Example sentences of "by the [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Working Party report was turned down by the Council on the grounds that its proposals did ‘ not sufficiently reflect its value as an independent and impartial body for setting academic standards . ’ |
| 2 | It leaves out of all account the various structural requirements which must be satisfied , and the various restrictions imposed by the law on the workings of trusts . |
| 3 | The Rouhanyoun faction protested as some 1,100 prospective candidates were eliminated by the committees on the grounds that they did not meet minimum educational and other standards . |
| 4 | A third option is to have the adventurers caught in the middle of an ambush staged by the warband on the bandits or vice versa . |
| 5 | In anomie theory the impetus that pushes people into crime is that the ambitions for status and pecuniary success that they share with everyone else are thwarted by the restrictions on the opportunities to achieve them that result from low socio-economic status . |
| 6 | 4.5 All such orders will be placed by the Company on the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 3 hereto , which shall govern and form part of every contract for the supply of the Products by the Supplier to the Company and prevail over any express or implied terms or conditions of the Company . |
| 7 | The convention on climate change is being blocked by the US on the grounds that global warming remains unproven . |
| 8 | The electoral campaign was overshadowed by the discussion on the terms for German economic and monetary union [ for May 2 agreement in principle see pp. 37466-67 ] . |
| 9 | The appointment of new and conservative judges in the later 1980s was seen as posing a threat to the basic rights enunciated in Roe , yet in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services ( 1989 ) and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey ( 1992 ) the court condoned further restrictions being placed by the states on the circumstances under which women could obtain abortions , while refusing to decide directly to reverse the principles in Roe . |
| 10 | The video , produced by Axel Ltd , is the first film in 77 years to be rejected by the board on the grounds of blasphemy . |
| 11 | Bernice , the Doctor 's rather overbearing friend , seemed fascinated by the paintings on the walls . |
| 12 | I 'm getting higher by the minute on the fruits of the jungle . |
| 13 | South West appointed the finance director only to have him vetoed by the Government on the grounds that he was caught up in a Department of Trade and Industry investigation . |
| 14 | Its inclusion in the categories of capital murder had originally been defended by the Government on the grounds that the presence of a gun was an indication of a pre-meditated offence , but in practice it proved impossible to maintain the distinction between deliberate killings committed with a gun , or a knife or other weapon . |
| 15 | The argument that , since the Crown Prosecution Service was established , the Attorney-General 's fiat was unnecessary was rejected by the Government on the grounds that , since the Act was being considerably strengthened , prospects of increased use of the law must be considered . |
| 16 | It had originally been refused permission by the government on the grounds that commercial exploitation of natural resources in a National Park is illegal . |
| 17 | This proved to be the case : on 29 June 1960 the Cuban government — encouraged by Khrushchev 's statements of Soviet support — seized the refineries operated by the multi-nationals on the grounds that they had violated the law by their refusal to process Soviet petroleum . |
| 18 | The Khmers Rouges refused to abide by the plan on the grounds that the UN had failed to verify adequately the withdrawal of all Vietnamese troops from Cambodia . |
| 19 | Amid much rumour and mystery , the consequence of a complete news black-out by the authorities on the circumstances of the pending releases , it was not possible to obtain independent confirmation of the report . |
| 20 | A plea for Tejero 's release was on Feb. 20 , 1991 , rejected by the authorities on the grounds that he had not completed three quarters of his sentence . |
| 21 | But this was unsuccessful also , for the casualties were unacceptable , and though some did reach the masonry , over all the ditches , few burdened with ladders and scaling-ropes managed to do so , and these were easily repulsed by the defenders on the wall-tops . |
| 22 | Hitherto , her parents ' requests for withdrawal of her life-support measures had been denied by the courts on the grounds that the patient 's own wishes in the matter were unclear , and that nobody else was competent to make the decision on her behalf . |
| 23 | The plaintiffs brought an action for damages against the defendants for , inter alia , conspiracy to defraud the plaintiffs by the obtaining of inflated fees and commission payments in respect of a number of property transactions conducted by the defendants on the plaintiffs ' behalf . |
| 24 | On 9 November 1990 , in an action by the plaintiffs claiming damages against the defendants for conspiracy to defraud in respect of a number of property transactions conducted by the defendants on the plaintiffs ' behalf , the third defendant issued a third party notice against J. , an accountant who had advised the plaintiffs , claiming an indemnity or , alternatively , a contribution to such an extent as the court might think just , on the ground of the third party 's alleged failure to properly advise the plaintiffs in relation to the transactions . |
| 25 | Elsewhere he refers to a treaty imposed by the king on the peoples who lived on the river Wahal , that is the Franks . |
| 26 | This was an advance from the figure of nineteen claimed by the defence on the pleadings . |
| 27 | 1.5 " Tenant 's Works " means the works which are to be carried out and completed by the Tenant on the Premises in accordance with clause 3 of this agreement consisting of : |
| 28 | Third World countries that attempt to slap their own patents on life-forms have been attacked by the industry on the grounds that they are unfairly blocking corporate interests . |
| 29 | A Roman citizen often owned slaves who worked his land growing wheat ; a feudal lord would seize the surplus wheat grown by the serf on the lands of medieval Europe ; the early capitalist farmers began to employ landless labourers to do their manual work for a wage which was less than the total value of the product which they created . |
| 30 | A number of stories using such imagery were run by both the quality and the popular press during this period , but similar arguments are to be found in parliamentary debates ( Hansard , vol. 84 , 21 October 1985 , cols. 30-.46 , 388 ) , and even in official reports produced by the police on the riots in Birmingham and London . |