Example sentences of "[adj] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The correct equations to use are those of thermoelasticity , although in most cases the use of the equations of elasticity is justifiable on the grounds of simplicity . |
| 2 | ‘ Many teachers are now suffering from or showing signs of stress-related illnesses so that they wish to take early retirement , some on the grounds of ill-health , or are eager to leave the profession altogether , ’ the Belfast secondary teacher added . |
| 3 | Nearly any public gathering , and certainly any meeting to resolve a dispute , will begin and end with statements by elders stressing the interdependence of the group , recalling past aid given and received by individuals , emphasizing that each is dependent on the others for survival , asserting that the band is really a group of siblings , and so on ( see Robarchek 1986a for discussion of additional cultural expressions of this complex ) . |
| 4 | My view was that most people would prefer a pension that was theirs by right rather than being dependent on the decisions of government . |
| 5 | With the modals , the effect of representing the support in its place in time ( past or non-past ) as receiving the incidence of the potential event is to evoke actualization as dependent on the conditions of possibility , probability , etc. , expressed by the modal . |
| 6 | The peasant caste 's second ranking in the official status hierarchy below the ruling samurai caste , was a formal recognition of the degree to which the economy as a whole was dependent on the products of peasant labour . |
| 7 | The fact that many workers in these societies are themselves dependent on the owners of capital for the hire of their labour power is one of the factors that would be included in a more considered analysis of this link [ between dependency and production ] , |
| 8 | An important principle of gene — culture coevolutionary theory is that a tabula rasa mind , open to all choices equally and hence totally dependent on the accidents of history , must still have a biological foundation — and a very finely adjusted one at that . |
| 9 | Which particular set of such properties are attributed to her by the utterance of ( 34 ) are at least in part dependent on the contexts of utterance : said by an admirer it may be a commendation , conveying the properties of toughness and resilience ; said by a detractor it may be taken as a denigration , conveying her lack of flexibility , emotional impassivity or belligerence . |
| 10 | But decision making was also now , to a large extent , outside his control , for his livelihood was no longer dependent on the vagaries of nature but on the vagaries of the market . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're totally dependent on the police for information . |
| 12 | 35,500 families and 180,000 single people registered homeless , with 8,000 on the streets at Christmas . |
| 13 | A large bustard whose backward-pointing crest gives it an outline more like the African Kori Bustard A. kon than the Great Bustard , like which it shows white on the wings in flight . |
| 14 | For example , if you have quarry tiles in the kitchen , they may be rather cold on the feet for dinner guests lingering over coffee , as well as being noisy when chairs scrape across them . |
| 15 | His chief rivals Sherwood and Warhurst , are both good on the goals per game stakes . |
| 16 | This in effect meant the delivery of only a handful of other lectures : circumstances ensured that no teacher at the College could expect to become knowledgeable on the diseases of farm animals , which practically never came into the College infirmary for attention . |
| 17 | And I see companions and conviviality as much more on the sidelines of life than at the centre . |
| 18 | Judges are therefore constantly involved in the process of making recommendations for improvement in the law and this includes not only technical legal subjects but also those on the boundaries of law and politics , like conspiracy . |
| 19 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 20 | Whereas Mr Blair also called on the Government to be tough on the causes of crime , Mr Clarke conceded that social factors could not be ignored . |
| 21 | Eurotunnel remained depressed on the costs over run . |
| 22 | I am sure the committee would appreciate as much information as possible on the patterns of use . |
| 23 | The only scenario in which there would be a case for building a PWR as soon as possible on the grounds of plant shortage involves a sustained increase ( 4 per cent growth per annum ) in manufacturing output from 1979/80 . |
| 24 | In responding to children 's writing , teachers are well able to distinguish between an embryonic attempt at a story and a more developed example ; indeed , there is substantial research available on the stages of story-writing through which young writers progress . |
| 25 | This research project is investigating the secondary data available on the destinations of school and Youth Training Scheme leavers in Edinburgh and on the job opportunities for young people in the District , with a view to analysing future trends in the locality . |
| 26 | There will not be a Problem No. 13 on the grounds of superstition as number 13 is supposed to be unlucky , so |
| 27 | During 1866 Tokugawa ( Hitotsubashi ) Keiki , whose claims to the office of shogun had been rejected in 1858 on the grounds of precedent , succeeded to the headship of the Tokugawa family and subsequently to the title of shogun . |
| 28 | Refinement of interim conclusions based on national antislavery organisation will concentrate first on the elements of agitation in winning over support to antislavery by paying attention to local antislavery committees or societies , types of antislavery meeting and petitioning . |
| 29 | SHITO-RYU Hot on the heels of Funakoshi from Okinawa came Kenwa Mabuni , who had studied under the same master , but who also had two other teachers , named Itosu and Higaonna . |
| 30 | This excellent game from Epic MegaGames puts them hot on the heels of Apogee for the number one spot in games programming . |