Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A final plaintive note records how , influenced by the advice of friends , this postlude does not include adverse commentary on the recent moves in the Department of Education to centralise the school curriculum ( ’ on the grounds that I read too much into what were chance decisions ’ ) and regretting accepting that advice . |
| 2 | He took deep breaths , trying to calm his mind and soul so he could concentrate on the recent events in the Tower . |
| 3 | William was lying on the cool tiles in the scullery , panting . |
| 4 | Some activities take place at the centre — initial canoe training is in the swimming pool and on the small lakes in the grounds . |
| 5 | I would place a great deal of emphasis on my own impressions , the comments of people in authority and I would focus on the key personalities in the ‘ drama ’ . |
| 6 | For they were all there , as on the memorable occasions in the past . |
| 7 | Signs appeared on the hot-air hand-driers in the ladies ' and gents ' : ‘ If you missed Sir Gordon 's speech to staff and wish to hear a recorded version , press this button … ‘ |
| 8 | The round-up followed a court decision to lift an order barring wildlife officials from killing about 350 of the birds on the picturesque canals in the town of Venice . |
| 9 | I 'm not going to bother to comment on the individual allegations in the letter or cite examples on non-Welsh violence from the same period . |
| 10 | It was known , too , she said , that medical examinations on the nine children in the present case , had revealed no signs of abuse . |
| 11 | This was a hapless task , and inevitably Fordham could not survive the general onslaught on the chief ministers in the ‘ Wonderful Parliament ’ . |
| 12 | While there was fear and death inside the school , the sun shone on the flowers outside , and on the flowing streams in the valleys . |
| 13 | Israeli troops yesterday clamped a curfew on the 650,000 Arabs in the Gaza Strip in an effort to avert unrest on Saturday . |
| 14 | This is because the timing of dividend payments on the 100 shares in the FTSE 100 index is not even throughout the year , and also , the amount of the dividend payments is not known at the beginning of the year . |
| 15 | It would not be proper or right for me to discuss what went on on the specific issues in the Cabinet and I do n't wish to do so . |
| 16 | The Mercians may always have been ruled by more than one king , possibly several , before the mid-seventh century , and Bede certainly thought of Penda as king at the time of his attack on the eastern Angles in the late 630s ( HE 111 , 18 ) . |
| 17 | Splaying can be a problem on the female terminals in the tray , and a pair of long-nosed pliers are required to cure this . |
| 18 | They thus have the power to ‘ name ’ schools of art , to impart value to them , and to impose these nominations in an act of ‘ symbolic violence ’ on the ordinary consumers in the wider social field . |
| 19 | We waited , sitting on the long benches in the out-patients ' waiting-room , Nigel staring straight ahead in what seemed an almost catatonic trance and ignoring any of my attempts at conversation . |
| 20 | Secondly , on the assumed facts in the present case , the court would , in our judgment , have clear jurisdiction to rectify the proprietorship register of the house by substituting the name of the appellant for that of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , since the case would fall within all or any of sub-paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) , ( d ) , ( g ) and ( h ) of section 82(1) . |
| 21 | Being brought up on the fish starved waters of the North West he took no prisoners when he drew on fish on the richer waters in the Midlands . |
| 22 | Some pundits suggest that the capital gains tax battle is a shrewd White House softening-up exercise for an even more aggressive assault on the Democratic leaders in the next two to three weeks , designed to force a 1990 deficit-cutting agreement on Republican terms . |
| 23 | We reached Chelalo on the Arussi mountains in the afternoon of 5 October ; it was here that we expected to find nyala . |
| 24 | Among those omitted , only Eric Ellwood , and even then just in two games , can be said to have had as much influence as Weir on the ultimate placings in the international championship . |
| 25 | Commenting on the mission Iain McTaggart , SCDI 's trade promotion executive , said : ‘ The high profile events in Spain last year have added fresh impetus to the country 's economic development and we are hoping to capitalise on the emerging opportunities in the principal commercial centres of Madrid and Barcelona . |
| 26 | Important references on the empirical studies in the United States are Musgrave et al. |
| 27 | She drained her coffee , and focused coldly on the towering mountains in the distance . |
| 28 | The unexpected departure , for whatever reasons , of several partners within a short period of time could place an intolerable strain on the surviving partners in the event that they were bound to pay out their former colleagues at one and the same time . |
| 29 | A further criticism which has been levelled at the Keynesian model is that it tends to understate the influence of money on the real variables in the economy . |
| 30 | The following analysis by treatment was performed on the 11 patients in the enalapril group and the 10 in the hydrochlorothiazide group who completed the study . |