Example sentences of "[noun] on [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 2 | Whatever the reason , repeated tests have shown that the inclusion of sufficient dietary fibre in meals prevents the excessive output of insulin which so often leads to hunger and snack-eating on diets in which the carbohydrates are processed and refined . |
| 3 | Dr Bhatiani said Dr Almahawi did not undertake any surgery with the practice and Department of Health guidelines on doctors with HIV were followed fully . |
| 4 | It is the responsibility of the ACPC for each locality to establish local inter-agency guidelines on procedures to be followed in individual cases but these must comply with the standards set in Working Together . |
| 5 | Editor , — The guidelines on precautions regarding transmission of HIV and hepatitis B virus during invasive procedures and on managing exposure to blood or body fluids contain several inaccuracies . |
| 6 | The Council guidelines on bioethics in health care cover considerations such as confidentiality and data protection and insist that no-one should be compelled to undergo testing for social benefits , employment or education . |
| 7 | The books draw on the experience of practising teachers , teacher trainers and researchers and seek to provide practical guidelines on ways in which specific areas of the curriculum can be made more accessible to all children . |
| 8 | The Bank of Italy , which is due to unveil detailed guidelines on links between banks and industry shortly , is alert to the danger . |
| 9 | In fact , he said , the accused met with Castro specifically at the behest of the CIA , to convey American thinking on insurgencies in Nicaragua and El Salvador . |
| 10 | COMPANIES in the offshore oil business were urged yesterday to change their thinking on ways of operating so that the North Sea could compete with other areas seeking shares of limited investment funds . |
| 11 | I have just read the article in November 's Today 's Horse on gadgets by Carolyn Henderson and I would like to say that in my opinion she has done a very good job pointing out the dangers of people with their own horses who resort to gadgets to get an outline and not to time and schooling . |
| 12 | A CU arises when countries join together to abolish all restrictions on trade between themselves while maintaining a common external tariff on imports into the Union . |
| 13 | The most significant breakthrough in this respect was the decision to implement a common tariff on imports from January 1991 , in order to facilitate the eventual removal of all barriers to intra-community trade . |
| 14 | The combined spend by political parties on posters of £2.7m accounts for 17 per cent of all monies spent on roadside advertising for the four weeks before the election . |
| 15 | Agreement between political parties on talks in Northern Ireland |
| 16 | The tribunal would itself take the lead in questioning , reducing the reliance of parties on representatives with the forensic skills of questioning and cross-questioning . |
| 17 | The almost transparent hairs on catkins of S. arctica and other willows , for example , coupled with dark pigmentation , provide greenhouse conditions that help to warm the underlying tissues and enhance seed production ( Krog , 1955 ) . |
| 18 | English Nature have responded by drawing up a lowland peatland policy , which includes commitments : , to oppose new planning applications for peat extraction on Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) ; , to seek protection for SSSI sites which already have planning permission — by purchasing or leasing the site , providing grant aid for conservation management , or liaising with extractors to minimize damage ; , to support the development of alternatives to peat . |
| 19 | Such studies are exemplified by the work of Professor K.W. Butzer on areas in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean where he reconstructed stages of landscape change as related to Quaternary stratigraphy and indicative of changing Quaternary climates . |
| 20 | the other question , how seriously do you view the likely impact of the new the budget er change come coming into force in the spring on purchases of consumer durables such as yours bearing in mind your and your customer profile ? |
| 21 | Er , divisional quality manager should give positive feedback on divisions about this pre-assessment , the one that happened . |
| 22 | The contamination originates in African and Pacific cocoa-growing countries , where WEN 's research found that workers frequently spray Lindane and 29 other toxic pesticides on crops without adequate protection . |
| 23 | The Cabinet committee on a new Government Conference Centre to be built on the Storey 's Gate site ruled out the investment on grounds of cost ( it was subsequently given the go-ahead and , as of Autumn 1985 , has almost been completed ) . |
| 24 | Indeed , features designed to teach and guide readers on ways of approaching all kinds of subject matter in a variety of media and styles are always a high priority . |
| 25 | The effects of rural famine took their toll on city-workers in due course . |
| 26 | But this degree of involvement takes its toll on policewomen in the unit . |
| 27 | The practice of the taxpayer bank was to invest its day to day surplus holdings in foreign currencies on certificates of deposit which were issued by overseas banks agreeing to repay a fixed sum of money on a fixed date at a fixed rate of interest but which , unlike fixed deposits , were readily marketable at any time before maturity at a price which reflected the accrued interest element up to the date of sale . |
| 28 | An example he cites of the way drugs are pervading the industry is the experiment with BST hormone which is being injected into cows , including animals on farms in Somerset , to improve milk yields . |
| 29 | Mrs Hughes was sentenced after admitting fourteen cases of cruelty involving animals on farms in Leintwardine and Eardisland . |
| 30 | Nora closed her eyes on tears of joy . |