Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Core 's defence relied on the claim that the materials were for artistic purposes , a defence recognised in British law . |
| 2 | On the far side of Farringdon Road , Graham passed Easton Street where another painter 's or window-cleaner 's cradle lay on the pavement , up-ended for some reason , neat coils of rope around it . |
| 3 | Since the profession 's livelihood depended on the public having confidence in its members ' integrity and professional ability , he warned , those who did break the rules would be dealt with swiftly , effectively and fairly . |
| 4 | Was the rule in Pinnel 's Case binding on the House of Lords ? |
| 5 | The applicant 's case depends on the evidence and opinions of Miss Massiter … |
| 6 | Pleming said the government 's case rested on the plan to take topsoil from Oxleas Wood to nearby Woodlands Farm and plant trees there . |
| 7 | FoE 's case rests on the fact that levels are above the standards laid down by the European Commission . |
| 8 | Nozick 's case rests on the view that so long as one is not acting for the reason that one 's action will favour one of the parties or hinder the other , but for a valid independent reason , then one 's neutrality is intact . |
| 9 | All of which suggests that the government 's decision to pounce on the PAC was a reaction to threat and counter-threat rather than a conspiracy to undermine Mr de Klerk 's own negotiations . |
| 10 | In the wake of the F-111s that had flown out from their British bases to bomb targets in Tripoli and Benghazi , Mutual Radio 's correspondent arrived on the scene on 17 April with a laissez passer from the Libyan Consulate in Zurich . |
| 11 | Instead , the quality of a Christian 's experience depends on the quality of his faith , just as the quality of his faith depends in turn on the quality of his understanding of God 's truth . |
| 12 | As she went to answer she noticed a white envelope addressed to her in Luke 's handwriting lying on the doormat . |
| 13 | A staggering 20,000 enquiries followed Pamela 's debut broadcast on the subject of Alar , which emerged as a potential carcinogen in an independent UK survey on pesticide technology ; and enquiries are still flooding in . |
| 14 | CONTROLLING THE PELVIS AND LEG , WITH THE PATIENT 'S TRUNK SUPPORTED ON THE COUCH . |
| 15 | When she went back to the kitchen Penry 's tray stood on the counter , the plates satisfactorily empty . |
| 16 | This is a book of a lifetime 's study undertaken on the Ythan Estuary near Aberdeen of a duck that is , in many respect , unusual . |
| 17 | The Library Association 's Guidance notes on the Code of Professional Conduct contain much that is pertinent to the question of censorship and access of information , as one might expect . |
| 18 | As she went through the hall , though , she glanced out of the front windows , and gave a loud groan as she saw Eleanor 's car parked on the drive outside . |
| 19 | Pamella 's lawyer arrived on the island , and the two met . |
| 20 | The Bavarian Prime Minister 's recommendation appeared on the publicity pamphlet below excerpts from a similarly glowing review by the ultra-Right wing newspaper Deutsche Nationale Zeitung , which tries to boost its fringe circulation by challenging what it calls the ‘ Auschwitz lie ’ that millions of Jews died in Nazi extermination camps . |
| 21 | MPs were debating Maastricht again in the Commons last night after yesterday 's 22-hour sitting on the treaty ratification bill . |
| 22 | And was not Lady Chatterley 's Lover defended on the grounds that it was a work of literary genius ? |
| 23 | To Shulevitz , ‘ A picture 's readability depends on the ease and interest with which the viewer can perceive its content and form . |
| 24 | We have an artist 's projection made on the basis of our early work , and from the results we 've had so far , I have every reason to hope we 've pulled it off . |
| 25 | Like a heat-seeking missile , Iris 's gaze homed on the knees of Melissa 's blue cotton slacks and the smudges of grey dust which had resisted her hasty brushing . |
| 26 | Mr Hellyer 's gaze rested on the boy 's bleached head . |
| 27 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 28 | There was a hostile reaction at the CNAA 's General Committee — its ‘ inner cabinet ’ — in April to Buckingham 's proposal to operate on the basis of an eighty-week , two-year degree programme . |
| 29 | Because of the Queen 's determination to remain on the throne , Charles will never become King . |
| 30 | The UN special envoy , Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Petrovsky , had paid another visit to Libya on May 10-12 [ see also p. 38883 ] , and said on May 14 that the Libyan leader Col. Moamer al Kadhafi would ask the Libyan General People 's Committee to decide on the question of the extradition of the two Libyans wanted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing — a process which Petrovsky said would take four or five weeks . |