Example sentences of "['s] [noun] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that really possible , given Britain 's reliance on continental markets ? |
| 2 | Part of the answer may hinge on children 's reliance on non-linguistic strategies in the absence of lexical knowledge . |
| 3 | Bankers are generally in a position to make specific conditions for providing finance and so have little need for the audit , abbreviated accounts filed 10 months after the year end are of little value to trade suppliers and customers , and the Revenue 's reliance on audited accounts is ‘ largely illusory ’ , the Institute says . |
| 4 | The expansion of Brighton provided a number of new churches but they depended for the clergy 's livelihood on rented pews and the poor were virtually excluded . |
| 5 | I was pleased to come across an item in Microfile ( November 30 ) about the launch of Teesside Poly 's course on computerised communications using CMCS ( computer-mediated communication systems ) delivery . |
| 6 | After an indifferent game against Costa Rica and an inspirational performance against Sweden when he saved Scotland 's skin on several occasions , Leighton 's luck finally ran out . |
| 7 | Objections to Rodríguez 's decision on military promotions and retirements ( the latter including 14 generals ) led to the dismissal and arrest of the Commander of the Air Force , Brig. -Gen . |
| 8 | Of course , some issues will require longer-term work ; items on the page opposite indicate SCOTVEC 's progress on these issues to date . |
| 9 | It is fair to say , particularly when one is considering overseas relations , that there was some form of national sentiment , but at the same time one should guard against the assumption that this was a dominant force in determining men 's attitudes on all occasions . |
| 10 | Getting both producers and consumers to agree to any new set of quotas is likely to take months , perhaps years , of haggling — one reason why coffee prices fell back within hours after jumping 15% on the news of Brazil 's ban on new exports . |
| 11 | Defying Saudi Arabia 's ban on political demonstrations during the haj , Iranian pilgrims held a rally outside Mecca in which they denounced America for the catastrophes facing the Islamic world . |
| 12 | These concern such issues as consumer protection ( that is , disclosure , supervision and so on ) ; calculating technical provisions to meet insurers ' liabilities ; and the removal of certain national provisions like Belgium 's ban on life-insurance policies linked to unit trusts . |
| 13 | But his death in the principal 's residence at King 's College 14 May 1920 , at the early age of fifty-two , spared him the furious controversy that arose when the donors sought Toynbee 's removal on political grounds . |
| 14 | The United Nations High Commission for Refugees had called on the Home Office to reconsider Mr Guzel 's removal on compassionate grounds . |
| 15 | Fleming 's colleagues most concerned were Ronald Hare ( 1899–1986 ) , a St. Mary 's graduate with a scholarship to do bacteriological research , F. Ridley , an ophthalmologist working on lysozyme , S. R. Craddock , another research scholar working under Fleming 's direction on staphylococcal variants , and C.J. La Touche , a mycologist investigating the role of fungi in precipitating asthmatic attacks and the development of vaccines against them . |
| 16 | FRED 1 's proposals on extraordinary items were well received , although several commentators recommended banning the use of the category |
| 17 | The government 's proposals on restrictive practices , published in a green paper during March 1988 , prohibited all agreements between companies that distorted competition . |
| 18 | Meanwhile in a speech to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Sir Adrian Cadbury said the view among some critics that his committee 's proposals on non-executive directors were divisive for boards stemmed from a misunderstanding of its terms of reference which were limited to financial aspects and did not touch on the wider responsibility of all directors for general governance . |
| 19 | It is against this that we must judge Jesus 's teaching on economic matters . |
| 20 | Thus the main regulations of 1981 ( as amended ) provide that the authority must make available information on all its schools and the authority 's policies on such matters as examination entries , special educational needs and charging and remission on charges . |
| 21 | Peter Scott assesses Perry Anderson 's verdict on English intellectuals ; Tony Parker on Thatcherism 's casualties ; Stephen Howe looks for new life in the unions ; Conor Gearty cross-examines a defender of the Bar ; and Geoff Dyer wades through Ted Hughes ' Shakespearean fantasy |
| 22 | Pamela Vandyke Price 's Tutored Wine Tasting , arranged by Miranda Villiers and her colleagues in teh London Regional Group , brought in £300 for the Endowment Appeal and changed many people 's views on sparkling wines . |
| 23 | MEMO : ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT 'S VIEWS ON NATIONAL PARKS |
| 24 | I respect my right hon. Friend 's views on these matters . |
| 25 | Lawrence 's views on brown dominions owed something to his intimacy with Lionel Curtis , the indefatigable imperial publicist who was the first person to think seriously about the idea of a multiracial Commonwealth . |
| 26 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 27 | One must mind one 's manners ( and one 's metaphors — tarring with brushes , for instance ! ) when venturing on to the territory that Pound opens up with his reflections on the ethnic mix of the American population , and the distinction that he makes between the older stock ( Eliots and Pounds ) and the relative late-come immigrants ( Williams 's stock on both sides ) . |
| 28 | Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions . |
| 29 | Perhaps it is not generally known that David Farrington 's research on criminal careers suggests that the single most effective crime prevention policy is nursery education , which is denied to so many children in inner city areas . |
| 30 | In international relations there would be an era of ‘ growing cooperation ’ between capitalism and socialism , leading towards a synthesis which would combine the best features of both ( Lenin 's formulations on such matters , he suggested , were ‘ not always satisfactory ’ ) . |