Example sentences of "[noun pl] on [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This research will examine the effect of marketing strategies and organisational characteristics on a company 's performance by means of a comparative study of British and German machine tool manufacturers . |
| 2 | There were seven centuries on a batsman 's paradise of a pitch , with John Stephenson and Nasser Hussain getting two of them as Essex romped home with eight overs remaining . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Russian Federation would begin negotiations with interested parties on the troops ' status and on guarding the borders of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . |
| 5 | In 1983 , when Mr Kinnock was elected leader , candidates on the left 's slate won 74 per cent of constituency votes . |
| 6 | Generally there is no liability for the escape of noxious animals on the defendant 's land in the ordinary course of nature , such as rabbits , rats or birds . |
| 7 | He had his eyes on the man 's face the whole time . ’ |
| 8 | He did not budge as Mr Gubb raised the cane above his shoulder and fixed his eyes on the boy 's fingers with the concentration of a golfer addressing his ball . |
| 9 | Closed her eyes on the world 's evidence |
| 10 | Blessed are those that listen intently , yes even with their eyes on the president 's face , for they can be conned into volunteering . |
| 11 | Her eyes on the stranger 's face , Flavia said , ‘ Nothing original , I 'm afraid . |
| 12 | The General turned his piercing green eyes on the Doctor 's face . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's no danger , ’ he translated , his eyes on the soothsayer 's hands , ‘ but the boar that we want is as fast as the wind and as sharp as an eagle . ’ |
| 14 | The current dip in farm spending as a proportion of the total EC budget merely reflects higher outlays on the Community 's regional and social programmes . |
| 15 | The shops on the Garlands ' side of the street backed on the water and only a narrow paved walk separated them from the harbour . |
| 16 | Colchester Borough Council has employed professional artists to produce giant murals on the gable ends of two shops on the town 's Greenstead estate . |
| 17 | I look forward to her performances on the Government 's front bench ’ ) then attacked the Labour Party , sacked the Party 's advertising agency , and called for still greater efforts from the Party 's rank and file . |
| 18 | The advent of Michael Heseltine at the DTI unleashed a torrent of words on the Government 's new , active approach . |
| 19 | That 's why the Daily Mirror has teamed up with Thorpe Park to offer great savings on a day 's super safari into fun . |
| 20 | And the film released earlier this year , The Hand That Rocks The Cradle , about a nanny who infiltrates a family threatening to harm the couple 's child , preys on a mother 's worst fear . |
| 21 | Devine was particularly taken by the ornamental designs on the Scuttlers ' belts , produced with metal pins : ‘ These designs include figures of serpents , a heart pierced with an arrow ( this appears to be a favourite design ) , Prince of Wales ’ feathers , clogs , animals , stars , etc. , and often either the name of the wearer of the belt or that of some woman . ’ |
| 22 | Kevin Timms , 38 , and Graham Cooke , 35 , who each earned £27,500-a-year , took overseas holidays and refurbished their homes on the company 's expense , it was claimed . |
| 23 | The wild piping creature that haunts the woods is hoisted up by its heels on the butcher 's hook and it 's just dead goatmeat ready for dissection . |
| 24 | People are avoided if they are likely to be at all stressful ; phone-calls go unreturned ; even social events that would normally be pleasurable and fun may feel like yet more demands on a person 's time . |
| 25 | Once more the argument was physiological ; maternity and suckling made such vital demands on a woman 's organs that ‘ sexual desire is almost annihilated ’ . |
| 26 | Producing it makes considerable demands on an animal 's bodily resources and although the silk moth , encouraged by man 's selective breeding , extrudes it in large quantities , most insects are rather more sparing in their use of it . |
| 27 | In the Summer of 1958 the Home Secretary served notice to his Ministerial colleagues that he would be making demands on the Government 's expenditure programme to finance his plans for a wholesale prison rebuilding scheme . |
| 28 | The Bank also manages the redemption of existing stock in such a way as to smooth the demands on the government 's financial resources . |
| 29 | ‘ But there are so many demands on the public 's compassion these days that funding is hard to find . ’ |
| 30 | Among the ever-increasing demands on the world 's mysteriously limited pool of capital , is aid to the former communist countries and help for other debtor countries . |