Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [art] lines of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice a question to the defendant on the lines of ‘ Is there any reason why you are n't wearing your seat belt ? would cater for the cases where he or the vehicle is exempt . |
| 2 | At that time the old doctrines of the need for democratic control were still strong and an argument arose between those , such as Mr Aneurin Bevan , who favoured total subordination to Parliament ( with a minister for each industry on the lines of the Post Office ) , and those led by Mr Herbert Morrison , who wanted to leave the industries a measure of independence to operate as fully commercial undertakings . |
| 3 | To re-define charity by statute on the lines of existing law would not be easy and might well confuse rather than clarify the law , for the essential difficulties connected with benefit to the public require more explanation and analysis than is convenient in an Act of Parliament . |
| 4 | There was also general agreement that there should be an international authority operating on the lines of a domestic regulatory board , with the power to regulate routes , arbitrate in disputes , and set technical standards . |
| 5 | Seely 's solutions were , in fact , not too dissimilar from those eventually adopted by the National Government — a cut in the dole with acceptance of the principle of work or maintenance , a 10 per cent revenue tariff , and settlement of the Indian question on the lines of the Simon Commission . |
| 6 | A spokeswoman for the office said it had decided to hold a ‘ value for money ’ inquiry on the lines of recent inquiries into the Royal Ordnance and Rover sales . |
| 7 | This increase has raised fears that the United Kingdom may be about to experience a medical malpractice crisis on the lines of the USA . |
| 8 | Previously the attic had been a splendidly light studio for Veronica 's work , now it has become an all-white , easy-to-clean room on the lines of a special-care baby unit . |
| 9 | If we have a Family Court on the lines of the Crown Court , as seems inevitable eventually , it is unlikely that the Bar will have an exclusive right of audience . |
| 10 | Furthermore , a fear of revolution on the lines of that which had occurred in France still loomed large in the minds of the new English bourgeoisie , underpinning the demand for an organized police system geared to the protection of the life and property of the ruling classes ( Reiner 1985 ) . |
| 11 | I gather that this is regarded as a controversial procedure in certain circles , but any criticism on the lines of wastage of resources on a dying man would have me to contend with . |
| 12 | ‘ to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another ’ If this point is charged or reported it may be proved by the officer in the case questioning the offender on the lines of : ‘ Did you intend to provoke the Notown football supporters into violence ? |
| 13 | In its first year of independence , Zambia , like other ex-British territories , had a public broadcasting corporation on the lines of the BBC . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A strong lobby within the Labour Party was urging more open government and greater access to official information on the lines of the Freedom of Information Act which has since been implemented in the United States . |
| 16 | As far as the wording of the actual policy itself is concerned I think we would er certainly prefer er wording on the lines of strict control , in other words quoting er P P G rather than the not normally permitted approach . |
| 17 | In 1958 , Reginald Bassett lamented the fact ‘ that no study of the General Election of 1931 was made at the time on the lines of the extremely useful studies of the 1945 and subsequent General Elections sponsored by Nuffield College ’ . |