Example sentences of "on the [noun] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In experimental work on the viscosity of the alkanes over a wide range of temperature Doolittle found however that the simple relation where A and B are constants gave a very much better fit to the experimental data , than the Andrade equation From the discussion we have given it is clear that fv is only a linear function of T if the expansion of the liquid is given by the linear equation and this is only true over small temperature ranges .
2 And because the upper limit of a microscope 's resolving power depends on the wavelength of the waves illuminating the object under study , Sokolov suggested that an acoustic microscope should in theory be able to resolve images just as well as the standard optical system .
3 The charterer , on the other hand , promised : 1 ) to load the ship within the stipulated time ; 2 ) to pay freight on the discharge of the goods ; and 3 ) to pay customary fees such as ‘ primage ’ ( a small payment to the master for his ‘ trouble ’ ) , ‘ pilotage ’ ( pilot 's fee ) , and ‘ average ’ ( an assortment of small fees for services , such as towing shared by ship and cargo , not to be confused with general or particular average ) .
4 The amount of VAT is worked out on the price of the goods supplied by the business .
5 This in turn depends on the price of the tickets , the size of the prizes and whether these are taxable or not , all details which are not laid down in the Bill .
6 The maintenance of the right of silence in police station interviews — the Commission 's own research showed that this right is little used and has little effect on the decision of the police whether or not to prosecute or on the outcome of the proceedings .
7 He 'd met Romano de Sciorto through researching the book he 'd been planning on the history of the islands .
8 Dr Philip Short gives this illustrated lecture for the Irish Garden Plant Society on the history of the Gardens and native plants of Australia .
9 What I have in mind then is a description of the route from a cyclist 's point of view ; distances , gradients , junctions ; alternative routes , eg longer loops for the more adventurous ; cafes , pubs , tearooms , and public places with benches ( because cyclists often like to ‘ eat their piece ’ out in the open ) ; some illustrations of landscapes ( these could either be line drawings based on sketches , or photographs ) ; and perhaps something on the history of the place-names , which is of interest to many cyclists ( eg where did Biggar get its name ? ) .
10 Waterside — A Pictorial Past , is not strictly an aeroplane book , concentrating more on the history of the parishes of Calshot , Fawley , Hythe and the surrounding areas .
11 [ Loseley MSS , Guildford Museum and Folger Library , Washington ; E. K. Chambers , Notes on the History of the Revels Office under the Tudors , 1906 ; E. and M. Feuillerat , Documents Relating to the Revels at Court in the Time of King Edward VI and Queen Mary , 1914 ; S. T. Bindoff , The House of Commons 1509–1558 , 1982 . ]
12 But the experts who examined him afterwards almost certainly thought he had been infected by female chiggoe fleas , which attach themselves between the toes or on the soles of the feet .
13 Okay er , according to Darwin , and here I quote , in infants long before birth , says Darwin , the skins on the soles of the feet is thicker than on any other part of the body , and it can hardly be doubted that this is due to the inherited effects of pressure during a long series of generations .
14 Katie sets out on the trail of the kidnappers and her song for Ben becomes the means to save his life .
15 Yet still they persist on the abolition of the Wages Councils .
16 The Conversation Analytic approach to code switching taken here relies on the responses of the participants in a conversation to warrant claims about the work which a particular code switch is doing .
17 Occasionally , a referendum imposes direct constraints on the actions of the representatives , but this tends to be the exception in most countries .
18 Much appears to rest on the attitudes of the children themselves .
19 Between 1547 and 1552 , a series of parliamentary statutes ushered in major doctrinal and liturgical change ; restrictions on the reading of the scriptures were ended ; the fifteenth-century heresy laws were rescinded ; all remaining chantries were dissolved ; and clerical marriage , communion in both kinds , and the use of a Protestant English Prayer Book were all authorized .
20 The famous ‘ spider woman ’ of Erddig duly appears on the cover of The Servants ' Hall , but most of the accounts are of the menservants .
21 Well , you can probably go some of the way by concentrating on the humanity of the policemen you need to portray .
22 The man who , more than any other , provoked and personified that revolt was Karl Barth ( 1886 — 1968 ) ; and the book which , as one critic put it , ‘ fell like a bomb on the playground of the theologians ’ , was his Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans , first published in 1918 , when its then virtually unknown author was pastor of Safenwil in his native Switzerland .
23 Depends on the depth of the burns .
24 We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains .
25 Revolution is built on the sacrifice of the innocents .
26 A leading Western authority on the reincorporation of the nationalities into the Soviet Union opined that of all the minorities the Belorussians had the weakest urge to set themselves apart .
27 Social class was based on the occupation of the women 's husband .
28 Yet here , on the verge of the Lowlands , most of the gentry had hedged their bets ; some had even entertained the Butcher as he progressed triumphally from one massacre to the next and had then bought over the gutted glens and stocked them with the great sheep .
29 ‘ As always , it depends on the motives of the leaders who operate it and the ability of the mass of the population to challenge them .
30 Mr Symington was on the board of a savings and loan , as Mr Goddard 's advertisements allege , but he resigned in 1984 when the thrift was still in good shape .
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