Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A faint breeze wafted a salty tang off the sea , jingled the rigging on the rows of yachts . |
| 2 | The overwhelming majority of Serbs , who accounted for some 31 per cent of the population , boycotted the referendum on the grounds that they had already made clear their preference in local referendums for Bosnia-Hercegovina remaining within Yugoslavia . |
| 3 | A rival of the Round Table , this party boycotted the elections on the grounds that the Supreme Soviet belonged to a power structure illegally imposed on Georgia . |
| 4 | Dr Mann concluded that students are uninstructed in the use of books , and laid the blame on the lecturers . |
| 5 | Instead of turning back or taking the upper channel , a long cul-de-sac ending at a floodgate , Dennis beached the punt on the rollers forming a portage over the weir . |
| 6 | It ripened the fruit on the trees and the grapes on the vines slowly and thoroughly , and yet left the abundant streams running with clear water . |
| 7 | The industrial tribunal dismissed the complaint on the grounds that s. 6(4) of the Act of 1975 permitted discrimination arising out of –provision in relation to … retirement' . |
| 8 | Unfortunately for the antediluvian bowl-heads , a right-thinking retailer phoned the RSPCA on the grounds that it was cruel to goldfish and so the whole idea had to be binned . |
| 9 | Twice he advanced a hand with deliberate teasing towards the hook that sustained the rope on the posts , and twice diverted the gesture into something innocuous . |
| 10 | The conduct of the by-election was investigated by the central Election Commission , which , in an unprecedented decision on March 7 , countermanded the by-election on the grounds of electoral malpractice , thereby effectively ordering a full re-poll . |
| 11 | I mean John Knox and Martin Luther Thingmy , I mean they built the Kirk on the tenets of independence . |
| 12 | Remarkably , however , neither internal opinion reports nor the reports of the Sopade mentioned the passage on the Jews in their comments on the impact of Hitler 's speech . |
| 13 | In order to intimidate Clement , he brought a charge of praemunire against Wolsey , and orchestrated the attacks on the clergy by the MPs of the 1529 parliament . |
| 14 | Liberal and socialist Assembly members opposed the bill on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and unfair to citizens who were occupying former church property . |
| 15 | Many Republicans , including Bush , opposed the bill on the grounds that in order to avoid law suits alleging discrimination employers would be forced to ensure that their workforces corresponded to the racial composition of the local community . |
| 16 | The committee was largely made up of Roman catholic clergy , and they clearly opposed the appointment on the grounds that a protestant could not be trusted to safeguard the catholic morals of her charges in her purchase and loaning of books . |
| 17 | The unexpected rejection came about because the former communist Democratic Left Alliance ( SLD ) and the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was too rigorous , while the Democratic Union ( UD ) and the Liberal Democratic Congress ( KLD ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was not tough enough . |
| 18 | The unexpected rejection came about because the former communist Democratic Left Alliance ( SLD ) and the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was too rigorous , while the Democratic Union ( UD ) and the Liberal Democratic Congress ( KLD ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was not tough enough . |
| 19 | Bush , who had vetoed a similar measure in June 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , condemned the bill on the grounds that it would place an intolerable and unnecessary financial and regulatory burden on businesses . |
| 20 | Professor Sir John Cadogan , chairman of the research council which advised the council on the allocations , said : ‘ We went straight to the heads of the institutions to ask them what were their best bets for boosting the numbers of their top-notch research ratings . |
| 21 | Smiling as she surveyed the posters on the walls of the twins ' bedroom — obviously Peter Rabbit was still popular here in New York ! — she moved on to the much larger main bedroom . |
| 22 | As bishops like Augustine and Pope Leo I ( like their Eastern colleagues such as John Chrysostom ) often complained , the people who filled the churches on the festivals of Jerusalem also filled the theatres on the festivals of Babylon . |
| 23 | As bishops like Augustine and Pope Leo I ( like their Eastern colleagues such as John Chrysostom ) often complained , the people who filled the churches on the festivals of Jerusalem also filled the theatres on the festivals of Babylon . |
| 24 | After an emergency Cabinet meeting , de Klerk on June 24 proposed that the ANC and government hold a two-day meeting for " fundamental discussions " ; the ANC , however , rejected the proposal on the grounds that the meeting would serve " no useful purpose " . |
| 25 | Leaders of the Moslem organization — the NPA 's main rival as a source of armed insurgency against the Philippine state — rejected the offer on the grounds that the government could end the conflict in Mindanao simply by implementing the terms of the 1976 Tripoli Accord [ see p. 28440 ] . |
| 26 | The RSPB applauded the scheme on the grounds that farmers should only benefit from European subsidies if they were prepared to join schemes which protected the countryside . |
| 27 | Martin Bates adjusted the focus on the binoculars , trying to pull into sharper definition the man moving about on the deck . |
| 28 | He criticized the French war , and joined the attack on the members of the cabal . |
| 29 | Graham defended the decision on the grounds that Bolger and the French Prime Minister Michel Rocard had agreed during the latter 's visit to New Zealand in April 1991 that the Rainbow Warrior affair was closed . |
| 30 | Hawke defended the changes on the grounds that Kerin had suffered a " loss of confidence " which had inhibited his presentation of economic strategy , but gave assurances that the basic economic policy of his administration would remain unchanged . |