Example sentences of "of [noun sg] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy Joel this is what we 're going to play and er traffic is coming up to let you know the state of play on the roads it 's pretty awful out there today . |
| 2 | Hence unfair dismissal and redundancy are considered by the tribunal , as are cases of discrimination on the grounds of race , sex or trade union activities . |
| 3 | She was also asked to produce a Code of Practice to promote equality and ensure the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race and gender . |
| 4 | The European Court confirmed that the dispositions of the EC treaty relating to the rights of establishment forbid member states to prevent a person from establishing himself in a state and carrying on the profession of auditor on the grounds that that person is already established and recognised as an auditor in another member state . |
| 5 | The predominant conventions of the adventure story , the victory of good over evil and the happy ending , have led to a subtle demotion of the genre from the highest ranks of literature on the grounds that its main aim is a contrived entertainment ; for experience suggests , often though not invariably , that the challenge of adventure is more likely to meet with disaster and defeat than survival and triumph . |
| 6 | The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) . |
| 7 | In the vast majority of cases they will of course on the facts be a closed link between the nature of the trade effective between members of states and the competition that is restricted by the contested clause , this is because given that the restriction flows out in the agreement the later sets the context for former , accordingly as a simply matter of fact , restrictions of competition operating relating to the same market in which trade is affected between member of states , a restriction must be appraised in the context of the market , if the parties to the agreement or the high percent market share of the market , then a relatively minor restriction assumes greatest significance , on , firstly , if the parties hold a small share of the market then what appears obstensively be a serious restriction may turn out upon an assessment of facts to be minor or relatively insignificant , contrary to the submission of the plaintiff , the restriction of competition can be determined without a assessment of market , the court of first instance have recently held that the necessement of the market has necessary pre pre-conditioned of any judgement concerning the allegedly and competitive behaviour and your Lordship was taken to that paragraph page ninety two , just siting recently the and the present case the restrictions pleaded that paragraphs forty clements and the two twenty mason were for broadly to restrict the effects upon the insurance market , however the defendants have gone one step further and also identified other markets and sub markets in which the restrictions take immediate impact , this is logical for example in relation to the standard form agency agreement the restrictions have the most direct impact from the sub market to the provision of agencies services to names , competition is effected in this market since complete harmonization of secondary terms and trades are merely the criteria available to names when choosing an agent , however , the standard form contract also effects the wine and insurance market , the fact that the agent has unvetted powers to write any insurance which he sees fit affects the categories of insurance written within this is of course is the matter about which defendant makes complaint . |
| 8 | If you would like to see the adult butterfly feeding , put some leafy shoots in the cage , with a few drops of honey on the leaves . |
| 9 | They chose instead to spend large sums of money on the farms , rebuilt the famous Orangery and installed a large indoor swimming pool in the courtyard . |
| 10 | " His business and his horses — and then it looks as though he has spent a lot of money on the stables . " |
| 11 | On Oct. 9 , 1989 , following Rocard 's use of the procedure authorized by Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( whereby in the absence of a motion of censure a law was adopted on its first reading ) , the RPR presented a motion of censure on the arms expenditure bill which obtained only 159 of the of 289 votes required to gain a simple majority . |
| 12 | Also relating to the issue of reliance on the accounts , I should correct the statement in your report that ‘ the 1982 accounts were the last audit completed and signed ’ . |
| 13 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) ruled on June 19 that UK courts were empowered to suspend an act of parliament on the grounds of its alleged incompatibility with European Community ( EC ) law . |
| 14 | And it was down to two brilliant second shots by the boss , with a bit of confirmation on the clubs from me , where the 1965 British Open title was going . |
| 15 | The matter is discussed in detail in Chapter 9 , where it is suggested that the quality of stock on the shelves can only be maintained through extensive stock revision , and that most public library authorities would at present benefit from allocating at least 40% of their bookfunds to stock revision . |
| 16 | The final audit of the accounts found only £45,220 of stock on the premises instead of the £570,680 declared . |
| 17 | Instead , she 's got Tommy and Iain dancing around her flat to UB40 at full volume , heavy on the bass , psyching themselves up for another night of action on the by-ways of Pinner Green . |
| 18 | The poverty and hunger in that period was exacerbated by the high import duties on foreign corn which kept the price of food high for the urban working class , and which led to the campaign to repeal the Corn Laws : this success assisted the subsequent development of industry on the foundations laid in this period . |
| 19 | What is more insidious is the lack of guidance on the levels of accuracy to be expected or , where aggregate data are supplied ( for example , the sum or average of the values at a number of points over an area ) statements about the variability of these values within the area are exceptional . |
| 20 | The Department of Health has published nine separate volumes of guidance on the Children Act . |
| 21 | Thus , in deciding , for example , whether to close down an unprofitable factory and make those working in it redundant , the directors are required to consider the effect of closure on the employees , but they are nevertheless under a duty to shut the factory if they believe this to be in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 22 | The riders fit heavier wheels and tyres , fatter layers of tape on the bars to absorb the constant juddering . |
| 23 | Only three things worried me : the prodigious thirst for fuel , the lack of anti-lock on the brakes and a steering system that combined over-sensitivity with vagueness . |
| 24 | ‘ The Home Office has funded various research projects , one of which looked at the effect of murder on the victims ’ families ; this has enabled local schemes to help victims of the most serious crime . |
| 25 | A splendid fellow with violet blue flowers veined with purple and with a conspicuous patch of yellow on the falls . |
| 26 | US President-elect Bill Clinton drives his friends round the bend with his love of speed on the roads . |
| 27 | But those are nothing compared to the effects of crime on the victims , particularly elderly ones . |
| 28 | Diehard opinions ranged from the virulent obscurantism of Northumberland , Page Croft and Cooper , who saw politics as a black-and-white struggle between good British imperial-minded Christians and Jewish-dominated marxist wreckers , to the high-minded Association of Independent Peers , who were primarily concerned with the effect of coalition on the standards of public life and its failure to halt the drift towards class politics . |
| 29 | After a fortnight of uncertainty on the slopes of Everest , the first words from a mountaineering legend , for his girlfriend and family . |
| 30 | There is suspicion of the work of demons ; but it is rare for demons to attack the rich , and above all to leave no trace of violence on the bodies . |