Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 On the disappearance of the archedictyon , or of an individual vein , the macrotrichia may persist on the wing-membrane in their original positions ; their presence there is regarded by Tillyard as evidence of descent from more densely veined ancestors .
2 But they are concerned about the psychological effect the experience may have on the girls .
3 Employment is a two-way trade and it is as well to remember that the conditions that we in the House think can be imposed on employers may backfire on the very people whom they are supposed to help .
4 Cold sores may appear on the lips or genitalia .
5 Remember , too , when acting for a seller on a sale by auction to attend the sale itself to answer any questions that a prospective buyer may raise on the title or the special conditions — and be wary of the questioner who seeks to suggest that the title is faulty or that restrictions prohibit development , etc , in the hope of abating the bids offered .
6 If the petition is advertised , more creditors may jump on the bandwagon .
7 In brief , the Cartesian reduction may rest on a set of difficulties which are linguistically generated by treating language as a less complicated thing than it in fact is .
8 This refers to the way in which a particular experimenter may influence different subjects , or to the effect that different experimenters may have on the same subject .
9 Steven mentioned the constraints that the E M U may impose on the economy , but the biggest single issue is the scandalous position in which this government has placed British workers by opting out of a Social Chapter and thus denying the right and protection at work which are granted , taken for granted as minimum basic conditions in all other member states .
10 Opinions may differ on the relative contributions of different factors to the changes , but of the pressures pushing governments further and faster into the arms of the multinationals there can be little doubt .
11 However , yarns vary and the finer light-coloured double-knit yarns may knit on a standard gauge machine , but darker yarns may not .
12 These groups may draw on the professional skills of individual party members who can act as an independent source of advice to the party groups on the council .
13 They usually do not even risk saying , as they truthfully could , that though groups may differ on the average , group differences are small relative to individual differences , and that every sociological stratum and ethnic group contains the full range of mental ability .
14 Snow may linger on the high passes as late as June .
15 Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales .
16 To facilitate this aim the Presidents had signed an Economic Action Plan for Central America and agreed that discussions should proceed on the revival of the Central American Common Market .
17 The same problem arises with Bruner 's injunction that the curriculum should concentrate on the essential structure of a subject .
18 Its appeal is obvious when shown to anyone in the target age group of ages 3 to 6 , and this should be one of the first programs a young user should see on a PC .
19 When public funds are required to support someone in private care the needs of that person should be assessed in the same way as for admission to statutory care and admission should depend on the results of that assessment .
20 Preferably the parties ' surveyors should agree on an appropriate method of amortising such payments , which can then be written into the lease .
21 Another view expressed was that the stock of money per se was not of prime importance and should not be the prime target of the authorities ; rather the authorities should concentrate on the liquidity of the whole system .
22 This warranty has arisen from US practice but in the UK the acquirer 's solicitors should check on the seller 's authorities as it is not usual practice for the solicitors of one party to render a formal legal opinion to another party , each party being expected to seek and rely on advice from its own solicitors .
23 An acquirer should concentrate on the discounted value of the acquired bank 's cash flow .
24 Mr Brazauskas , First Secretary of the republic 's party , said all political forces and ethnic groups should agree on a consensus that would fight for this goal , as well as social justice , human rights , and democracy .
25 Both the name of the receiver and that of the yacht must appear on the airway bill .
26 A national investment board should decide on the overall level of investment to preserve full employment , and deficit spending was advocated if it were necessary to prevent unemployment .
27 The central elements of the code of practice include the division of responsibilities at the head of the company ; sufficient non-executive directors to carry significant weight in the board 's decisions ; a schedule of key matters reserved for full board decision ; full disclosure of directors ' total emoluments , with separate figures for salary and performance-related pay ; audit committees composed solely of non-executives to scrutinise figures and appoint auditors ; the board should report on the effectiveness of the company 's system of internal controls ; the directors should report that the business is a going concern , and auditors report on this statement .
28 16.22 • Reading activities should build on the oral language and experiences which pupils bring from home .
29 Whether or not any such implied agreement did come into existence must depend on the terms upon which the money was paid by Woolwich , as set out in letters from Woolwich to the revenue dated 12 June and 15 September 1986 , construed in the light of the surrounding circumstances .
30 Some kinds of improvisation have their form already well defined : jazz improvisation , for example , is based either on a well-known theme or on a familiar harmonic progression ( e.g. twelve-bar blues ) , while the church organist may improvise on a ground bass , a fugal theme , or a chorale melody .
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