Example sentences of "[det] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It also focussed attention at each level on the measures of performance required for effective monitoring and control , and the information dependencies of all subsystems . |
2 | Eventually , after appealing her case for years in the UK , she took it to the European Court which agreed that there must be equal opportunities to claim social security benefits , and that discrimination on the grounds of either sex or marital status must end . |
3 | In fact such behaviour constitutes an act of discrimination and it should be noted that discrimination on the grounds of nationality , for example giving a preference to British goods as opposed to French goods rather than treating them on their merits , is an offence under Article 7 of the Rome Treaty . |
4 | Mr Des Wilson , the Liberal Democrat campaign manager , played down the racial element in the vote that defeated Mr Taylor , saying : ‘ We won that seat on the merits of our campaign , not because a few votes for the Tory may have been influenced by the colour of their candidate 's skin . ’ |
5 | In particular , the Group suggested that guidance on the subjects of specialist valuations ( when carried out by audit firms ) and opinion shopping was needed . |
6 | There is surprisingly little research on the differences in work performance which are traceable to sex differences , and the situation is complicated in many countries by the inclusion of sex as one of the variables where discrimination is legally inadmissible . |
7 | WPC Dick 's salutary essay ( 1985 ) changed little and generated few ripples on the ACPO pond , while one of the most powerfully critical books on policing in recent years ( Jones 1980 ) seems to have had little effect on the structures of the organization , except , perhaps , to help draw its author — then a chief inspector — into the ACPO ranks . |
8 | At that time the old doctrines of the need for democratic control were still strong and an argument arose between those , such as Mr Aneurin Bevan , who favoured total subordination to Parliament ( with a minister for each industry on the lines of the Post Office ) , and those led by Mr Herbert Morrison , who wanted to leave the industries a measure of independence to operate as fully commercial undertakings . |
9 | First , consider the optimal life history , given some constraint on the rates of juvenile and adult survival that can be achieved . |
10 | ( In a similar way , an ‘ annotated ’ bibliography usually contains some notes on the contents of each item included . ) |
11 | BELOW Before this building on the banks of the River Thames in London was constructed , the site was excavated ; it produced important evidence of a Roman quay ( see reconstruction on the previous page ) . |
12 | ‘ The Captain and I are developing quite some expertise on the effects of explosives on metal . |
13 | But the stencilled letters and numbers have yet another effect on the paintings in that they serve to stress their quality as objects . |
14 | General : Rain and drizzle over north-west Scotland , and some snow on the hills at first , will spread south-eastwards across the rest of Scotland and Northern Ireland . |
15 | Obviously , when there is some snow on the hills in the summer you ca n't do much , so they are very carefully made and some of them are connected to a computer , so if you have a very good coach with you he can say ‘ You 're going that right , no do it a bit more like this , or a bit more like that ’ . |
16 | An analysis of the age and sex structure of unemployment and its locational distribution is of value because it may throw some light on the reasons for the growth of unemployment and the policy measures which may be most effective . |
17 | Within the information now available on these same people in adulthood , it will be possible to shed some light on the causes of truancy . |
18 | That sort of choice is erm open to governments and erm research can throw some light on the implications of one route or another . |
19 | This exploding complexity of larger and larger units must impose some limitations on the capabilities of management , ie the span of control is limited by the number of inter-relationships that one person can manage . |
20 | In 1575 , he built Almshouses for the poor at East Greenwich , the first of their kind founded by a Protestant at a cost of more than £2,700 , and in 1581 , he published another work on the Duties of Constables , Borsholders , Tythingmen and other law and Lay ministers of the Peace . |
21 | It is argued that in view of the impotence of the House of Commons and the flexibility of the British Constitution , it is necessary for there to be some check on the activities of Government . |
22 | Sometimes , on Sundays and other holidays , the squadron marched in force , fully armed , through the city to join in some public ceremony or to some quinta on the outskirts of Funchal where dinner awaited them . |
23 | Sir Nicolas Browne Wilkinson V-C commented that ‘ there manifestly must be some limitation on the purposes for which seized documents can be used . |
24 | I ca n't quantify these , I ca n't tell you how many there 'll be , but there will be questions on motivation but before that there 'll be some questions on the basics of of kind of y'know studying , work , psychology , the sort of thing you 'll find in an introductory chapter er not only of the Arnold book but in other books as well . |
25 | ‘ Rowdy Salford ’ , complained a local rag in 1876 , was too much in the headlines : ‘ Brutal Assault in Salford : Maliciously Wounding with a Knife ’ ; ‘ A Kicking Case in Broughton ’ ; ‘ Knocking a Man 's Eye Out in Salford ’ ; ‘ Assault with a poker in Salford ’ ; ‘ Breaking a Woman 's jaw in Salford ’ ; ‘ Another Assault on the police in Salford ’ . |
26 | Joyce Cormie , Development Officer , Fife , Age Concern Scotland Having spent the last year doing a study on day care in Fife , I have been asked to do this presentation on the implications of day care for planners . |
27 | A few observations on the conditions of the deep-water sediments are also relevant to some perennial theories explaining ‘ monster ’ sightings . |
28 | This stress on the events of the gospel history as making a difference , as a revelation of new light from God , was not an easy concept for the Gentile world to assimilate . |
29 | There were still some drops on the leaves from the morning mist . |
30 | Venables did manage to have some impact on the proceedings in the 65th minute , when he appeared to prompt the substitution of the inept Gordon Durie for Nick Barmby . |