Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research aims to provide evidence on the effects of the new guidelines . |
| 2 | Miss Mason , the Assistant Inspector responsible for children boarded out under the auspices of the Poor Law during the late 1880s , was not in favour of working class women sitting on local , voluntary boarding-out committees because they would not be able to pass comment on the homes of their social equals . |
| 3 | It is reasonable , of course , for communities to impose limits on the circumstances of public or semi-public performance , provided there is also a degree of privilege attaching to performances for which the public has made an informed choice . |
| 4 | By the late nineteenth century , like other British reds , the breed began to find favour on the ranches of western America , especially where cattle were rail-trucked , in which circumstances horns were a definite nuisance . |
| 5 | The word ‘ balanced ’ suggests that it would be attractive to equalize allocations on the sides of the budget at either 100 per cent or some other percentage . |
| 6 | The relative abundance of dissolved constituents released through weathering reactions into surface waters can be compared to their relative abundance in the bedrock in order to provide information on the types of chemical reactions that are occurring . |
| 7 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 8 | THE discovery of a simple lead fishing weight sheds doubt on Captain Cook 's claim to be the first European to set foot on the shores of Terra Australis . |
| 9 | Are there , we ask knowingly , plans to sell advertising on the backs of our bank-notes for a limited range of tasteful products such as fine textiles , whiskies , golf clubs and top people 's hotels ? |
| 10 | At a news conference on Sept. 18 Habash declared that " in case the United States and its allies commit an aggression against Iraq , our fingers will pull the trigger to open fire on the forces of aggression " . |
| 11 | In short , the CD3 is a solid and meaty sounding deck , verging at times to rich in balance , yet remaining tonally close enough to neutral to avoid censure on the grounds of lack of tonal realism . |
| 12 | The decision of the Post Office to set up the British Broadcasting Company in 1922 as a co-operative of radio set manufacturers was an attempt to overcome a series of essentially technical and organizational problems : the need to satisfy set manufacturers by ensuring that all participated in the birth and development of broadcasting , the need to avoid chaos on the airwaves on the American scale , and the need to guarantee an efficient and satisfactory service to all listeners . |
| 13 | The Arab Maghreb Union ( AMU ) summit , held in Casablanca , Morocco , on Sept. 15-16 , managed to avoid discord on the subjects of Western Sahara and plans for a Middle East peace conference . |
| 14 | The Commission went into recess on Aug. 14 and was not expected to hear evidence on the events in Boipatong until November . |
| 15 | Although each institutional investor may still only own a very small percentage of the issued share capital of the company , nevertheless , they have the requisite skills to monitor management effectively , and can act collectively to exert pressure on the managers of the company , thereby overcoming the problem that there is little incentive for the individual shareholder to spend the necessary time and money to inform himself of and perhaps challenge the actions of the directors as the managers of the company . |
| 16 | It aims to disseminate information on the principles of mental health , promote research and aid experimental projects in the field . |
| 17 | ‘ We would have to win £4m on the pools before doing that . |
| 18 | The use of a non-exhaustive list of examples has been usefully employed elsewhere to put flesh on the bones of a general standard ( see , for example , UCTA 1977 , Sched 2 ) . |
| 19 | The degree structure maintained at Edinburgh allows a student to leave decisions on the subjects to be followed and on the final degree to quite a late stage . |
| 20 | His explanation begins by assuming that , as a matter of definition , dominant classes are well placed to put pressure on the institutions of the state , so that the interesting question is why they should ever put up with having their interests thwarted . |
| 21 | Would my right hon. Friend feel able to lead a crusade with other European countries to put pressure on the Governments of central and south America so that every child there has a home , food , clothing and education and is not allowed to fall prey to the worst excesses of human nature ? |
| 22 | Scott 's appointment could be easily justified on the grounds of his qualifications alone , but the attempt by the Select Committee to make something of the competition results only serves to cast doubt on the reasons for the appointment . |
| 23 | Forestry Commission and National Park chiefs said that many beekeepers were travelling 200 miles to leave hives on the moors around Scarborough because of the fine quality of honey and heather produces . |
| 24 | Auditors may also provide advice to a client with the accounts , in the form of a management letter , using their knowledge of the client 's affairs and their own experience to give recommendations on the systems of internal control and on the efficiency of the accounting system , as well as advice on such matters as tax planning . |
| 25 | From information received it was thought that some illegal activity was afoot off the Teign estuary so Venturous and Valiant were detailed to keep watch on the movements of local vessels early in August , 1964 . |
| 26 | In the first week of May , Congress cleared its decks to start work on the details of Mr Clinton 's economic package . |
| 27 | Saddened and enraged by the killing of Nahaman Carmona , Bruce Harris decided to fight head on the abuses of street children by the police . |
| 28 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 29 | These doubts were still widely encountered at the time of the 1840 Convention but a debate there and at the 1843 meeting stimulated the search for a reliable supply of free-labour cotton to reduce dependence on the slaveholders of the American South . |
| 30 | This research investigates trends in real wages and the standard of living in Northern England , so as to shed light on the effects of industrialisation , the causes of English population growth , and the origins and economic significance of the home market . |