Example sentences of "on [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under some pressure from the Liberals , he agreed to accept amendments to reduce the standard rate of income tax in his Finance Bill , but his alternative scheme of including a 2 per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions was much attacked in the City . |
| 2 | To attract more businesses , the maximum fees for company registration were cut from £50,000 to £5,000 and a 10 p.c. rebate on employers ' national insurance contributions was introduced . |
| 3 | In fact the rot set in 15 years ago when Dr Coggan asked for a meeting with Jim Callaghan to lobby for the Church to be exempted from a two per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 4 | Although management as such did not feature in these aims , the Authority perceived from the outset that their successful implementation would depend as much on schools ' internal management styles and strategies as on external guidance , advice and support . |
| 5 | The Faculty believes that the scale charge should be based on manufacturers ' retail list prices , provided the Revenue publishes an annual list of such prices . |
| 6 | No centrally imposed rules on countries ' budgetary policy ; instead , there will be ‘ binding procedures ’ . |
| 7 | Authorities said 16-year-old Hattori was shot outside Peairs ' home after he and a friend , Webb Haymaker , knocked on Peairs ' front door while looking for a costume party being held in the same street . |
| 8 | The most vigorous counterattack on pluralists ' methodological criticisms came from a group of ‘ neo-elitist ’ authors in the 1960s . |
| 9 | So seriously , too , did I take myself in it , that from the time I was sixteen I found myself hardly letting a week pass without writing one or two descriptions — of a man , or a place , or a walk — in a manner largely founded on Jefferies ' Amateur Poacher , Kingsley 's Prose Idylls , and Mr. Francis A. Knight 's weekly contributions to the Daily News , but doubtless with tones supplied also by Shelley and Keats , and later on by Ruskin , De Quincey , Pater , and Sir Thomas Browne … |
| 10 | NIC on directors ' current accounts |
| 11 | But it questions whether pollution levels have truly fallen in that period , since the figures are based on companies ' revised interpretations of what they are required to report . |
| 12 | Relying on banks ' prudent ratios , however , which can vary considerably , makes precise control of the money supply very difficult indeed . |
| 13 | Our analysis is still incomplete , however , as there is a deictic usage of come that is based not on participants ' actual location , but on their normative location or home-base . |
| 14 | The second influence on individuals ' social power is what are called the bases they have to draw on . |
| 15 | THE EFFECTS ON CARERS ' LIVING STANDARD |
| 16 | Genetic theory on Asians ' special schooling needs |
| 17 | The proposal 's legislative future , however , is uncertain , since the state assembly has ended its regular two-year session and the legislature reconvenes in special session after the November elections , at a time when the art market may not be the most urgent item on legislators ' year-end calendars . |
| 18 | They often have directors on firms ' supervisory boards , the second tier of German boards which is required by law and includes elected representatives of the workforce . |
| 19 | Schizophrenic dance of Kids of Fame Simon Tisdall in Tegucigalpa reports on Honduras ' love-hate relationship with the US and its addictive cultural trappings . |
| 20 | EMPLOYEES AT RUNCORN HAVE BEEN given the lowdown on Guinness ' strong performance in the competitive take home trade with a day-long series of presentations . |
| 21 | For SCOTVEC centres , the most obviously new feature of the Quality Framework is the regular audit which SCOTVEC will carry out on centres ' internal quality systems . |
| 22 | Open/OLTP runs on Unisys ' U 6000 series of Intel Corp 80486-based servers , and includes the Ally CASE/4GL environment . |
| 23 | Another friend ( on Garel-Jones ' wide-ranging interests ) |
| 24 | Marseille 's foreign stars , Croat Alen Boksic and German international Rudi Voeller had earlier fired the Frenchmen into what looked an unassailable lead , but they had n't counted on Rangers ' indomitable spirit . |
| 25 | This project focuses on teachers ' developing assessment practices in relation to both TA and SAT administration at KS1 , and on the interpretation and use of results made by other teachers , parents and LEAs . |
| 26 | Although no exact figures on EDS ' Italian revenues in 1992 were available , an EDS spokesman estimated them to be $20m , most of which are General Motors Corp-related . |
| 27 | There was heavy emphasis on leaders ' reported statements at the expense of the event or situation in which the remarks were made : |
| 28 | I would put more emphasis on the role of schools and teachers in dissuading girls from science , and less on girls ' internal states . |
| 29 | In particular , attention is focused on girls ' differential engagement with , and performance in , certain scientific and technical subjects ( see , for example , The Further Education Unit , 1985b ; The Schools Council Project on Reducing Sex Differentiation in Schools , 1983 ; Brent LEA , 1982 ) . |
| 30 | Amongst liberals , there has been a tendency to believe that remedying the gender imbalances in these books might have a positive influence on girls ' educational achievement . |