Example sentences of "on [noun] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Harmony based on notes a perfect fourth apart ( ‘ quartal harmony ’ ) has been used by composers for almost the entire century , as a means of escaping from the old harmony based on thirds , with its complex systematization and expansion into the chromatic field . |
| 2 | Edition one spotlights new laws on checks the council must make on drivers applying for licences . |
| 3 | There were also delightful rumours that the heavy overhaul on sister No 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley would see it repainted green as No 60007 . |
| 4 | This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture . |
| 5 | Roxburgh is undeniably aware of this but unwilling to name his side one month in advance or bestow on Ferguson the title of the finished article . |
| 6 | In 1653 John Lilburne found himself on trial a second time . |
| 7 | ‘ During 11 months on remand I saw people go on trial every day but never anyone win . |
| 8 | His assets were his house in Castle Street , Edinburgh , his library and furniture , and the value of the life-rent on Abbotsford the house he had built on The Border . |
| 9 | As he climbed back on deck the skipper was waiting . |
| 10 | For example , I saw you on deck the other morning struggling to open the lights from the outside , but of course all your storm fastenings must be on the inside . " |
| 11 | The plaintiffs , a firm of advertising agents , booked advertising on behalf of E , a customer , on terms that if E defaulted on payment the plaintiffs would have to pay . |
| 12 | ( c ) Limitations on permission The occupier may place limitations on the permission to enter . |
| 13 | That again you see Northampton lays be in the middle of those two , it 's twenty one miles to Bedford one side and thirty miles to Stratford on Avon the other side . |
| 14 | Sir William Shelton , Streatham , aims to tighten the law against kerb crawling and soliciting , and has taken on board a Home Office proposal to abolish the presumption that a boy aged under 14 is incapable of sexual intercourse . |
| 15 | In an effort to bring peace to the island , PNG held talks with the rebels last August on board a New Zealand warship moored off Bougainville . |
| 16 | On one occasion he was about to go on board a ship that had just anchored when unforeseen business detained him . |
| 17 | We have had no choice but to take on board a sexuality which is defined in terms of its difference from the male , and therefore mystified ; which has been derived from biology and based around reproduction . |
| 18 | Also , as it so happens , in August 1941 Winston Churchill had a meeting with President Roosevelt on board a British battleship , off the coast of Newfoundland , and that was followed by a further meeting at Christmas in Washington , when they agreed to send aid to Russia in the form of armaments , etc. , also they drew up the Atlantic Charter under which it was proclaimed that all peoples , in all parts of the world , would have the right to choose their own form of government . |
| 19 | It is not uncommon for goods to be carried by road from a European destination through several countries to a port , where they were then loaded on board a ship , taken to another continent and again despatched by road to their final destination . |
| 20 | These included shooting it into space on board a rocket so that its deadly payload would disappear into infinity . |
| 21 | We wanted to avoid all the delays that creep in if we hack them by hi-speed Busby post to Dover , put them on board a ponderous Sealink ferry and eventually consign them to the decidedly risky hands of some unknown foreign postman in the forlorn hope that they-might , with luck and a following wind , reach the Antipodes before the turn of the century . |
| 22 | This category is much more controversial and inherently implausible , as it contains the alleged abductions of humans on board a UFO . |
| 23 | The first of these Tracking and Data Relay Satellites entered orbit on board a space shuttle earlier this week , but later ran into trouble when its second booster failed . |
| 24 | On Easter Monday , Belgian police raided a ship equipped for incinerating waste at sea , the Matthias II , in Antwerp harbour , The raid followed reports in the Italian press that the waste , which contains 300 grams of dioxin ( TCDD ) had been incinerated on board a Dutch ship in the North Sea . |
| 25 | They gave a 21-gun salute , played hymns and went on board a coastal yacht , where they spent most of the day alternately at anchor or sailing . |
| 26 | He became a cult figure in Russia as the first cartoon character in space , the guest of honour on board a rocket celebrating the end of the Cold War . |
| 27 | Officials were forced to step in to calm the pair as they rowed on board a British Airways flight to a summit in Ottowa , Canada . |
| 28 | How did the news media , scientists and governments take on board a claim that made no sense within the laws of physics , was based in part on wrong data and that was shown to be flawed within days of the announcement ? |
| 29 | SHEER BEAUTY THAT WILL FASCINATE FROM COWES TO PLYMOUTH TO NEWPORT R.I. ENTER THE WORLD OF WALNUT , SATIN FINISHED ALUMINIUM AND POLISHED MARBLE ON BOARD A FIRST S. MATERIALS CHOSEN FOR THEIR LOOKS AND SUITABILITY FOR THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT . |
| 30 | N.Z. Six Years After : A wife and husband on board a steamer . |