Example sentences of "the [noun sg] on [art] lines " 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 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 3 | Some of the houses stood out by dint of their brightly painted front doors but mostly the only sign of decoration was the washing on the lines and hanging from windows . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | On completion of the study , and a report to the client on the lines described above , the project team spent a number of months preparing the final documents for the ESPRIT Project as a whole , which formed the basis of the FAOR publication . |