Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Randolph Henry Ash 's Proserpine had been seen as a Victorian reflection of religious doubt , a meditation on the myths of Resurrection . |
| 2 | The notion of legitimate expectation concerns whether the applicant has a case on the merits , but the claim that such an expectation exists , provided it is not prima facie ludicrous , will give the claimant standing to argue the merits of the claim . |
| 3 | Do you erm have you got to know people a bit on the flats ? |
| 4 | Erm , a bit on the recommendations one they 're seeking approval er that erm the er tenders from are left from March nineteen ninety four to March nineteen ninety eight which seems to me to be quite a long time to let that go if we 're all a little bit concerned about what 's going on . |
| 5 | It was obvious to all participants that the Assembly elections were a referendum on the proposals for the future of Ulster . |
| 6 | Perhaps there should be a referendum on the Lords too . |
| 7 | The movement called for a referendum on the islands ' continued union with the mainland . |
| 8 | Teesside licensing justices yesterday delayed a decision on a drinks licence for the £1.25m Anchor International project , planned for Clairville Common , Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | If the authority was under a duty to make a decision on the matters in issue between the parties , this duty will revive when the decision is quashed and it will then be for the authority to make a fresh decision . |
| 10 | The company called the public inquiry at Weeley , after Tendring District Council failed to give a decision on the plans in the required time limit . |
| 11 | He 'll decide to study the Pennington report and come to a decision on the recommendations . |
| 12 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 13 | Mr Patten even mused that the Conservative Party might set up a think-tank on the lines of Germany 's Konrad Adenauer Stiftung , the research arm of the governing Christian Democrats . |
| 14 | It has dedicated its Canadian historical collection to one of the art world 's more radical attempts to engage the spectator : one room mimics a nineteenth-century salon , with scores of paintings crammed one above the other to the advantage of none ; another gallery , devoted to the famed Group of Seven , contains a pew-like bench set directly in front of Tom Thomson 's ‘ West Wind ’ ( a national icon ) and two landscapes by Lauren Harris , rigged with telephones providing a soundtrack on the artists . |
| 15 | Years of moving from one home to another , having meals cooked for you , never having to think twice about leaving lights on or taps dripping is hardly the best preparation for surviving in a bedsit on a YTS wage of £29.50 a week ( trainees do n't qualify for income support ) . |
| 16 | It is no exaggeration to say that the task of providing classes of students with adequate and representative material to illustrate a course on the diseases of farm animals is still one of the most intractable problems veterinary colleges face today ; few have solved it satisfactorily . |
| 17 | It comes from a text on the duties of a vizier and was probably copied from a much earlier document . |
| 18 | ( Such a clause would be ineffective in a consumer contract to exclude the seller 's liability to make a refund on the grounds of a breach of the implied conditions in the SGA 1979 — UCTA 1977 , s6 . |
| 19 | So did events at Nanterre , a concrete campus of a university on the outskirts of Paris . |
| 20 | A board on the outskirts gave its name as Sècheron and listed times of Holy Mass . |
| 21 | The association with the stigma of poor relief remained , however , and to a very large extent these hospitals became the home for the long-stay patients and the elderly who were such a drain on the finances of the voluntary hospitals . |
| 22 | The chronic sick , the elderly and others who would need long-term care were a drain on the hospitals ' budgets and of little interest for teaching purposes . |
| 23 | And I 'm trying to get a defence on the bogies . |
| 24 | He hopes that Beresford , who departed with hamstring trouble , Anderton , who took a blow on the ribs , and Awford , who injured a hip , are among those who will prove refreshed . |
| 25 | All the things that Helen and Joanna had said were true , but Dawn 's words cast a blight on the feelings of gratitude she ought to have . |
| 26 | In virtually every locality in the occupied territories , popular neighbourhood committees established themselves , assuming responsibility for public hygiene , health , education ( after schools were closed ) , maintaining a watch on the streets for the approach of Israeli troops or settlers , organizing household production , distributing agricultural produce to the needy and reclaiming land . |
| 27 | His men were keeping a watch on the comings and goings of the terrorists . |
| 28 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 29 | In the spring and summer she lived in a cottage on the banks of the river Stour just below Tuckton bridge . |
| 30 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |