Example sentences of "on the [noun pl] ' [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the more positive side , degree classifications for graduates are also recorded , based on the students ' progressive average . |
| 2 | Some courses draw on the students ' own experience , usually in the workplace . |
| 3 | Reliance on the brewers ' better nature is a precarious sort of dependency , where today 's Jekyll can be tomorrow 's Hyde . |
| 4 | But the conductor can focus the horn player 's skill and knowledge on the musicians ' joint performance . |
| 5 | The movement called for a referendum on the islands ' continued union with the mainland . |
| 6 | One of the most telling studies — because it scored a direct hit on the interventionists ' favourite example — was a paper published in 1973 by Steven Cheung , then at the University of Washington : ‘ The Fable of the Bees ’ . |
| 7 | Although it is now possible to use a system of notation , choreographers still prefer to create directly on the human material , working on it and relying on the dancers ' own memories to repeat what has been designed on and for them . |
| 8 | Diana Gittins has concluded that couples whose worlds increasingly centred on the home , rather than on the culture of the workplace or on the spouses ' respective circles of friends , most frequently achieved their ideal family size . |
| 9 | Early analysis concentrated on the multinationals ' invested position abroad . |
| 10 | However , in other situations Customs have deemed that there is a non-monetary consideration in addition to the price paid and that VAT is therefore due on the goods ' normal selling price . |
| 11 | This section is therefore designed to show how the companies scan their environments to identify these fundamental and broad-ranging changes that might have an impact on the companies ' future outlook . |
| 12 | There is an enormous literature in Russian on the Decembrists ' Siberian exile which accurately reflects the powerful impact which these ‘ first enlighteners of the Siberian people ’ had on the scientific investigation and cultural development of the region with which so many of them came to identify themselves , and where not a few chose to remain after they were eventually amnestied by Alexander H. Just as their initial , ill-fated rebellion marked the beginning of the nineteenth-century Russian revolutionary movement , so did their exile beyond the Urals open a new phase in the history of political exile in Siberia and of the on-going battle between the radical intelligentsia and the autocratic Russian state . |
| 13 | In some macroeconometric models ( for example , the Liverpool model of the UK economy ) , inflationary expectations are based on the models ' own predictions of the future inflation rate . |
| 14 | Effective communication , of course , is dependent on the communicators ' several abilities within the verbal language component , notably those of thinking , speaking , listening , reading and writing ( Fig. 7.3 ) . |
| 15 | The catalogue is a serious and enlightening examination of the nature of modern British art by James Hyman , which draws heavily on the artists ' own words and writings . |
| 16 | Excavation of one tomb has also shed light on the Egyptians ' sexual mores . |
| 17 | The two fresh contenders of greatest interest , if only because they were not even in the side when Scotland trounced Ireland at Murrayfield , are Peter Clohessy on the tight-head — a player who incurred the wrath of Australia 's Bob Dwyer but who was held to have made quite an impact on the Lions ' top brass versus Wales — and the young stand-off , Eric Ellwood . |
| 18 | Kinnock 's success in altering party policy was made easier , if less meaningful , by the end of the cold war , but a public onslaught on the Conservatives ' military record , including the maintainance of Trident , would have opened up debate within Labour ranks , as well as risking alienating voters on the question of defence employment . |
| 19 | He poured scorn on the Conservatives ' pre-election assurances on their low-tax policy , describing the Government as ‘ political cheats who have got into power by sheer dishonesty and by defrauding the electorate ’ . |
| 20 | An analysis and assessment of the findings of previous catalogue use studies may shed some light on the users ' apparent change of heart towards the library catalogue since the advent of online systems . |
| 21 | Concentrating on the foreigners ' comic aspects , Mr Coleman passes over , in almost complete silence , the Assembly 's preoccupation with the environment , drugs , Aids and human rights , questions at the top of the agenda for the UN . |
| 22 | Leaving this central issue to one side for the moment , we should add here that there are major critiques which can be made of Marxist theories , critiques on the theories ' own terms . |
| 23 | Whereas aphids rely on the ants ' normal aggression against predators , the caterpillar administers an aggression-arousing drug and it seems to slip them something addictively binding as well . |
| 24 | Continued success in this area will obviously depend in part on the unions ' continued ability to stay abreast of developments , and contribute to any agreement or trade and legal standards that are produced . |
| 25 | Trade union members have been given more say via pre-strike ballots , regular elections of their officials , and votes on the unions ' political levy . |
| 26 | An initial target of £4.7 million , later reduced to £2 million , was set for investments , which could be drawn on the unions ' general funds . |
| 27 | Oxford Pocket English Grammar is modelled on the authors ' best-selling classic , Practical English Grammar , and is designed for learners of English at lower intermediate and higher levels . |
| 28 | Just as the statements of attainment reflect the experience and predilections of subject working groups , so the sequences in Profiles of Development depend on the authors ' underlying theory of teaching rather than any inexorable path of learning . |
| 29 | Mr Cristiani appears to have succeeded in isolating the FMLN , but it is unclear whether the agreement will have any impact on the guerrillas ' military activity . |
| 30 | The appellants , suppliers of petrol to garage owners , entered into two agreements with the respondents in relation to two garages , M and C. The agreements were on the appellants ' standard forms . |