Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] lines " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice a question to the defendant on the lines of ‘ Is there any reason why you are n't wearing your seat belt ? would cater for the cases where he or the vehicle is exempt . |
| 2 | Since then the garage has been obliged to leave some of its cars on the lines because it can not display them any other way . |
| 3 | A variety of studies have introduced capacity utilization variables on the lines of the Capital Stock Adjustment Model , with encouraging results . |
| 4 | At that time the old doctrines of the need for democratic control were still strong and an argument arose between those , such as Mr Aneurin Bevan , who favoured total subordination to Parliament ( with a minister for each industry on the lines of the Post Office ) , and those led by Mr Herbert Morrison , who wanted to leave the industries a measure of independence to operate as fully commercial undertakings . |
| 5 | The National Union of Teachers fears that , because of its divisive potential , opting out will considerably weaken the educational system : ‘ What is proposed is really a means of reintroducing in a covert manner an elitist and centrally controlled system of direct grant schools on the lines of the grammar schools under the guise of increasing parental choice ’ . |
| 6 | To re-define charity by statute on the lines of existing law would not be easy and might well confuse rather than clarify the law , for the essential difficulties connected with benefit to the public require more explanation and analysis than is convenient in an Act of Parliament . |
| 7 | There was also general agreement that there should be an international authority operating on the lines of a domestic regulatory board , with the power to regulate routes , arbitrate in disputes , and set technical standards . |
| 8 | It would be controlled by the four countries on the lines of BOAC , and would be overseen by an Empire council . |
| 9 | Edward I , with his eye on a complete subjugation of Scotland on the lines of his conquest of Wales , pressed for the marriage of the child to his son Edward , later installed as the first Prince of Wales . |
| 10 | Seely 's solutions were , in fact , not too dissimilar from those eventually adopted by the National Government — a cut in the dole with acceptance of the principle of work or maintenance , a 10 per cent revenue tariff , and settlement of the Indian question on the lines of the Simon Commission . |
| 11 | A spokeswoman for the office said it had decided to hold a ‘ value for money ’ inquiry on the lines of recent inquiries into the Royal Ordnance and Rover sales . |
| 12 | She tried to keep her attention on the lines , but they were already swimming off the page . |
| 13 | Probably the most depressing words that have ever been pronounced about any slimming diet are those enthusiastic phrases from well-meaning medics on the lines of ‘ This is a diet that you can follow for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 14 | This increase has raised fears that the United Kingdom may be about to experience a medical malpractice crisis on the lines of the USA . |
| 15 | She still clutched the flowers , and my tuggings on the lines moved her arms like a marionette , guided by the loops . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought more of pieces on the lines of ‘ Whither Euro-Communism ? ’ , |
| 17 | Previously the attic had been a splendidly light studio for Veronica 's work , now it has become an all-white , easy-to-clean room on the lines of a special-care baby unit . |
| 18 | If we have a Family Court on the lines of the Crown Court , as seems inevitable eventually , it is unlikely that the Bar will have an exclusive right of audience . |
| 19 | By 1941 social surveys on the lines pioneered by Booth , Rowntree and Bowley were fully incorporated as instruments of the welfare state , impelled further by the imperatives of planning for war . |
| 20 | Furthermore , a fear of revolution on the lines of that which had occurred in France still loomed large in the minds of the new English bourgeoisie , underpinning the demand for an organized police system geared to the protection of the life and property of the ruling classes ( Reiner 1985 ) . |
| 21 | Come the glorious Labour victory , ‘ Third Term ’ should be played at full volume outside Downing Street with special emphasis on the lines ‘ I want someone who will not waste my vote , I want someone who will give me hope ’ . |
| 22 | Come the glorious Labour victory , ‘ Third Term ’ should be played at full volume outside Downing Street with special emphasis on the lines ‘ I want someone who will not waste my vote , I want someone who will give me hope ’ . |
| 23 | It 's sobering to note that while the British have a mass of facetious academics for each real intellectual , and hardly any big fat writers on the lines of the US , Angela Carter , at the time of Nights at the Circus , was both these things to a world-class degree . |
| 24 | I gather that this is regarded as a controversial procedure in certain circles , but any criticism on the lines of wastage of resources on a dying man would have me to contend with . |
| 25 | The creation of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning in 1943 , followed by the Town and Country Planning Act of 1944 , provided both the machinery and the powers for comprehensive redevelopment on the lines envisaged by the more ambitious advocates of planning . |
| 26 | ‘ to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another ’ If this point is charged or reported it may be proved by the officer in the case questioning the offender on the lines of : ‘ Did you intend to provoke the Notown football supporters into violence ? |
| 27 | In its first year of independence , Zambia , like other ex-British territories , had a public broadcasting corporation on the lines of the BBC . |
| 28 | If you have set a strategy on the lines described in Chapter 7 , the way to begin to judge whether you have a good advertisement is to go to your target group , or at least a few of them , and find out if the ad affects them in the way you intended . |
| 29 | In fact , wholesale reconstruction on the lines advocated by Buchanan 's comprehensive approach has not been followed . |
| 30 | This is made possible by whipping up speed with a continuous pull on the lines by the flyer . |