Example sentences of "of [noun] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 2 | His hair was untidy , as though it had been blown by the wind , and there were tiny flecks of moisture on the rough Harris tweed material of his jacket . |
| 3 | As he came closer , Dougal saw that there was a drop of moisture on the pink tip of his nose . |
| 4 | Nothing in the age of contentment has contributed so strongly to income inequality as the reduction of taxes on the rich ; nothing , as has been said , would so contribute to social tranquillity as some screams of anguish from the very affluent . |
| 5 | May the force be with you : West Indies ' bowling heroes Curtly Ambrose ( left ) , who had match figures of 8–81 , and Courtney Walsh , whose spell of 11–7–8–4 on the last morning was decisive . |
| 6 | What 's the state of play on the second one , did it were , were the trustees all dismissed , or did Brown Wilkinson 's judgment stop that ? |
| 7 | WALES captain Andrew Puddle led by example in his side 's six-wicket Minor Counties win over Dorset at Cherborne School — a victory that did n't look possible at the start of play on the second day . |
| 8 | New Zealand were within 33 runs of their first home Test victory in three years at close of play on the fourth day against Australia in Auckland . |
| 9 | The Australian government also relaxed its ban on aid to Vietnam , as announced on Oct. 9 in a joint statement by Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and Trade Negotiations Minister Neal Blewett , in view of progress on the Cambodian settlement . |
| 10 | What really concerns him , however , is the lack of progress on the national strategy for waste disposal that arose from the Gradouge incident . |
| 11 | Initially to examine the effects of differentiation on the relative levels of ATF1 and CREB we used a previously described assay in which CREB and ATF1 present in heat denatured nuclear extracts are 32 P-labelled using protein kinase A and immunoprecipitated ( figure 2B ) . |
| 12 | Baghdad radio had announced on April 3 the recapture of Sulaimaniya on the Iranian border , and the Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council and deputy secretary-general of the Baath Socialist Party regional command , Izzat Ibrahim , visited that city on April 4 , reporting the " return of security and stability to northern towns and areas " . |
| 13 | At the end of 1862 Chicherin gave his letter to Herzen a wider currency by assigning it pride of place in a book of essays on the principal political questions of the day . |
| 14 | If so , how does he justify the fear that there may be a number of fingers on the disintegrating Soviet strategic deterrent , when at the same time he seeks to justify the proliferation of nuclear strategic deterrents in the hands of France , the United Kingdom and the United States ? |
| 15 | She contemplated the long , pale shape of her body in the mirror , the angles that were softened into curves , the light dusting of talc on the clear skin . |
| 16 | There was a fresco of knights on the far wall done in medieval style in plaster . |
| 17 | THE regeneration of Drumchapel , one of Glasgow 's notorious peripheral housing estates , took a big step forward yesterday with the start of building on the first rented homes to be erected in the area for 35 years . |
| 18 | So let us have no talk of building on the existing legislation . |
| 19 | The stubby third leg is probably the result of the difficulty of building on the marshy ground near the River Welland , although it has been suggested that the ‘ Blackfriars Spur ’ forms the phallus of the bull . |
| 20 | Yes I mean , I think that we had a big discussion at the last area committee on the scheme and the problem was of course that the detailed plans er , for the consultation erm to the , I 'm at , I 'm a bit worried that at this late stage there 's this new idea of of building on the green wedge at the back and I would n't like to think that the scheme should be delayed the important thing , it seems to me , is that it should press ahead and |
| 21 | The piece of building on the left ( with red tiles and a tree ) is bad . |
| 22 | Oats , barley , turnips and hay are grown and occasionally kale where there is overwintering of sheep on the low ground . |
| 23 | One day , on his way to do the ploughing , he met a man who 'd just come back from the south and had passed several flocks of sheep on the other side of Chhakuri Lekh . |
| 24 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S community charge for 1992–93 was fixed last night at £353-a-head , an increase of £43.66 on the current year . |
| 25 | Jamsrangiyn Yondon as Minister of Defence on the latter 's retirement . |
| 26 | There may be good arguments for establishing a ‘ Temporary Contemporary ’ in London , where the Tate Gallery could share an involvement with other institutions in restoring London to a position of eminence on the international contemporary art scene . |
| 27 | According to Murimuth the bestowal of titles on the six earls was followed by the dubbing of twenty-four new knights , and other nobles were rewarded at the same time . |
| 28 | Auctioneers nationwide are also angry that they , who have been expected to check ear tags with Cattle Identification Documents on all cattle going through the mart , have not been consulted by the Ministry of Agriculture on the new scheme . |
| 29 | Around seventy-five firms will be showing a range of objects on the third floor of the shop , all of which will be vetted by an independent committee prior to the event . |
| 30 | Describing the attacks as contrary to the spirit of the talks and aimed at bolstering the guerrillas ' bargaining position , ministers also criticized the holding of discussions on the Colombian peace process in the Costa Rican capital San José on Nov. 17-18 , chaired by former Costa Rican President , Oscar Arias . |