Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the towns were on or near the coast and they exploited their site advantages , capitalizing on their access to sea routes and on the fertile soils of their hinterlands . |
| 2 | Agriculture flourished on the fertile soils of Kosovo and Metohija . |
| 3 | Today on the fertile plains of Central America cattle graze peacefully . |
| 4 | At the same time the general level of wealth in this unremarkable corner of the East Midlands , peopled entirely by peasant farmers , with a leavening of yeomen and only a handful of rich squires , was lower only than on the fertile cornlands of Norfolk and in the opulent Stour Valley manufacturing district — higher not only than in other , similar regions but also Berkshire , which the yield of the loans , 1522 — 3 , placed fifth jointly with Suffolk , and Gloucestershire which shared fourteenth place with Rutland itself . |
| 5 | This is an interestingly eclectic argument which recalls Gadamer on the ‘ fusion of horizons ’ ( the reader 's and the text 's ) , Marcuse on the utopian possibilities of high culture , and Sartre on the necessarily progressive implications of major literature . |
| 6 | However , too heavy an emphasis on the affective dimensions of care-giving can obscure the sheer physical and emotional labour involved ( as the current rhetoric of ‘ community care ’ indeed does ) . |
| 7 | Realizing there was nowhere to run in time , the Marines concentrated their fire on the crouching figures behind the guns , but they were too well protected . |
| 8 | The images play on the deepest fears of the adventurers , and the man in the mask laughs again . |
| 9 | A great Himalayan climb draws on the deepest resources of body and mind . |
| 10 | Equally , when the social anthropologist attempts to assess the impact of socially enjoined behaviour or beliefs on the inner feelings of the people he studies , he likewise trespasses upon the psychiatrist 's ( and psychologist 's ) territory . |
| 11 | R G Torrens in his book on the inner teachings of the Golden Dawn implies that all masonry once had the dark occult secrets , but had ‘ become … an empty form ’ . |
| 12 | He and his colleagues were intrigued by the aromas of cedarwood and myrrh which were still perceptible on the inner bandages after nearly 3,000 years ! |
| 13 | But Indian spiritual teaching maintains that Sanskrit was not ‘ thought up ’ but ‘ heard ’ as vibrations on the inner planes of meditation by yogis . |
| 14 | If you have a problem with a friend , partner , child , colleague or neighbour , try meeting them on the inner planes before discussing the issue with them in person : |
| 15 | The Clow Committee had recognised there would be practical problems : the quarterly cycle of meter reading would make it difficult to concentrate the higher charge on the crucial months of December , January and February when demand was highest ; in really cold weather or if coal remained in short supply it would have only limited deterrent effect ; and off-peak demand might be adversely affected . |
| 16 | What is an acceptable chi-square value ? , and so on — little of this will cast very much light on the crucial issues of method , namely what shall we study ? |
| 17 | The Report , to the surprise of some , was silent on the subject of secondary-school organization and on the strong differences of opinion then developing on whether secondary modern schools reserved by design for the less able could ever succeed . |
| 18 | His theory about the most likely cause of all the furore is an interesting reflection on the recent workings of the City of London . |
| 19 | Secondary school forecasts also use these sources together with information from current primary school rolls and data on the recent patterns of movement between local primary and secondary schools . |
| 20 | A final plaintive note records how , influenced by the advice of friends , this postlude does not include adverse commentary on the recent moves in the Department of Education to centralise the school curriculum ( ’ on the grounds that I read too much into what were chance decisions ’ ) and regretting accepting that advice . |
| 21 | The public finance model needs to be developed in these respects , drawing on the recent developments in macroeconomics . |
| 22 | He took deep breaths , trying to calm his mind and soul so he could concentrate on the recent events in the Tower . |
| 23 | There is general agreement , shared even by the Government in its White Paper response to Lord Justice Woolf 's Report on the recent riots at Strangeways and elsewhere , that British prisons ‘ should sustain prisoners … not degrade them ’ . |
| 24 | Farndon & Holt will give catches of small chub and dace while the streamier waters on the higher reaches to Bangor best of all with chub , dace and few grayling . |
| 25 | I have concentrated on the higher forms of life , not only because they are easy to observe but also to some extent because they have greater meaning for our own species . |
| 26 | But initial studies show there are higher concentrations of birds on the higher areas of the mudflats . ’ |
| 27 | For how many months is there snow on the higher areas of the Cairngorms and Grampian mountains ? |
| 28 | So in small Japanese firms average tenure may be higher but only one in six men have the 20 years or more of tenure that would place them on the higher parts of their wage profile . |
| 29 | It is a matter of common observation that shingle tends to accumulate on the higher parts of the beach while the lower parts are essentially sandy . |
| 30 | Early indications that importers are having difficulty in passing on the higher costs of imports , and the latest savings ratio of 11.6 per cent in 1992 , compared with 9.7 in 1991 and 12.4 in 1981 , caused little surprise . |