Example sentences of "be [verb] on the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riva 's move into the UK could well be just the vanguard of a friendly invasion of quality draught continental beers which may soon be competing on the bars of UK pubs with our own traditional ales . |
| 2 | However , the latter 's impact was extremely superficial and could be explained on the grounds of the familiarity of Koreans ‘ with the laws of their quondam masters ’ . |
| 3 | But there is another possible kind of explanation , often more powerful , in which some linguistic feature is motivated by principles outside the scope of linguistic theory : for example , it seems possible that the syntactic processes known as island constraints ( Ross , 1967 ) can be explained on the grounds of general psychological principles ( see e.g. Grosu , 1972 ) . |
| 4 | If the expatriate and family are expected to find their own accommodation , information should be given on the types of properties available for rent , how much these are likely to cost together with information on whether they are furnished or unfurnished . |
| 5 | any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement shall not thereby be rendered void or unenforceable and shall , unless they are void or unenforceable for any other reason ( and subject to sections 35 and 36 , below ) be binding on the parties to the agreement . |
| 6 | This general policy could always be justified on the grounds of efficiency and cost-effectiveness , enabling parental choice to be denied under section 6(3) ( a ) ( compliance would prejudice ‘ efficient education or … efficient use of resources ’ ) . |
| 7 | It is arguable that the application of conduct of business rules must be justified on the grounds of the general good , to which the above criteria will apply . |
| 8 | However , there were even more terrible signs of this supposedly new streak of violent irritability to be found among the youth of working-class neighbourhoods , which could not even be justified on the grounds of over-enthusiastic jingo patriotism . |
| 9 | It may be that the ban will in due course be struck down , or at least restricted in its scope by the European Court : a total prohibition on television and radio appearances by representatives of a lawful political organisation , for example where they are elected local councillors speaking about domestic issues , can hardly be justified on the grounds of national security or the prevention of public disorder . |
| 10 | The extent to which covenants in restraint of trade can be justified on the grounds of protection of business secrets is discussed in general terms in Part I and in relation to specific types of contracts in Parts III to VI . |
| 11 | The phrase " mobile , lucid and continent " can still be heard on the lips of Officers-in-Charge who remember when this was the case . |
| 12 | Or counsel may suggest , again with the very greatest respect , that a certain decision may perhaps be reconsidered if the point arises again before a court having power to overrule it ; meanwhile , it can be distinguished on the facts before the present court . |
| 13 | Any investigation can be stopped on the grounds of ‘ national security ’ . |
| 14 | Although initially there may be a financial deficit , a value must be placed on the services of a qualified nurse when considering a scheme 's viability . |
| 15 | The Israelis have in fact scrupulously recorded every dunum and block of lost Jewish property in the Arab world so that it can be placed on the scales of compensation payments when there is any balancing of refugee debts at that final Middle East peace conference . |
| 16 | How much reliance can be placed on the details of the story is perhaps open to question , but it seems safe to conclude that Molla Fenari and Haci Ivaz were indeed enemies , for whatever reason . |
| 17 | Environmental groups are campaigning for more money and importance to be placed on the needs of cyclists , with a target of doubling cycle use over the next five years . |
| 18 | Thus in relation to conceptual criteria , research might be criticized on the grounds of inconsistency of reasoning or imprecision of terminology or general intellectual ineptitude , using the standards of argumentation approved by our culture ( though not necessarily by others ) . |
| 19 | With regard to empirical criteria , research can be criticized on the grounds of faulty methodology in the design of instruments for assembling data or in the means used for measuring them . |
| 20 | In both , the main class order can be criticized on the grounds of the separation of Sciences from their respective Technologies . |
| 21 | In fact Salisbury poured scorn on Lord Wemyss — ‘ the great prophet of North Berwick Law ’ — and insisted that interventionist legislation had to be considered on the merits of the measure in question . |
| 22 | The stores would be located on the sites of the company 's two advanced gas-cooled reactors at Hunterston and Torness in Northern Scotland . |
| 23 | Paths plan : Walkers turned out to hear plans for two new footpaths which could be located on the outskirts of the village . |
| 24 | These may also be responsible for the associated climatic phenomena and may be blamed on the effects of plate tectonics with the rise and fall of mid-ocean ridges and the displacement of water by the piling up and erosion of new orogenic belts . |
| 25 | The Left seemed to be caught on the horns of a dilemma : insurrection was regarded with increased scepticism and democracy with increased respect , but parliamentary socialism continued to reveal its all too familiar limitations . |
| 26 | Another means by which light may be shed on the problems concerning the modes of production and dispersal of metalwork would be to consider very distinctive examples . |
| 27 | Trivers ( 1985 ) , R. Dawkins ( 1976 ) and Maynard Smith ( 1978 ) can be recommended on the grounds of importance , clarity , or both ; the collection edited by Bateson ( 1983 ) is useful . |
| 28 | Instead , if Birmingham is to saved , then some sort of balance sheet parachute should be concocted on the lines of a long-term equity injection such as preference shares or even a convertible bond . |
| 29 | When , as in the cases of Rembrandt and Van Gogh , there is a whole series of pictures to choose from , books can be written on the self-images of one artist alone . |
| 30 | They have tree planting campaigns and regular fundraising for another building to be built on the grounds of the training centre . |