Example sentences of "[noun sg] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1993 marks the start of an ambitious new preventative health care programme which aims to stem the spread of malaria and AIDS , and SIDT is pinning its hopes for a healthy future on the villagers , whose only option is preventative health care . |
| 2 | Thus , cases such as Expro Services Ltd v Smith [ 1991 ] IRLR 156 , involving the contracting out by the Ministry of Defence of its catering function , should not fail in the future on the grounds that the catering operation , as carried on by the Ministry , was not in the nature of a commercial venture . |
| 3 | Whenever attempts were made to distinguish between means and ends , he could point to the crimes committed in the name of religion on the grounds that the end justified the means . |
| 4 | People who oppose religion on the grounds of its intolerance and bigotry think that the risks are very high . |
| 5 | I am intrigued to know how you work out the speed on the roads and tracks and how you know when to trot and when to canter ? |
| 6 | US President-elect Bill Clinton drives his friends round the bend with his love of speed on the roads . |
| 7 | I am known as Sideways Reynolds and I might have to cut back on the speed on the corners . |
| 8 | However , in October 1832 , the plant and stock-in-trade of the well-equipped vinegar works were sold by auction on the premises . |
| 9 | The information gained from such provings is enlarged by adding in any known toxic effects of the remedy in question which may have been noted in cases of poisoning ( either accidental or otherwise ) and is completed by noting any symptoms and signs which were not observed in the provings but which cleared up unexpectedly in patients given that remedy on the provings indications . |
| 10 | Only with the emergence in 1747 , in an embryonic form , of a Western Squadron dedicated to cruising off the main French Atlantic bases of Brest and Rochefort , did strategic considerations overcome purely commercial and tactical ones in British thinking on the functions of the navy . |
| 11 | ‘ Underprescribers ’ may be simply prudent prescribers but may also not be informed on the latest thinking on the benefits of drug treatment . |
| 12 | In 1979 a Green Paper examined the likely growth in transport needs to the year 2000 and formed the basis of future thinking on the concepts of ‘ Community interest ’ as a justification for European action to improve transport links between the various member countries . |
| 13 | All through The Scale Hilton hangs his thinking on the pegs of Scriptural texts interpreted as revealing figuratively the nature of spiritual reality . |
| 14 | Much as I admire a great deal of Ken Worpole 's contributions to discussion on alternative methods of arts funding — his and Geoff Mulgan 's ‘ Saturday Night , Sunday Morning ’ was an invaluable piece of work — his thoughts ( almost gleeful I thought ) on the problems of civic buildings ( MT May ) were shot through with the baby-out-with-the-bathwater conclusions which seem to be endemic in much new times and new Left thinking on the arts generally . |
| 15 | DEACON Blue will begin their first tour for over a year at the newly revamped Ingliston auditorium on the outskirts of Edinburgh . |
| 16 | A legendary shepherd 's doxy who , by supposedly giving birth to a sheep , transposed herself into a creature of myth ; an 18th-century joiner 's apprentice who saw an angel ; odd echoes from the agricultural riots of the 1830s ; an imaginative squire 's hollowing out of a chalk horse on the downs . |
| 17 | The horn bow 's power and beauty was worth the trade of a good horse on the Plains . |
| 18 | Sinterklaas rides on a white horse on the roofs of the houses and throws presents down the chimneys to those children who have behaved well . |
| 19 | The selectors in 1991 chose 32% women artists for the final show , whereas this year 's show has 52% women artists ; although this did not reflect any conscious intention on the selectors part to discriminate in favour of women . |
| 20 | The final audit of the accounts found only £45,220 of stock on the premises instead of the £570,680 declared . |
| 21 | The matter is discussed in detail in Chapter 9 , where it is suggested that the quality of stock on the shelves can only be maintained through extensive stock revision , and that most public library authorities would at present benefit from allocating at least 40% of their bookfunds to stock revision . |
| 22 | The first requirement of the system is for the librarian at each service point to estimate the desired size of his stock on the shelves for each interest category . |
| 23 | They were dozing happily side by side on the sands , when a jet plane roared overhead , waking them with a start . |
| 24 | Then she disappeared , until Jane opened the airing cupboard and met the unblinking gaze of Fluff and Titch side by side on the blankets . |
| 25 | Finish off the sides by turning them in to the wrong side on the creaselines , with the interlining . |
| 26 | So many refugees had passed that way already , and the steamers were dirty with no accommodation , so that again we slept side by side on the decks , and ate cold and rather horrible curry and rice on filthy plates . |
| 27 | Volunteers in an experiment on the effects of prolonged starvation conducted by Ansel Keys in the 1950s did not report an increase in dreams about food , although their food intake was very low indeed — intended to match the conditions of deprivation suffered by people in places like Auschwitz . |
| 28 | In North 's briefing on the contras , given widely to donors and politicians when he was at the NSC , the emphasis was striking . |
| 29 | The tour of the exhibition will provide an opportunity to talk with major producers on the latest developments in roofing materials , and there will be a technical briefing on the implications for specifiers of the introduction of CEN standards , the Construction Products Directive , quality assurance and guarantees . |
| 30 | ‘ You have already been given a full briefing on the facts , ’ said the President . |