Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] scale [conj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both .
2 ( 3 ) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising rights conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both .
3 ‘ ( 1 ) Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both .
4 ( 3 ) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both . ’
5 He had no grave goods and that marked him pretty low both on the social scale and with the archaeologists .
6 As a result with good control of working capital , our cash flow overall was virtually the same as in the previous year in spite of the significant profit collapse and although there may be some further redundancies this year , I do n't expect them to be in any way on the same scale as during nineteen ninety two and the important thing is that we now have costs in line with the lower level of revenue as we look into nineteen ninety three .
7 Throughout the Eighties , museum-building spread like a fever from the centre to the provinces , not on the same scale as in Germany ( see The Art Newspaper survey No. 13 , Dec. 1991 , pp.6–7 ) but with schemes of similar grandeur .
8 Whilst not on the same scale as in Paris , an open day was held earlier this year in the Crown Court at Teesside .
9 The history of the battles on the interracial scale and of lesser conflicts on the individual scale , has provided a vast store from which humanity can obtain limitless examples from which to extract actions which are universally acceptable as ‘ good ’ .
10 His works were on a small scale until in 1823 he became engineer for the Difference Engine project of Charles Babbage [ q.v. ] , which gave him the opportunity to build highly accurate large machine tools for his workshop , the best known of which was his large planing machine , built in 1831 .
11 The changes occurring in this limited biopsy series , in particular the inflammatory infiltrate , were on a minor scale and of no consistent pattern .
12 Assign a rating on a ten-point scale as to how important each consideration is .
13 It is doubtful if the mill could ever be operated on a commercial scale and in Wilf Medlam 's words it is ‘ a desirable and harmless anachronism , doing its bit to satisfy the immense demand for 100% wholemeal flour ’ .
14 If , eventually , it becomes possible to increase productivity in this way , and such crop plants are developed on a large scale and for use in a wide variety of environments , it may help to reduce the impact of the enhanced greenhouse effect as well as increasing global food supplies .
15 We are probably wrong , however , to see this as happening on a large scale or as a particularly significant development in many areas .
16 to draw out implications for equity of provision on a national scale and for the central-local relationship .
17 The tendency is for English language based thinking to see things on a grey scale because of the relative ease with which nuances of meaning can be expressed .
18 Pro-life and pro-choice groups continued protests in Wichita , Kansas , though on a smaller scale than in July and August [ see p. 38383 ] .
19 The CNAA 's involvement with Scotland was on a smaller scale than in England .
20 The pro-German government in Yugoslavia was subjected , in March 1941 , to a coup d'etat and the young King Peter assumed the government , but in April the Germans launched an attack , not confined to Yugoslavia , but also embracing Greece , using paratroops on a massive scale and with ‘ blitzkrieg ’ methods .
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