Example sentences of "the [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was an advance from the figure of nineteen claimed by the defence on the pleadings . |
| 2 | The soil 's being used to build up the defences on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire . |
| 3 | But there seemed nothing wrong with the head of government appearing to be the challenger on the hustings . |
| 4 | The manufacturers are the people who are the experts on the contents and can inform the public as soon as a new product is launched . |
| 5 | So when he sees Rose staring at him with her dark , serious eyes among the crowds on the staircases in the interval ( this is at a concert ) he does n't hesitate for a moment , but goes straight up to her . |
| 6 | This proved to be the case : on 29 June 1960 the Cuban government — encouraged by Khrushchev 's statements of Soviet support — seized the refineries operated by the multi-nationals on the grounds that they had violated the law by their refusal to process Soviet petroleum . |
| 7 | Carefully position the base on the blocks of wood . |
| 8 | Additionally , some effort will be made to assess the impact of the change on the approaches adopted by managers of passenger transport undertakings . |
| 9 | After the leak of the Interfor Report , counsel for the victims , families attempted to take a deposition from Aviv but Shaughnessy moved to quash the subpoena on the grounds that Aviv 's work was protected from discovery by the so-called attorney work-product doctrine . |
| 10 | The programmes on the computers , also accessible to visitors to Pompeii itself in the small museum at Boscoreale , are the culmination of what is known as the Neapolis project . |
| 11 | Kate Millett and William Kunstler went about the world protesting against the trial on the grounds that it was ‘ political ’ . |
| 12 | When they had got beyond Stamford and to their destination , the wolf suddenly disappeared and the flames on the lances were extinguished . |
| 13 | The video , produced by Axel Ltd , is the first film in 77 years to be rejected by the board on the grounds of blasphemy . |
| 14 | We were pressed with Day v. McLea ( ( 1889 ) 22 Q.B.D. 610 ) , where the debtor himself sent a cheque for an amount smaller than that of the debt to the creditor on the terms that it should be in satisfaction of the debt . |
| 15 | This year , with the Democrats poised to win the state , the national leadership is looking to see whether the same tactics can be used to turn back the tide on the Republicans nationwide . |
| 16 | The patterns on the masks , the shape of the wood , the touch of the wood , the smell of the wood , any smell you have incorporated , the bright colours , or the dull shades … all of these are part of the essential pattern , the essential knowledge , the unknowing knowing that is at the heart of magic . |
| 17 | They talked together about the tests ( and Isobel thanked God she understood so little of it ; it all sounded so complicated and unfriendly ) , and she watched the baby on the monitor screen high on the wall and the patterns on the machines , the ones linked up to the cot with its attachments for measuring his heartbeats and his breathing and his body temperature . |
| 18 | The Shaw solution to the inequality of the coal ration was simple : just change the signs on the compounds , A perfect balance system was introduced and there was no complaint from the officers ' batmen — well they would not would they " ? |
| 19 | He 'd just founded it , and seen to it that nomes lived comfortable and not very strenuous lives in it , and apart from putting the signs on the walls had n't really interfered very much . |
| 20 | Mickie told of some problems in helicopters , such as the pull on the blades at the hub of a Bristol-built helicopter in flight was equal to the draw bar pull of three main line locomotives . |
| 21 | No wonder the scribblers on the hustings have so much stale garbage blowing around their brains . |
| 22 | They had Nelson Mandela giving a rally at two in the afternoon on the steps of City Hall or wherever it was , and at three they had a colour photograph of him out on the streets . |
| 23 | The cheering throng swayed , and so did the throne on the shoulders of its bearers . |
| 24 | It is a classic example of the waste of local taxpayers ' money by a foolish council which would do much better to spend the money on the services for which it is statutorily responsible . |
| 25 | And , but what you were actually spending was the money on the resources . |
| 26 | The chap who 's won all the money on the pools last week . |
| 27 | FARWELL L.J. : The plaintiffs could only accept the money on the terms upon which it was offered . |
| 28 | Wrecked cars were outside West Mercia Police headquarters today as a stark reminded of the dangers on the roads . |
| 29 | Millionaire Moores , a member of the Littlewoods pools family , is well aware of the discontent on the terraces . |
| 30 | But this was unsuccessful also , for the casualties were unacceptable , and though some did reach the masonry , over all the ditches , few burdened with ladders and scaling-ropes managed to do so , and these were easily repulsed by the defenders on the wall-tops . |