Example sentences of "['s] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A firm of stockbrokers whose job it was to advise R Co 's shareholders on the merits of the offer , concluded that the offer was unsatisfactory . |
2 | The learning and ingenuity of those members of the foundation who are likely to be in dispute with the foundation should not be lightly underestimated and I believe to admit certiorari to challenge the visitor 's decision on the grounds of error of law will in practice prove to be the introduction of an appeal by another name . |
3 | In my judgment , therefore , if there were a statutory provision that the decision of a visitor on the law applicable to internal disputes of a charity was to be ‘ final and conclusive , ’ courts would have no jurisdiction to review the visitor 's decision on the grounds of error of law made by the visitor within his jurisdiction ( in the narrow sense ) . |
4 | The move followed a motion from President Lech Walesa demanding Wojtowicz 's resignation on the grounds of " lack of supervision " . |
5 | At ten minutes to nine the post van stopped outside Sprogg 's Cottage on the outskirts of Chevisham to deliver a single letter . |
6 | In the weeks which followed NATO representatives , presenting NATO as a vital factor in the maintenance of stability within Europe , put forward the alliance 's views on the developments in Eastern Europe and plans for NATO 's future . |
7 | When considering Mrs Whitehouse 's views on the links between sexual and political revolution , the book will surface again . |
8 | Then he 'd gone into Belfast with the samples and had cracked the car 's exhaust on the ramps outside a police station . |
9 | 30 June 1989 found most of the battalion not on guard in bearskins and tunics , but enjoying the last day of a fortnight 's shooting on the ranges at Salisbury Plain , on ISAAC . |
10 | Many of these themes run through Green 's Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation . |
11 | Recent accessions have included the first American edition of Joseph Black 's Lectures on the elements of Chemistry , ( Philadelphia : 1807 ) ; a Paris edition of John Barclay 's Argenis printed in 1621 , and an item believed to have been printed in Edinburgh about 1800 entitled ‘ A Pleasant Humourous and satyrical poem ’ , part one of which calls on young women to ‘ embrace the pure and holy state of matrimony ’ : part two ‘ contains excellent directions in the choice of a husband … ’ |
12 | Many of the country 's senior religious leaders sat at one time or other in the shade of its trees and listened to the Ayatollah Khomeini 's lectures on the intricacies of Islamic law . |
13 | The Cold War also relaxed Congress 's hold on the purse-strings to Britain 's advantage . |
14 | ‘ The merit of Mr. Audubon 's work yields only to the size of his book , ’ he said , ‘ while Mr. Gould 's work on the Birds of Europe , inferior in size to that of Mr. Audubon 's , is the most beautiful work on Ornithology that has ever appeared in this or any other country . ’ |
15 | During the next voyage of the Beagle , Bynoe contributed a number of new finds for the ornithologist 's work on the Birds of Australia . |
16 | The researcher 's work on the effects of taxes on individuals and households draws heavily on the government 's Family Expenditure Survey . |
17 | However , I find Turner 's work on the results of such movement into the liminal state to be a very useful way of interpreting what an insider experiences when he moves to the margins of his own domain , and I suspect that many such transformations across fiercely defended boundaries of cultural experience lend the individual the chance to stand aside and reflect on his subjective place in the order of things . |
18 | Some of this work can be achieved by machine and at Kaohsiung computerised buffers take care of the large , flat areas ( you can often spot the computer 's work on the backs of guitars , by the buffing lines which run across the body at 90 degrees to the grain ) . |
19 | Congratulations and God 's blessing on the children of the parish who make their First Holy Communion this week . |
20 | Williams 's ideas on the relations of agricultural labour and literature are particularly useful . |
21 | The notes of guidance accompanying the Secretary of State 's announcement on the polytechnics in 1967 were considered by the Council to be ‘ considerably more liberal than the original draft which had been amended since the Chairman of the Council had made representations about the matter to the Secretary of State ’ . |
22 | The label warned that fewer sales would result from not putting the group 's name on the covers of the ‘ Kennedy ’ and ‘ Brassneck ’ singles . |
23 | So in the end it would be Maxim 's name on the pieces of paper , not whatever Sims was calling himself on this trip . |
24 | With regard to Eadmer 's emphasis on the negotiations between the king and the pope , it is important to remember that , although the material for the Historia Novorum down to 1100 was collected in Anselm 's lifetime , the final text belongs to the years after Anselm 's death . |
25 | I got some very new insights , in fact I 'm going to look up to see whether Bloom 's reflections on the eunuchs in the erm church were written in the same colour as some passages in Molly Bloom 's soliloquy . |
26 | Equally , Mailer 's reflections on the similarities between the condition of the writer and of the boxer ( 'There is a support system but you are alone … ‘ ) led you to a parallel which the programme tactfully left unstated . |
27 | Public concern about war over such a trivial issue led Eisenhower to lower the temperature by offering to request a withdrawal of at least part of Chiang 's garrisons on the islands in return for a cease-fire . |
28 | Drugs seized at this weekend 's rave on the outskirts of Northampton include ecstasy , cannabis , L-S-D and amphetamine sulphate , and have a street value of tens of thousands of pounds . |
29 | Stephen Heath argued for MacCabe 's appointment on the grounds of the need to sustain the Cambridge English faculty as the " greatest in the world " . |
30 | The livelihoods of local fishermen were threatened by the slick 's impact on the oyster-beds of Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates , and on colonies of prawn , shrimp and hamour . |