Example sentences of "[adj] to [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They faced each other , their breath coming in gasps , while , oblivious to the humans on the patio , two hummingbirds whistled as they nestled together in the branches of a scarlet hibiscus . |
| 2 | Coloration is brown overlaid with a lacy network of gold and brown — similar to the markings on a giraffe . |
| 3 | It is , however , possible that this animal is a hunting dog similar to the types on Colchester vessels . |
| 4 | The idea of questioning is central to the chapters on reading , note making and documentary evidence . |
| 5 | The assumptions set out in the following paragraphs are central to the recommendations on attainment levels and programmes of study in paragraphs 15.24 to 15.41 . |
| 6 | ( 6 ) Any licence transferred under this section shall be held subject to the conditions on which it was originally granted . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) , the transferee holds the licence subject to the conditions on which it was originally granted : subs . |
| 8 | This procedure involves the bank in accepting full liability to pay the bill on maturity and this is granted subject to the terms on which bills are drawn by the company . |
| 9 | Criteria targeting ( ie working towards a predetermined objective ) is appropriate to the robots on a car production line : it is quite inappropriate to the education of children . |
| 10 | Behind him Place and Nona shuffled into place so that all three were visible to the police on the river . |
| 11 | But more dramatic and more political was Lord Salmon 's contribution in 1975 to the debates on the government 's controversial Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 12 | In other words , if the assumption of rational expectations is correct we would expect that a regression of the two equations in equation ( 3.43 ) , using a large sample of observations , would produce estimates of γ and δ approximately equal to the expressions on the right-hand sides of equations ( 3.48a ) and ( 3.48b ) evaluated at the estimates of α and β . |
| 13 | As they are for the most part Gaelic-speaking folk , it is difficult to learn from themselves much of their true circumstances ; but there are friends in Portree who would gladly assist any soul who would like to be helpful to the dwellers on Stormy Hill . |
| 14 | It is rare for an instrument to prove objectionable to the Houses on any of these grounds and the vast majority of those to which the committee draws attention are innocent of serious blemish . |
| 15 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 16 | This was mainly due to the restrictions on foreign trade and the general shortage of all types of goods . |
| 17 | That became available to the parties on 19 January 1992 . |
| 18 | On board Viking we lost no time in following the example of our shipmates who were sound asleep , blissfully indifferent to the activities on shore . |
| 19 | The fact that they do note vote suggests that they are indifferent to the issues on the agenda . |
| 20 | Harbury dived in with a question about the legality of such a transfer which , like much of what MacQuillan had done , was contrary to the conditions on which he had been allowed to acquire the paper . |
| 21 | Very close to the bunkers on the left . ’ |
| 22 | I think I should add very shortly that having considered the many authorities cited , even if I had come to a different conclusion on the issue about consideration , I would have come to the same decision adverse to the owners on the question whether the payments were made voluntarily in the sense of being made to close the transaction . |
| 23 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |
| 24 | But , throughout his long career , he remained impervious to the explosions on the modern art front , remaining true to himself and evincing many similar characteristics to those of that earlier great East Anglian watercolourist John Sell Cotman , whom he greatly admired as , notably , in The Dales , 1961 . |
| 25 | These lie internal to the longitudinals on both ventral and dorsal sides and are better known as the muscles of the dorsal and ventral diaphragms ( see p.234 ) . |
| 26 | Web-making spiders are sensitive to the vibrations on their silken threads that tell them when a victim has blundered into the web . |
| 27 | One needs to be sensitive to the pressures on those with whom one is negotiating . |
| 28 | While such an exercise can be useful in highlighting and co-ordinating inner-city initiatives , it is usually time-consuming relative to the resources on offer ( Aldridge and Brotherton , 1987 ) . |