of a sudden wider upsurge in creativity concentrated on the arts , pop music , fashion , ‘ lifestyle ’ and sexual attitudes . |
| 24 | ‘ The provisions of articles 30 to 34 shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports , exports , or goods in transit justified on the grounds of … public policy … the protection of health and life of humans ; … |
| 25 | The swelter in summer squeezed on the planes of his skull like a knight 's helmet overheating in the sun , before the Saracens taught the Christians to wear veils , and the winds of winter bit into his brows like braces screwed onto scaffolding to keep it rigid , and set pain skirling through his body . |
| 26 | There was a strong emphasis on efficiency based on the ideas of Jeremy Bentham and utilitarianism in all this legislation . |
| 27 | By one of the great ironic twists , the club 's claims to aristocracy hinged on the moods of a working-class roadsweeper from Glasgow . |