Example sentences of "[art] [adj] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The utilitarian approach , if it had been applied to the political life of India , would have led to the forcible ejection of the British on the grounds that the greatest happiness or good of the greatest number in India , namely the Indians themselves , would have resulted from it . |
| 2 | Conservative Anglicans , unable to endorse its open approach in matters of religion , founded a rival organisation in 1811 : the National Society for the Provision of Education for the Poor on the Principles of the Established Church . |
| 3 | The classic response to this situation is to take from the rich and to give to the poor on the grounds that the poor spend their money much faster than the rich . |
| 4 | Colleagues the G M B should resist the tax on the poor on the victims of Tory policy . |
| 5 | The only basic concession we made to the Chancellor was to exclude the self-employed on the grounds that they were not covered by SERPS in any event . |
| 6 | When she visited the hostels and goodwill centres or was out on the soup run distributing food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London , the caring side of her nature came fully into play : " I think something of my mother came back into me . " |
| 7 | Opening the summit , UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a six-point plan to : ( i ) educate the young on the dangers of drug-taking ; ( ii ) start a high-profile anti-drug publicity campaign ; ( iii ) exert pressure on parents and society to set an example ; ( iv ) improve the early identification of drug takers ; ( v ) increase treatment and rehabilitation ; and ( vi ) campaign against any legalization of drug-taking . |
| 8 | Usually we seek to maintain the bridge from the old to the new on the grounds that this gives security . |
| 9 | a sporting revolution has brought dog racing a life of luxury … there 's no freezing on the terraces here … most watch from the warmth of a trackside resturant … |
| 10 | To his left Corbett heard a slithering on the cobbles . |