Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legal intervention in truancy cases has focused on the notion of parental responsibility . |
| 2 | Thus , provided that the parties have reached agreement on the essential aspects of a transaction , a court will generally treat their agreement as legally binding , especially where one of the parties has acted on the assumption that there is a binding contract ( see Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 ; Foley v Classique Coaches Ltd [ 1934 ] 2 KB 1 ) . |
| 3 | Most of the debate about cleaning contaminated sites has concentrated on the Superfund programme . |
| 4 | A group of publishers and journalists from 38 African countries has called on the United Nations to declare censorship a grave violation of human rights and has asked African governments to free journalists who have been jailed for their professional activities . |
| 5 | One of the North Sea rigs has gone on the blink . |
| 6 | Much of the controversy which has arisen over land use during the past ten years has centred on the changing balance of power between planners and developers . |
| 7 | How this relationship has been perceived by both partners has depended on the particular historical and economic context . |
| 8 | One of the major debates has hinged on the question of Columbus 's , or rather his crew 's , role in the pandemic of syphilis at the end of the fifteenth century . |
| 9 | Initial work in the GIS field on user interfaces has concentrated on the screen designs appropriate for spatial data handling . |
| 10 | Welcome back : A plague of wasps has descended on the region . |