Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many respects the purchasing and contracting arrangements have strengthened the power of the locality to decide , mainly because of the reliance placed on the technical judgements of the caring professions . |
| 2 | That Parliament relied on the Ministerial statements is shown by the fact that the matter was never raised again after the discussions in Committee , that amendments were consequentially withdrawn and that no relevant amendment was made which could affect the correctness of the minister 's statement . |
| 3 | For my part I think that there is abundant evidence which would have justified this court in substituting findings that Miss T. was not in a physical or mental condition which enabled her to reach a decision binding on the medical authorities and that even if , contrary to that view , she would otherwise have been in a position to reach such a decision , the influence of her mother was such as to vitiate the decision which she expressed . |
| 4 | It was only after the demise of the ruling reptiles that the class had the opportunity to capitalize on the evolutionary advantages which propelled them to the dominance they have enjoyed ever since . |
| 5 | In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine . |
| 6 | At present the science curriculum is structured around physical science interests , on which boys are keener ( how motor cars work , atoms and molecules ) ; we were able to recommend that teaching build on the overlapping interests of the two sexes , because girls as well as boys want to know more about human biology and spectacular features of the environment ( animals in the jungle , volcanoes and earthquakes , acids and chemicals ) . |
| 7 | These were held in belated recognition that the entirely private exercise last time had given the public not even a token opportunity to comment on the various applicants . |
| 8 | Thus a great deal turns on the exact terms of the contract — whether it stipulates ‘ 200 tons of potatoes to be grown on Blackacre ’ or simply ‘ 200 tons of potatoes . ’ |
| 9 | They can be either one-hole or two-hole depending on the fitting details for your sink . |
| 10 | One of the early residents was a shepherd , who worked for the farmer who owned the farm on the hill behind the building , and the stock grazed on the open fields . |
| 11 | If and , the coefficient of variation is increasing in var , the effect depends on the relative coefficients of variation in N and Β , allowing for the serial correlation factor in the former case . |
| 12 | Hirschhorn ( 1984 ) similarly argues that , while modern manufacturing systems involve little manual work , the need for employee autonomy and problem-solving skills is enhanced , and that work reorganization based on the socio-technical systems design approach is more effective . |
| 13 | This reflected the growth expectations for high-tech industry based on the locational advantages of Newbury on the M4 and north-south routes , and the expected benefits from weekend break business from the home market … plus an expected increasing flow of high-spending overseas tourists from London to nearby Windsor and the surrounding area . |
| 14 | " A fresh action started on the same grounds as one struck out for failure to obey an " " unless " " order may be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court " ( see Bailey v Bailey [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1129 at 1133 ) . |
| 15 | It was a bright cold day with a freezing wind blowing on the cross-town streets . |
| 16 | The High Court ruled on June 30 , however , that a pardon conferred on the Black Moslems at the time in return for the release of hostages and signed by the President of the Senate and the then acting head of state Joseph Emmanuel Carter , absolved them of any crimes . |
| 17 | His rear wheel spun on the loose stones , searching for grip , then he pulled away . |
| 18 | A glance at the corner where the copper stood , then at the doorway behind me , where the light fell on the gleaming worktops and new cupboards . |
| 19 | Mr Bond 's business rise would not have been possible without the return of laissez-faire ; the emergence of deregulation ; the ascent of the mega-merger and the credit boom centred on the Anglo economies of Australia , the United States and Britain . |
| 20 | Accordingly , the study focuses on the cross-sectional properties of some key financial indicators that are constructed from accounting data . |
| 21 | These carry information concerning the light falling on the various regions of the retina . |
| 22 | His research focuses on the social insects , especially bees as pollinators . |
| 23 | In so far as Ferdinand had a system it was the restoration of the machinery of government and the society that he had known in 1808 : ministerial despotism superimposed on the old Councils , the very system the Persians professed to abhor . |
| 24 | Although this chapter focuses on the key features of Local Management of Schools ( LMS ) as described in the Act and DES Circular 7/88 , these four elements should be seen as part of a coherent government package designed explicitly to improve the quality of education by reinforcing the accountability and responsiveness of schools and their local education authorities ( LEAs ) . |
| 25 | Traditional family casework focuses on the identified members as clients , whereas the targets of unitary interventions range more broadly from non-client members through to neighbourhoods and other social systems . |
| 26 | The pound strengthened on the foreign exchanges and in the money markets interest rates fell , bringing forward the prospect of cuts in bank base rates and mortgage costs . |
| 27 | Its long skis struck the ice flat-on and the fuselage rocked on the heavy springs . |
| 28 | Ministers were pleased at progress made on the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill through the previous night after the Liberal Democrats had supported the Government 's wish to sit into the small hours . |
| 29 | Throughout our Report we stressed that the success of the National Curriculum depends on the professional abilities of teachers . |
| 30 | The Halifax still chafes , occasionally , at the restrictions which the 1986 Building Societies Act imposes on the mutually-owned thrifts . |