Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Whether the mother or the father is younger or if they are of the same age , has little effect on the infants ' survival chances , in so far as both parents are in the age most favourable to procreate healthy infants . |
2 | This , not unnaturally , led to further confusion on the students ' part , and the treatment suggested here was adopted as the solution that fitted best with what the students felt they wanted to write . |
3 | An analysis and assessment of the findings of previous catalogue use studies may shed some light on the users ' apparent change of heart towards the library catalogue since the advent of online systems . |
4 | The Russian Federation would begin negotiations with interested parties on the troops ' status and on guarding the borders of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . |
5 | One of the most telling studies — because it scored a direct hit on the interventionists ' favourite example — was a paper published in 1973 by Steven Cheung , then at the University of Washington : ‘ The Fable of the Bees ’ . |
6 | They had offered Dalglish an emotional welcome when he emerged before the game and took an unfamiliar place on the visitors ' bench . |
7 | Congress , this legislation is th yet another attack on the workers ' rights , wages and ability to organize . |
8 | The city is one of the most popular destinations on the visitors ' map … but accomodation bookings have fallen roughly a quarter over the past two years . |
9 | The fundamental weakness of this approach is that it relies to some extent on the researchers ' imagination as to what the future may hold , particularly about what new goods and services might emerge , either directly from the new technology or simply because its higher productivity may give consumers greater spending power and so create demands for hitherto undreamed-of goods and services . |
10 | The stern , slightly pained expressions on the saints ' white and pink faces seemed to reflect fifty years or more of having a brass trumpet sounding in their ears . |
11 | Kinnock 's success in altering party policy was made easier , if less meaningful , by the end of the cold war , but a public onslaught on the Conservatives ' military record , including the maintainance of Trident , would have opened up debate within Labour ranks , as well as risking alienating voters on the question of defence employment . |
12 | Strong words were exchanged with the latter band by the organisers , who demanded a quick piece of historical rewriting to expunge this accidental slur on the workers ' state . |
13 | Another initially important barrier to the spread of appliance use was the limited capacity on the consumers ' side of the terminals . |
14 | While , for the reasons just explored , raising the standard of care may have only a limited impact on the courts ' willingness to categorise a decision as negligent rather than as a mere ‘ error of judgment ’ , it may still nevertheless lead to the courts playing a greater role as monitors of business efficiency . |
15 | Luckily the second tags on the babies ' arms were correct and van driver Derek , who had been present at the birth , was positive Daniel was his baby . |
16 | Striker Tony Cascarino , Townsend 's former clubmate at Stamford Bridge , also has a hamstring problem and may have to forego his usual place on the substitutes ' bench . |
17 | The impact of these rises on the banks ' cost of funds has been sobering . |
18 | Some will be given training by Ford so that they can lay healing hands on the yachts ' Mermaid engines , some will go to Lewmar to learn how to strip down and repair winches and several of the crew will be trained by Hood to keep the boats ' frugal sail wardrobe in circulation . |
19 | The jury negatived negligence and found that there was contributory negligence on the plaintiffs ' part , and Hawke J. held that there was no conversion , for the defendants had acted reasonably . |
20 | It originated in the defective condition of the electrical wiring on the defendants ' premises , but as there was no negligence on their part they were held not liable . |
21 | But today Education Secretary John Patten launched a viscious attack on the students ' union . |
22 | Particular care must be given to telephone calls to MAS staff on the clients ' premises and MAS documentation which may be casually observed by employees . |
23 | It has been shown in the experimental literature on the prisoners ' dilemma game that the strategy of ‘ tit for tat ’ is a very effective and frequently chosen way of sustaining co-operation even though it is far simpler than Abreu 's strategies ( and neither subgame perfect nor renegotiation-proof ) . |
24 | ’ participation in the nuclear weapons test programme had not had a detectable effect on the participants ' expectation of life , nor on their total risk of developing cancer ’ |
25 | But it also suggests that industrial relations have a relative autonomy of their own , and hence are an independent influence on the railways ' response to the pressures of commercialism . |
26 | This imposes a very onerous obligation on the defenders ' agents and their insurers because the list must cover not only those documents in the hands of the solicitor or the insurer , but also those held by the insured . |
27 | By piercing hundreds of news-cuttings with barbed-wire , Jarman intends his most wounding attack on the tabloids ' attitude to homosexuality . |
28 | self-chosen evidence of pupils ' thought and action in written , visual and taped form designed to be a self-selected commentary on the pupils ' character . |
29 | But there is one change on the employers ' side that needs to be mirrored for employees : the abolition of the ceiling . |
30 | The only person on the organisers ' side of the room who spoke a language I understand , was Peter Slade , a trim , slight figure , quietly expounding his belief in the value of drama in work with children . |