Example sentences of "of [art] [det] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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1 | In one of the many meetings on Nov. 8-9 , Rajiv Gandhi , leader of Congress ( I ) ( which with 193 of the 525 Lok Sabha seats had led the opposition to Singh 's government and had constituted the largest single party block ) , apparently turned down an invitation from President Venkataraman to form a Congress ( I ) government . |
2 | These are just a few of the many excursions on offer . |
3 | One of the many clocks on display — and for sale — at the Dazzle exhibition |
4 | More importantly it has also been the experience of the many students on whom the approach , exercises and problems have been piloted over the last four years . |
5 | of the many papers on this topic , see especially Mason ( 1926–27 ) and Anderson and Richards ( 1942 ) . |
6 | Discover the beauty of the Cameron Highlands near the capital , the ruins of a bygone age at Malacca , or the serene beauty of one of the many beaches on the popular island getaway of Penang . |
7 | More than 30 traction and showmen 's engines , plus road rollers ; historic commercial vehicles ; stationary engines ; fire engines ; vintage cars and motor bikes ; sales and ephemera stands ; old tractors and farm machinery and a real ale beer tent , are some of the many attractions on offer . |
8 | Ms Boswell , who was born in Ireland but stays on the move , is a veteran of exhibitions and just one of the many attractions on offer . |
9 | IT IS small consolation to Cardiff that they will be spared the full force of the All Blacks on Saturday . |
10 | Probyn is one of the few players on the international scene to have played the game at every level : from Old Albanians , Streatham and Croydon through Richmond and Wasps to the first of his 33 caps in 1988 . |
11 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
12 | Asthma is one of the few diseases on the increase in Britain said Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman . |
13 | Nowadays , struggling on in the name of Islamic socialism , Algeria is a place of austerity , one of the few countries on earth where you ca n't get Coca-Cola . |
14 | After passing the welcome but rather unexpected Sportsman 's Inn , the river is re-crossed at Stone House Bridge , one of the few places on this narrow highway where there is space to park a few cars . |
15 | OPPOSITE ABOVE : Suttons Mill at Cranham , one of the few mills on the Painswick stream having no connection with the cloth trade . |
16 | When the idea of a Royal Commission was in circulation , lawyers within the ranks of the Government , notably Sam Silkin , the Attorney General and one of the few front-benchers on either side to have taken a close interest in penal reform , and Alex Lyon , a Minister of State at the Home Office , pressed for the opportunity to be grasped to make an authoritative assessment of the arguments for a public prosecution service independent of the police . |
17 | You had sort of a these eyes on on this big plate and it was turning round and it would be er churning them up you know , cutting them into like big er chip potato chip you know really . |
18 | As part of the process of writing from the very beginning , and writing in small steps , from the first day you should write down , and keep available , notes consisting of a few sentences on each of the following : ( a ) the essay 's hypothesis ( the claim it is interested in exploring ) ; ( b ) the evidence or data you are going to use ( the facts , quotes , parallel cases from other texts , etc. , that you are in the process of collecting ) ; ( c ) brief statements of your ideas so far ; ( d ) in the case of a longer dissertation , the preliminary results of a " literature search " ( a survey of bibliographies to find things to read ) . |
19 | Inflation , which had officially fallen to 9.4 per cent in September 1989 and to around 7 per cent in October , rose sharply in November , while the austral lost one-tenth of its value on the black market , dropping to $1.00=1,000 australs in the course of a few hours on Nov. 20 against a background of uncertainty over economic policies , tension within the government and divisions in the labour movement . |
20 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |