Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Whetton seemed to move into the All Black position more or less on the grounds of seniority and his experience of captaining Auckland . |
2 | It suggested that submission obtained by threats other than of violence might suffice for rape and held that it should be left to the jury , with adequate direction from the judge , to make up its mind whether or not on the facts of each case the woman had truly consented . |
3 | Although hundreds of identified Spitfires are recorded in the book as having been transported to Malta either in their holds or openly on the decks of many named cargo ships , it was interesting to note that the Author could find no mention in Spitfire — The History of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp nor of the serialled Spitfires it transported to the Mediterranean in 1942 for the defence of Malta . |
4 | Hiding in comers or out on the hills in all weathers … |
5 | The produce was brought to the station by a multiplicity of carts and wagons drawn by oxen , ponies , mules , camels , or even on the backs of elephants . |
6 | A major reason for the apparent conflict is the tendency for scholars to focus , in their study of language , either on the internal structure of the language system or alternatively on the uses to which the resources of language are put in inter-personal communication . |
7 | The black growth on fruits and leaves is sooty mould which develops on honey dew falling from aphid pests such as whitefly , greenfly or blackfly on the leaves above them . |
8 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
9 | I 'm confident musicians will continue to judge our products on their performance , and not on the opinions of Mr.Peavey . |
10 | Criminal laws against corporate behaviour again facilitate crime because they focus purely on the regulation broken and not on the consequences of that broken regulation . |
11 | He proclaimed a classic revival in the arts in which the work of art was to be judged as whole and not on the merits of its parts or in relation to its creator : ‘ … the work of art should be conceived as a pipe or a hat is conceived by the craftsman who produces it ; all parts should have a strictly determined place according to their function and importance . |
12 | Check that your AF is focusing on the tiger and not on the bars of his cage ; if in doubt . |
13 | Go right and collect the painting , go left , down , and right along the passage , go down and left along the passage , go down and right along the passage , fall down the gap , and then down again into the clouds , go back to the start , go right and down , go left to the switch , go up on the painted walls , go left and collect the painting , fall down , go right and up on the stairs from the cauldron , go right and into the painting board to complete the level . |
14 | Containing a greater proportion of secular matter than the Church history of Eusebius , it was based partly on written material and partly on the memories of men still living . |
15 | He himself says he ‘ spent five weeks entirely in the bush in the interior , partly on the ranges and partly on the belts of the Murray ’ . |
16 | There is a default on the 8 per cent Czechoslovak Republic dollar bonds of 1922 , and also on the Cities of Greater Prague and Carlsbad bonds issued in 1924 . |
17 | The rate of chemical escape also depends on the gravitational field and also on the details of chemical reactions in the upper atmosphere . |
18 | Basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas appear predominantly on exposed areas of the head and neck , while in Caucasians , malignant melanomas frequently appear on the back in both men and women and also on the legs in women . |
19 | The structure , conduct and performance of the ISE are of importance because they affect the degree of competition in the market , and hence on the costs to investors and borrowers . |
20 | And back on the Farms of the refugees , the rain will further erode a topsoil without crops to hold it together . |
21 | Well , ladies and gentlemen , I think you 'll agree that some of John Maynard-Smith 's early engineering training showed through , as it were , in reverse order , if that 's not too heretical a statement to make in this context , in the gentle good natured demolition job that he did on the main current critical attacks on Darwin 's mechanism , and particularly on the rhythms of change that Darwin adumbrated within his own time scale . |
22 | He was a fanatical fisherman , and here on the borders of Galway and Mayo he found himself in some of the best fishing waters in Europe . |
23 | They were on the backs of my hands and even on the soles of my feet . |
24 | Yet , alongside the other rebellions of the 1960s and 1970s , rehabilitation has been the subject of virulent attack — and precisely on the grounds of its actual inhumanity , as well as its injustice and hypocrisy . |
25 | Consequently , different policies have different effects on the EC budget , and therefore on the implications of the budget for member states . |
26 | Waltz contends that Morgenthau and all the other so-called systems theorists were not truly basing their accounts on systems but rather on the capabilities of the units comprising the system . |
27 | This was a power suggested by Lord Scarman , but only on the grounds of threats to public order . |
28 | In deciding where to place contracts in 1992 – 93 , DHAs put much weight on the opinions of GPs , but not on the opinions of the public . |
29 | Owen , the ‘ British Cuvier ’ , had made the collection a centre of scientific research with his work , especially on fossils but also on the relationships between the various groups of animals . |
30 | It must be that good musical form depends for its success not only on the principle of statement and change , but also on the proportions of one musical period in relation to another , and also to the whole of a movement , perhaps even to the whole of a multi-movement piece . |