Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think of that most perfect of all archaeological records — the city of Pompeii — where we have everything preserved from the statue in the elegant garden to the beans in the cooking pot , from the political graffiti on the walls to the obscene paintings in the brothel . |
| 2 | This is a very attractive Queen Anne building , situated in a quiet private lane on the outskirts of the pretty village of Pulborough . |
| 3 | His is not an isolated story — to this day many people report hearing or seeing a strange presence on the slopes of the mountain . |
| 4 | Anyone who remembers the soggy paper , fuzzy grey photographs and provincial texts of the publications produced by the Eastern bloc museums in the past , will rejoice at this series , with their beautiful colour illustrations of every object , intelligent individual commentaries , full bibliographies , and introductory essays on the histories of the respective institutions . |
| 5 | He had a pleasant apartment on the outskirts of Moscow with his young wife and baby daughter , and hoped to achieve a small dacha . |
| 6 | Standing in shallow water amongst the tall reeds on the banks of the river , Mark counted eight herons , all motionless , their necks inclined upwards at precisely the same angle , as if in silent prayer . |
| 7 | McDunn stands talking to some heavily brassed uniformed cops on the steps of the front door . |
| 8 | One line of evidence is the fact that severe ‘ inner city ’ deprivation is no longer to be found just in older urban areas but also in the outer council-housing estates on the edges of cities which were built to house inner city residents displaced by renewal programmes ( CES Ltd , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Lund is a village of some 120 houses on the Wolds between Beverley and Driffield . |
| 10 | It also focussed attention at each level on the measures of performance required for effective monitoring and control , and the information dependencies of all subsystems . |
| 11 | The machineheads are the new Schaller locking types , finished in polished black chrome , and with large knurled knobs on the backs of the gear casings that make them look very much like Sperzels . |
| 12 | In 1982 , the British Library commissioned a study of ‘ information demand and supply in British industry ’ and following the completion and publication of this report , BL commissioned a further study of the prospective impact of technical change on the demands for information services . |
| 13 | Marenches had strong views on the reasons for the Shah 's fall . |
| 14 | Coun John Elders said : ‘ We would particularly like to hear from young people who have strong views on the facilities for them in Seaton and what entertainment could possibly be provided . ’ |
| 15 | She discovered the dirt and thickened wax deep in his ears , the grubbiness at the back of his neck , the hoof-like skin on the soles of his feet , the bitten nails . |
| 16 | The object can be sited within an imaginary transparent cube , offering six possible views on the axes of three dimensional space . |
| 17 | What changed all that was a book Suffer Little Children by a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , who runs his own Medical Institute for Research into Child Cruelty from his home and is known for controversial views on the causes of child abuse . |
| 18 | Eventually , after appealing her case for years in the UK , she took it to the European Court which agreed that there must be equal opportunities to claim social security benefits , and that discrimination on the grounds of either sex or marital status must end . |
| 19 | In fact such behaviour constitutes an act of discrimination and it should be noted that discrimination on the grounds of nationality , for example giving a preference to British goods as opposed to French goods rather than treating them on their merits , is an offence under Article 7 of the Rome Treaty . |
| 20 | I will feed them in good pasture and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel , there they will lie down in good grazing ground , and they will feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel . |
| 21 | Mr Des Wilson , the Liberal Democrat campaign manager , played down the racial element in the vote that defeated Mr Taylor , saying : ‘ We won that seat on the merits of our campaign , not because a few votes for the Tory may have been influenced by the colour of their candidate 's skin . ’ |
| 22 | Evan Roberts noticed them , and as I touched them , felt their cool cleanliness and the slight resilient weight on the backs of my fingers . |
| 23 | Assuming the no-arbitrage condition is correct in the absence of transactions costs , these transactions costs set upper and lower bounds on the departures from this condition that can occur in a competitive market . |
| 24 | The tour of the exhibition will provide an opportunity to talk with major producers on the latest developments in roofing materials , and there will be a technical briefing on the implications for specifiers of the introduction of CEN standards , the Construction Products Directive , quality assurance and guarantees . |
| 25 | Nevertheless it can have a far-reaching effect on the lives of those identified as known or suspected abusers . |
| 26 | In the north-east , we also saw on our televisions a gentleman — if one can call him that — being interviewed after the death of his son in a 90-mph crash involving a stolen car on the outskirts of Newcastle . |
| 27 | In particular , the Group suggested that guidance on the subjects of specialist valuations ( when carried out by audit firms ) and opinion shopping was needed . |
| 28 | Under the Labour party 's proposal , that property would be revalued , which would have a devastating effect on the finances of that young couple . |
| 29 | Considering the controversial data on the effects of cisapride on characteristics of oesophageal contraction , the influence of the recording technique is another important point . |
| 30 | Here Corbett began to question any respectable citizen on the whereabouts of the Lord Bruce 's household and described to Ranulf the insignia of Bruce 's retinue in the hope that his sharp-eyed servant might discover someone wearing this livery . |