Example sentences of "on [art] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The situation in which a surety is required to give a guarantee or charge property to secure the liability of a debtor to a creditor is on the authorities a fruitful area for the exercise of undue influence , particularly by the debtor over the surety to obtain the guarantee or charge the debtor needs to satisfy the creditor . |
| 2 | There were still to be found on the roads a vagrant population of Celtic wanderers from Scotland or Ireland , and those who followed the travelling occupations like chapmen , pedlars and itinerant entertainers , as well as the true travelling people , the gypsies and tinkers . |
| 3 | It is suggested that whichever phrase is used , the court would be reluctant to construe it as imposing on the parties a positive obligation to negotiate . |
| 4 | As we have already seen , they are no protection against wind erosion , which can in any case be overcome by other means , and even if there are stock grazing on the fields a movable fence is more efficient , convenient and requires less maintenance . |
| 5 | His last years saw in Maupeou 's attack on the parlements a real effort to give the monarchy more freedom of action , and in the radical fiscal expedients of the Abbé Terray ( Controller-General , 1770–74 ) a partially successful attempt to ease its financial position . |
| 6 | Just a small bowl , about the size of a teacup ; made of a dull pewterish metal , leaf-thin with age ; decorated with some worn beading round the rim , and on the sides a formal pattern of entwining lines . |