Example sentences of "on [noun] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an obligation , usually thought of as nothing more than a reason to obey , may be based on reasons other than the authority of the law . |
| 2 | Japan on March 13 provided the Gulf Peace Fund with $8,600 million in accordance with its pledge of aid to the United States-led coalition in the Gulf war . |
| 3 | There was no guidance on provision other than the commitments to improving the visual environment and offering a broad curriculum and flexible teaching . |
| 4 | A former Cabinet minister , Edward Rurangaranga , and five others were released from prison on Jan. 23 after the state dropped murder charges against them for lack of evidence . |
| 5 | The PDC had previously threatened to leave the administration on Jan. 31 if the government was not opened to other political parties , and party officials described the change of stance as a gesture of goodwill in response to continuing negotiations . |
| 6 | The directive had been unpublicized , and was only confirmed officially on Jan. 25 after the news had been leaked by the independent Interfax news agency ( which was now operating with the support of the Russian Federation government and Moscow city council after Gosteleradio had withdrawn its support in January — see p. 37972 ) . |
| 7 | They were resumed on Jan. 22 after a series of compromises had been agreed , including live radio coverage of the talks . |
| 8 | Milongo went into hiding , but emerged on Jan. 21 after the troops opened fire the previous day on about 2,000 people demonstrating in support of him , killing five . |
| 9 | In what was widely described as the worst civil unrest since independence , rioting erupted in Bamako , the capital , on Jan. 21 after the police banned two anti-government demonstrations demanding political reforms and the introduction of multiparty democracy . |
| 10 | The emaciated guitarist balances precariously on legs thinner than a pair of whittled Swan Vestas , which is fine , because a painfully thin member is essential if the glam card is going to be successfully played . |
| 11 | With a government that appears consciously to thrive on discord , and which has no policy on crime other than the obviousness of its being evil , the central role of the police has been inevitable . |
| 12 | Morton gave lectures on chemistry and materia medica in the evenings ; Youatt lectured in Nassau Street on animals other than the horse , with the blessing of London University . |
| 13 | The threat of a similar crisis involving a possible Western attack against Iraqi targets had been revived on Aug. 6 after the government declared that it would no longer grant weapons inspectors access to official buildings and ministries . |
| 14 | No sooner had James Watkins released what he called the ‘ first edition ’ of his national energy strategy ( NES ) on February 20th than the verdicts were delivered — in nice sound bites . |
| 15 | Many of us who represent the valleys would like the same amount of money to be spent on matters other than the bay , which has no God-given right to it . |
| 16 | This is not a failure to understand resulting from the difficulty of the material , but from attention being on matters other than the content of the text . |
| 17 | Nagumo raised the ‘ Z ’ battle flag of the rising sun on December 4 as the task force neared the launch point , some 230 miles north east of Pearl Harbor , where the fleet halted . |
| 18 | Judith Ward , 43 , serving a life sentence for Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) activities , was freed by the UK Court of Appeal on May 11 after the Court found her convictions to be " unsafe and unsatisfactory " . |
| 19 | An estimated 70,000 public-sector workers went on strike on May 10 after the government had unilaterally revoked the Civil Service Law , which protected the rights of public-sector workers . |
| 20 | A Cabinet decree published on May 19 provided the framework for the phasing out of the system by which workers laid off due to lack of raw materials continued to receive 80 per cent of their salaries . |
| 21 | PETER CHAPPLE-HYAM said yesterday that Rodrigo de Triano , a disappointing fourth in Saturday 's Singer & Friedlander Greenham Stakes at Newbury , will miss the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 2 if the ground is at all soft . |
| 22 | The famous locomotive was making its inaugural run over WSR metals on July 1 when the engineer working in the Leigh Wood region spotted the obstructions which has been deliberately placed on the running lines . |
| 23 | The Macedonian government offered its resignation on July 16 after a vote of no confidence was carried by 91 votes to two with seven abstentions in the Macedonian Assembly on July 7 . |
| 24 | My personal view is that they will run on lead free if the valve gear and engine are in perfect condition before using unleaded petrol . |
| 25 | Five Turkish sailors were killed and 18 were injured on Oct. 1 when a US aircraft carrier , the Saratoga , accidentally fired two missiles during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) exercise in the Aegean , one of which hit a Turkish destroyer , the Muavenet . |
| 26 | Former Queensland Premier and National Party leader Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen walked free from the Brisbane District Court on Oct. 19 after a jury failed to agree on a verdict in his trial for perjury . |
| 27 | Sixteen people were killed by unidentified gunmen in apparent reprisal attacks in Soweto and nearby townships on Oct. 28 after an Inkatha supporter was killed by a mob . |
| 28 | Blown-up extracts from contemporary Paris newspapers , on panels larger than the works of art on display , suggest that the district 's sudden fame was not so much to do with art or philosophy , but the novel phenomenon of la jeunesse . |
| 29 | Reagan 's testimony was released on Feb. 22 after the Justice Department ruled that it contained no classified information . |
| 30 | Certainly the surgeon who performed the cholecystectomy on day 12 after the procedure was sure that he had found aperforation in the gall bladder seperate from the puncture site . |