Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Later it announced that it would catch 296 minke whales this year — a level based on the recommendations of the IWC scientific committee and regarded as inadequate by many Norwegian whalers .
2 So where does a curriculum based on the children 's own interests start now , I asked myself .
3 The hearing will be adjourned pending the delivery of the High Court 's opinion , at which time it will be relisted and a decision given on the merits in the light of the High Court 's opinion on the law .
4 Another group of men received a vocabulary centred on the wavelengths at the margins of the basic colours .
5 Such a campaign depended on the efforts of several hundred Salahs , each with his persuasive skills and his connections with the parents of the girls .
6 And a friend in Scotland swears that he once heard a sermon preached on the wonders of creation in which the minister made much of the sanctity of the earthworm and even speculated on whether every earthworm is an individual .
7 Beyond can be seen the outside world of ‘ Natures endless treasurie ’ , with a telescope trained on the heavens .
8 In connection with this exception to the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , we must consider whether the rule applies to a danger created on the premises by the occupier 's predecessor in title .
9 The Catalan nationalists want , in particular , to be able to collect their own taxes and then pass on to the central government a share based on the services it provides .
10 A supplement based on the herbs and spices prescribed by the physicians in Tibet to promote good health and stamina in old age .
11 The grammatical analysis is performed using a generative approach but each derivation is assigned a probability based on the probabilities of the rules used in the analysis .
12 a swing of the pendulum away from uncritical acceptance of ‘ New Mathematics ’ programmes , sometimes manifest in overt political opposition to them ( Nigeria and Malawi ) , more commonly by a re-emphasis placed on the values and processes of basic numeracy , e.g. tables , measurement , number bonds ( Swaziland and Lesotho ) .
13 The poem was classified in 1815 as a Poem founded on the Affections .
14 Following the question about Everton playing for the Brylcreem Trophy , readers Neil Girard and John Wheatland point out that Everton beat Ipswich Town in a competition based on the Superstars TV programme in which players from both sides took part in various games of skill .
15 The case involved comment in a radio broadcast on the activities of an ex Catholic priest who was the governing director of a Youth Foundation .
16 City Lives may eventually generate income as material is published — a book based on the interviews is already in the pipeline .
17 in the event that a purchaser is persuaded to purchase a property based on a surveyors valuation , the level of damages will be based on the correct market value allowing for the true condition of the property , and not the cost of repairs which need to be carried out .
18 A protocol based on the methods used in this study may be obtained from us .
19 It consisted of a small group of people whose names were printed in a list pasted on the endpapers of the volumes .
20 And then a lot depended on the women as well hand on till death well you what do you expect to be pregnant next morning .
21 The Advanced Courses Development Programme has so far involved two phases of pilot courses , each phase having represented a stage in the progression from the current Advanced Courses system to a system based on the principles in the Policy Paper .
22 But this last resort of defeated men marks the transition from a system based on the traditions of the local community to reliance on legal and administrative procedures based on written records .
23 Most of them were clerks or shop assistants , although there were one or two manual workers , a couple worked on the railways ; nobody was upper class .
24 In 1927–28 , the Cambridge and Ipswich Tutorial Classes in Biology participated in a six-talks broadcast on The Problems of Heredity given by Mary Adams , then tutor to the Cambridge branch .
25 They also produced ‘ LORNA DOONE ’ with Clive Owen , and are now working on a series based on the children 's classic ‘ THE BORROWERS ’ and a major drama series adapted from Armistead Maupin 's cult novels ‘ TALES OF THE CITY ’ .
26 In a society which has fully internalized the consequences of the Einsteinian revolution and its off-shoots , an epistemology based on the postulates of classical scientific models is unable to cope with social structures formed according to this new way of thinking .
27 Whether information fell within this implied term to prevent its use or disclosure by an ex-employee depended on the circumstances , and attention should be given to the following : a ) the nature of the employment , b ) the nature of the information , c ) whether the employer stressed the confidential nature of the material , d ) whether the information could be easily isolated from other material the employee was free to use .
28 This is an estimate based on the costs of building similar paths elsewhere , and assumes that volunteer labour will be used .
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