Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GEC , Ferranti 's main British rival in radar , is also keen to mount a takeover bid but would encounter fierce Ministry of Defence opposition on the grounds that it would damage competition in electronics procurement . |
| 2 | But incredibly , up until 1980 , the park authorities were effectively denied even this chance ( except for moorland conversion ) because the MAFF refused to divulge details of grant applications on the grounds that they would lose the farmer 's confidence . |
| 3 | Privates scampered around trying to locate missing items of personal kit , NCOs were supervising the application of camouflage cream on the faces of section personnel , and squadron officers were discussing the final plans for the training . |
| 4 | As described in Chapter 8 , these point singularities ensure the existence of fold singularities on the surfaces and in regions II and III respectively . |
| 5 | The dramatic display was staged by the BBC for a new series of schools programmes on the Vikings to be screened next year . |
| 6 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 7 | The opportunity was also taken to exchange gifts — so watch out for those Royal Bank of Scotland umbrellas on the streets of Kiev during future television news reports . |
| 8 | The effects of exchange depreciation on the banks |
| 9 | Dr J. C. Sherlock of the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food addressed a joint meeting of the Chilterns and Middlesex Section and the Students Chemical Society of the Polytechnic of North London on the advantages and limitations of Irradiation of food . |
| 10 | The plea or defence to this was that the notes were made jointly and severally by the defendant 's father , John Revill , and by Samuel Revill , as well as by the defendant , and that before the action the plaintiff , without the defendant 's knowledge or consent , struck out the name of Samuel Revill on the notes and wholly discharged him from liability . |
| 11 | But the tenants of three of the forest townships , namely Alne , Tollerton and Newton , refused to agree to the disafforestment of Galtres Forest on the terms proposed by the royal commissioners , whereupon in March 1631 the king ordered that the lands of those townships should continue to be ‘ within the jurisdiction of a forest and the forest laws ’ . |
| 12 | Many cases have subsequently been brought claiming the annulment of Community measures on the grounds that they were founded on the wrong legal base , the underlying purpose of such actions being to defend or strengthen the powers of the applicant Member State or institution . |
| 13 | The Honourable Alexander Augustus had already made a favourable impression by raising an eyebrow at the antics and constructions of Mr Pocklington on the islands of Derwent Water . |
| 14 | The positive somatostatin scan was caused by a high expression of somatostatin receptors on the lymphocytes infiltrating the salivary and tear glands . |
| 15 | Russell attempted to assess in a number of different ways the impact of wife rape on the victims in her survey . |
| 16 | In the case of Esdaile v IRC 20 TC 700 , the taxpayer who received a number of sums from her trust sought to defeat assessments under Case III of Schedule D on the grounds that the payments were really loans to her . |
| 17 | Even as he did so , the obstacle was removed because Jotan had dumped the hanks of haigus wool on the men from above so that they became entangled , tripped , and fell cursing . |
| 18 | A team of scientists from the Chilean Antarctic Institute have collected more than 50lb of plastic rubbish on the beaches of Cape Shirreff on Livingstone Island . |
| 19 | Although they knew they would never forget Jennie , the Girls wanted her to have a permanent memorial so they had a collection and made a most practical and fitting choice : a marble floor for the church of St Stephen on the Cliffs , Blackpool . |
| 20 | The place seems to enshrine for the Swiss their national ideals from the earliest days of the Confederation onward , and there is an element of pilgrimage attendant on the crowds of citizens from all parts of the country , wearing many varieties of national costume , who come here , ferried across from Brunnen by relays of lake steamers , to join in the observations of the day , commemorating the solemn oath of 1307 which confirmed the earlier League Covenant of 1291 to defend inherited liberties . |
| 21 | Both these positions entail a great deal of risk ; going long produces the possibility of capital losses on the shares held , going short produces the possibility that the jobber may have to buy in the shares at a future date at expensive prices . |
| 22 | A selection of refrigeration products on the markets |
| 23 | It will also estimate the impact of government policies on the savings behaviour and employment patterns of the elderly . |
| 24 | MPs are questioning many aspects of government policy on the reforms , says Mark Ivory |
| 25 | So great is the slaughter that there has been enormous public concern and since 1978 my colleagues and I have studied the effect of road casualties on the toads that breed in the lake at Llandrindod Wells , in mid-Wales . |
| 26 | He used the columns of the Irish Times to inform Roman catholic consciences of permitted interpretations of state divorce on the grounds of religious liberty , interpretations which were diametrically opposed to that of the Irish bishops . |
| 27 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 28 | If a proton decays , its products should produce tell-tale patterns of Cherenkov light on the walls of the tank . |
| 29 | THE past couple of years has seen an explosion in the number of computing books on the shelves of even the most humble book shop . |
| 30 | Judging by the number of trailer accidents on the motorways , it may be wiser to keep off them whenever possible . |