Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very pleasant to see a full hall on an inclement evening . |
| 2 | Well , Paul believes the time is right to launch a new mag on the same lines . |
| 3 | Categorising types of writing is not easy , but there is good evidence to suggest that the type of writing attempted has a strong influence on the outcome . |
| 4 | Japan was too weak to impose an unequal treaty on China . |
| 5 | Alison Assiter extends the notion of autonomy into the private realm where the tradition cautiously refrains from setting foot , and suggests that how we treat and are treated by other people in private has a direct bearing on our autonomy in the public sphere . |
| 6 | In the summer of the same year ( 1356 ) the English planned a threefold attack on France . |
| 7 | I wonder if you would be prepared to draft a short article on the looming threat to the Gwendraeth Valley from opencast mining ? |
| 8 | Here it is thought proper to preserve a respectful distance on both sides . |
| 9 | He must be prepared to accept a great deal on faith , glad to admit ‘ I do n't know how , but it certainly works ’ . |
| 10 | First , it would be as unrealistic to impose a world-wide ban on ivory as it would be to attempt to outlaw , say , tobacco or alcohol . |
| 11 | In The Family , Sex and Marriage he was careful to retain an open mind on affective individualism , emphasizing first that it was not necessarily the way of the future , family change not being linear , and second , that it did not necessarily result in greater happiness than other forms of family organization . |
| 12 | He or she must be free to keep a careful eye on the operation of the analytical system and the data it produces . |
| 13 | Given these requirements it is proper to question a local authority on its practice and policy with regard to placement , contact and other related matters . |
| 14 | If he was prepared to fight the Old Man on it as well as one of his juniors , then there was muscle in the man he had never before recognized . |
| 15 | One of the oddities of Foucault 's work is that it seems riven by an internal tension — for example , as peter Dews notes , while on the one hand Foucault lays claims to a form of objectivity in his archaeology , and eschews interpretation in favour of ‘ intelligibility ’ , on the other hand throughout his life he was also prone to endorse a Nietzschean insistence on the interminability of interpretation . |
| 16 | So it was heartening to read an in-depth article on the transport of spent nuclear fuel from Torness to Sellafield . |
| 17 | The implications which these authors seek to deduce is that , since it is wrong to base a strategic doctrine on a potential illegal use of weapons , the policy of deterrence based on assured destruction should be ‘ declaratory ’ only , and that actual plans should be based on the development , deployment and targeting of weapons which ‘ should be intended for use only against military objectives and be as discriminate as reasonably possible in their collateral effects upon the civilian population and property ’ ( Builder and Graubard , 1982 , p. 51 ) . |
| 18 | Penny , three times world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday , lost vital points when , as she lay fifth in the seventh race in her class , the centre board broke and she was ruled out of the race . |
| 19 | The three-time world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday lost vital points when she was ruled out of the seventh race after her board broke . |
| 20 | In addition to his leadership potential , it is interesting to note the particular emphasis on character and deportment : excellent self-imaging ( in cleanliness and clothing ) ; good social awareness ( cheerful and pleasant , friendly to everyone ) ; marked intelligence ; a fine sense of humour ; tendency to boredom ( ‘ disinterest ’ ) ; sportive , especially in sailing and skippering , but a good all-rounder ; biddable . |
| 21 | It is usual to hire a new vehicle on a fully maintained basis for a period of about three years . |
| 22 | screening investment proposals , because it is impossible to conduct an extensive analysis on all possible projects and alternative versions of projects |
| 23 | Some languages have demonstratives with three and four way distinctions on the proximal-distal dimension , so that the North West American language Tlingit , for example , has demonstratives glossable as " this one right here " , " this one nearby " , " that one over there " , and " that one way over there " , while Malagasy has a six-way contrast on the same dimension ( Frei , 1944 : 115 ; Anderson & Keenan , in press ) . |
| 24 | He said he wanted to establish that countries deal with their own waste but he felt it was too early to impose a complete ban on imports . |
| 25 | BRITAIN looks set to scupper a European ban on cosmetic firms testing their products on animals . |
| 26 | It is not easy to reach a general conclusion on how valuable the process of appraisal was in the school as a whole . |
| 27 | It would be very easy to stick a sticky label on the video recorder with a list leads with go with it . |
| 28 | It was then discovered that it was impossible to put a solid roof on the stadium , so a compromise was reached in the form of an awning — a ‘ symbolic roof ’ . |
| 29 | The Commission persisted in arguing that , as it was impossible to put a precise figure on what was a ‘ normal ’ and an ‘ abnormal ’ amount of leaf loss , it was impossible to conclude whether or not thin tree crowns were abnormal . |
| 30 | Instead , trade in other goods and trade in services has moved increasingly into surplus to offset the worsening balance on manufactured goods . |