Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] of [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So absorbed was she in the effort of preparing herself mentally for what lay ahead that she did not glance upstream as she drove across Cookham Bridge and wonder why there were no party-goers gathered round a marquee on the lawn of Swans ' Meadow , why indeed there was no marquee pitched on the lawn at all . |
| 2 | The foregoing conclusions regarding the inability of the professional participant in the stock market to consistently produce excess returns is at variance with some of the work on the performance of brokers ' advisory services . |
| 3 | Evidence of disparity on the part of magistrates ' courts was provided by a Home Office study ( Tarling and Weatheritt , 1979 ; but see also Hood , 1962 , 1972 ; Tarling et al. , 1995 ) of 30 large courts selected at random . |
| 4 | Much better as women to put our energies elsewhere and to think in terms of guerilla action — to redistribute resources to women wherever possible ; to asset-strip men 's buildings of their space and facilities and resources on behalf of women ; to expose male hypocrisy , corruption and oppression wherever it appears ; to reserve loyalty for principles and for women not for institutions ; and to concentrate on the subversion of men 's ideas about themselves and about women by behaving badly and with irreverence to their rules . |
| 5 | For its part , the Commons itself was representative of a limited electorate although there was no expectation that the electorate , should , or would , seek to impinge on the independence of members ' judgements . |
| 6 | In view of the educational importance of explanation , it is surprising that so little research has focused directly on the development of children 's ability to give and understand explanations ; or on how children actually cope with explanations in the classroom . |
| 7 | Some have tended to concentrate on the problem of men 's systematic violence towards women and on the power relations involved in contemporary forms of heterosexuality . |
| 8 | A Home Office Advisory Working Group , chaired by Judge Pigot , on the question of children 's evidence will report imminently and is expected to recommend that children as young as four or five should be allowed to give evidence if a judge rules that they are competent . |
| 9 | On the question of counsels ' duties on hearing the judge make a slip in his summing up , see commentary on Holden [ 1991 ] Crim.L.R. at 480 . |
| 10 | Among the more important requirements are : the demonstration of management skills and financial viability ; commitment to equal opportunities policies ; the provision of full information to tenants and the Corporation ; an agreement to retain dwellings acquired as a Tenants ' Choice landlord for letting at rents within the reach of those in low-paid employment ; compliance with the terms of the Housing Corporation 's guidance on the management of Tenants ' Choice dwellings . |
| 11 | Clearly , any explanation based on the idea of women 's domestic role giving them certain personality traits , like status consciousness , is unable to deal with the fact that different women behave differently . |
| 12 | Much research and debate is required before we have a feminist theory of technology ; in the meanwhile , this book will serve a useful purpose if it places the problem on the agenda of women 's studies . |
| 13 | Compact should be a standing item on the agenda of governors ' meetings . |
| 14 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received on the conduct of children 's homes in Gwynedd . |
| 15 | It seems probable that if the programme had addressed the curriculum in a more direct and sharply focused way , concentrating attention and resources on particular curriculum areas at a time , then the impact on the quality of children 's curriculum experiences , and hence on their learning , would have been much greater . |
| 16 | Josephine Butler , who put so much emphasis on the importance of women 's domestic virtues , deplored the idea that reproduction alone should be ‘ the essential aim of [ women 's ] existence ’ , and considered such a position to be contrary to ‘ the unity of moral law ’ . |
| 17 | Indeed , the intellectual achievements of these men rested in a personal way on the basis of women 's domestic oppression . |
| 18 | A significant number of feminists concerned primarily with rights in the public sphere rejected the confines of the middle class family altogether , while promoters of maternal influence beyond the home did so on the basis of women 's unique qualities as wives and mothers . |
| 19 | In the medium term the Kent Impact Study estimated that , on the basis of firms ' plans in late 1986 the Channel Tunnel would produce losses of 4,500 and 6,500 jobs in the ferry industry to be offset by gains of 3,200 jobs directly related to the operation of the Tunnel at Cheriton and Ashford , and 13,000 to 14,000 new jobs in other industries of which 3,700 were attributed to firms moving into Kent from other parts of the country . |
| 20 | Additional ‘ T ’ funding was allocated mainly on the basis of universities ' growth in undergraduate student numbers , as measured by their percentage of ‘ Fees-only ’ students . |
| 21 | On the basis of Fields 's figures , if certain guidelines were adhered to rigorously , Branson estimated that it would cost Virgin £20m a year to run the airline , but the most they stood to lose by ‘ cutting and running ’ at any time was £2m . |
| 22 | The attainment bands were formed on the basis of pupils ' score on the GT4 test , not from the particular mathematics sets in which they do mathematics in their schools . |
| 23 | Both Italian writers commented particularly on the number of goldsmiths ' shops in the city ( 3 , pp.101–5 ; 25 , pp.51–2 ; 35 , pp.42–3 ) . |
| 24 | It is worth considering the French model since , with the introduction of the national core curriculum , there will be far less time in the school day to devote to non-specialist teaching ; and with the new terms and conditions for teachers there may well be many who will want a strict regulation on the number of hours ' work they will put in each day . |
| 25 | Loss of rent should be insured but there should be some upper limitation on the number of years ' cover . |
| 26 | In 1967 the Monopolies and Mergers Commission reported on the supply of solicitors ' ( and also barristers ' ) services in relation to restrictions on advertising . |
| 27 | At Women 's Convenience , A Handbook On The Design Of Women 's Public Toilets , is available from the Women 's Design Service , 18 Ashwin Street , London E8 3DL , price £7 inc p&p . |
| 28 | Indeed , there is every argument for strengthening it by introducing penalties and allowing MMC findings on the outcomes of firms ' behaviour to form the basis for private actions for damages . |
| 29 | But was she sacrificing too much on the altar of women 's equality ? |
| 30 | Their violently anticlerical tone , occasionally stooping to scurrilous abuse , provoked sharp replies from churchmen , some of whom themselves descended to the level of personal insults , mostly on the score of Cocks 's diminutive size and renowned eccentricity . |