Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than one appeal concerned solely with the scale rather than the principle of whether there should be any development , has been dismissed on the grounds that the site was unsuitable for any development at all . |
| 2 | It means that if you are placed on a YTS programme through Compact , you have a real job . |
| 3 | All flies possess these little structures but they are particularly noticeable in the crane flies , the daddy-long-legs , in which the knobs are placed on the ends of stalks so that they look like the heads of drumsticks . |
| 4 | In late August , however , only days before the body was due to be transported , Imelda Marcos announced that the burial had been delayed on the grounds that she would not submit the body of her husband to the " indignity " of being transported on the cargo aircraft which had been offered by the Philippines ' government . |
| 5 | Nonetheless cries of ‘ Kill them [ the Communists ] ’ have been heard on the fringes of the Leipzig demonstrations as protesters stormed the offices of the hated secret police . |
| 6 | But Lord Justice Woolf has written that , as a result of this case , usually it is not until the application has been heard on the merits that it can be decided whether the applicant has sufficient interest , and it is rare in cases which may otherwise be meritorious for leave to be refused on the ground of lack of standing . |
| 7 | The approval package does not contain module(s) which are listed on the DC(s) active via the package . |
| 8 | Former geothermal discharge areas have recently been recognized on the flanks and summits of several of these volcanoes . |
| 9 | Shortly before this development , three magistrates who had been seconded to assist Sica had been withdrawn on the grounds that they were working too closely with the police , thereby prejudicing their independence as magistrates . |
| 10 | No evaluation has yet been undertaken on the effects of this on the fetus . |
| 11 | Although in trying to arrive at a definition of schizophrenia much emphasis has been placed on the disturbances that are found in cognitive functioning ( perception , thinking , and attention ) , abnormal emotional response is almost universal . |
| 12 | Er , there is a a little orange leaflet which has been placed on the seats during the day that many of you , I hope , already have er , for anyone who has n't may I perhaps place these on the front table , there 's a the , there 's another supply over there and , could I please ask that some responsible representative from each district would please take a few more of these away with you so that they are distributed in district meetings in the near future , and attention drawn to them there er , if there are not enough copies er , then I 'm sure the provincial office on receiving a , a request from you will make sure there 's more that passed on to you . |
| 13 | It demonstrates clearly the enormous burden of indirect taxation that has been placed on the shoulders of millions of families since the Government came to power . |
| 14 | The materials which I designed myself as illustrative of a particular approach to teaching ( for example , Widdowson 1978 ; Allen and Widdowson 1973 ) , have been criticized on the grounds that they have not been subjected to evaluation and thereby given the seal of practical effectiveness ( Murphy 1985 ) . |
| 15 | the service relates to specific shares in the context of a merger , acquisition or disposal and advice has been given on the merits of the transaction or a transaction arranged ; or |
| 16 | The trial of two people accused of the murder of a man described as a police informer has been halted on the orders of the judge . |
| 17 | Books are arranged on the shelves in a simple decimal order . |
| 18 | The photographs are arranged on the walls of a tower spanning two floors and narrowing at the top , suggesting a chimney — fittingly , since all 4,000 Jews of Eisziszki were shot by Lithuanian guards in September 1941 , under the watchful eyes of the SS . |
| 19 | FOR the first time since peace was signed in El Salvador more than a year ago , blood has been spilled on the streets of San Salvador , the capital city . |
| 20 | I detest the fact that so many famous paintings have been moved in the past , against the wishes of their creators ; and that the transfer of ‘ Guernica ’ has been justified on the grounds that it belongs to the State . |
| 21 | Large cuts in government funding have been justified on the grounds that those stand to benefit from ‘ near market ’ ( or readily exploitable ) research should pay for it ; government will fund the rest . |
| 22 | However , will the Minister assure the House that the new standing committees to be established by the UKCC will include committees for the minority professions so that their significant contributions to nursing are heard and they are consulted on the issues that concern them ? |
| 23 | When , as in the present case , the lease has been assigned on the terms that the sureties will guarantee performance by the assignee of the lease , justice and common sense ought to require the sureties , not the original tenant , to be primarily liable in the event of default by the assignee . |
| 24 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 25 | In the wildernesses all across Canada and the USA an average of 13 human deaths a year are blamed on the bears . |
| 26 | These are spaced on the spars to act as bridle stops , so that the bridle connection on , say , a leading edge is retained and the tendency to slip is controlled . |
| 27 | Relics of the lead-mining and smelting industry are scattered on the moors in the vicinity . |
| 28 | Increasingly publicans took over the task of providing facilities for sports which had once been enjoyed on the streets or on common land . |
| 29 | Or perhaps authority may come from some prestigious so the domain of the practitioner , as when techniques are recommended on the grounds that they have the warrant of proven theory . |
| 30 | SHEILA KEOGH and Carol Morrison are perched on the stairs outside their third floor office , lighting up again . |