Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school .
2 The Russian Federation would begin negotiations with interested parties on the troops ' status and on guarding the borders of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania .
3 This , not unnaturally , led to further confusion on the students ' part , and the treatment suggested here was adopted as the solution that fitted best with what the students felt they wanted to write .
4 His concentration on the consultants ' review is ridiculous .
5 The shops on the Garlands ' side of the street backed on the water and only a narrow paved walk separated them from the harbour .
6 A Royal Commission was established to inquire into Charities , and its chapter on the Goldsmiths ' Company was published in 1822 .
7 They first showed that the inhibitor had no effect on the rats ' ability to swim in general , nor , if the animals had already learned the maze by the time it was injected , did it prevent them from swimming it correctly .
8 Whether the mother or the father is younger or if they are of the same age , has little effect on the infants ' survival chances , in so far as both parents are in the age most favourable to procreate healthy infants .
9 The effect on the crofters ' income would be much the same .
10 While having no direct anti-tumour effect on the cells in vitro , it was found that cimetidine inhibited suppressor T cells allowing the initial anti-tumour response affecting cytotoxic T cells to persist and be effective .
11 Articles were placed in the press chronicling the joys of country life ( and — as will be shown — fruitless attempts were made to demonstrate that the rural environment was having a positive effect on the children 's health ) ; talks were given on the radio to parents ; special posters were printed ; and it was arranged for the Queen to visit certain schools in November to publicise the scheme .
12 ’ participation in the nuclear weapons test programme had not had a detectable effect on the participants ' expectation of life , nor on their total risk of developing cancer ’
13 But I did n't know , she argued back , picturing all too clearly the disbelief on the policemen 's faces .
14 An analysis and assessment of the findings of previous catalogue use studies may shed some light on the users ' apparent change of heart towards the library catalogue since the advent of online systems .
15 Excavation of one tomb has also shed light on the Egyptians ' sexual mores .
16 If it is not the Women 's Tennis Association , spurred on by the vocal support of Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles demanding equal prize money at Wimbledon and the French , then it is the voices on the men 's side who want prize money for the top tier of their tournaments doubled to $2m .
17 This is the dress worn by the priest on the Harvesters ' Vase .
18 This view was not widely held , nor does it accord with the observational data on the men 's practice while doing beat duty .
19 The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 But it also suggests that industrial relations have a relative autonomy of their own , and hence are an independent influence on the railways ' response to the pressures of commercialism .
23 the accountant is required to extract balances on the clients ' ledger accounts at two or more dates — now at least three months apart — and compare the total liabilities to clients with the cash book balance on the client account , and reconcile the cash book balance with the client account balance as confirmed directly to the accountant by the bank or building society ;
24 So happy is Yorath with the way his team is shaping , he can afford the luxury of having the 19-year-old boy wonder on the substitutes ' bench for the World Cup qualifier against the Group Four leaders .
25 Another initially important barrier to the spread of appliance use was the limited capacity on the consumers ' side of the terminals .
26 This is evident not just in the personalised PWL number plates on the directors ' cars but in the results .
27 The institute 's auditing committee said there are limitations on the auditors ' ability to know the systems as well as the directors , or to challenge directors ' judgments on activities and risks and the solutions they have adopted .
28 Their leader Lord Lovat thought their safe return was due to ‘ the opposition being half-hearted or badly trained ’ and not to any skill on the raiders ' part .
29 They were also put off the idea of French food by smelling garlic on the stagehands ' breath .
30 ‘ Regionalism ’ also meant the presence of local notables on the companies ' boards , sometimes bringing finance with them , as in the case of Lord Derby , chairman of TV , and sometimes prestige , contacts and local influence .
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