Example sentences of "[subord] on the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of April , all three withdrew from the election after being placed low down in a kind of primary contest held among the United Left 's Madrid rank-and-file to help decide who should go where on the list of candidates put before the capital 's voters ( a candidate 's position is crucial to his chances of a seat ) . |
| 2 | Statements of what people intended to get out of the policy-making process are generally something that has to be established on the basis of careful examination of the evidence rather than on the basis of assumptions about interests . |
| 3 | The main change concerned repeat fees which are now based on the audience , measured in TVRs , for each commercial , rather than on the number of times it is shown . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend should be aware how much we welcome his statement and that of the Secretary of State , which concentrate on how children are taught in schools rather than on the number of teachers employed . |
| 5 | It was not faced squarely even in the heyday of regional policy , when measures placed much more emphasis on the mobility of industrial investment than on the movement of workers , and it has been almost completely ignored since the dismantling of regional planning in 1979 . |
| 6 | And while on the subject of Brownies , his daughter Jessica was always badgering him to let her join , and he would be very glad for her to become one of Heather 's and Shirley 's Pack and learn how to Lend a Hand in the same way that they had . |
| 7 | ( EMBEDGPH ) While on the subject of graphs , Symphony now allows you to use 12 series in a graph and there are eight new chart types . |
| 8 | While on the subject of secateurs , if you can not rise to the cost of the revolving handle type , at least make sure that the handles are polished smooth . |
| 9 | While on the subject of camcorders and their microphones , many models , as we have already noted , now record sound in hi-fi stereo , and the audio quality is excellent . |
| 10 | And while on the subject of record-breakers , there 's always the Guinness Book Of Records 1993 ( £13.99 ) . |
| 11 | The rate of profit depends on the output-capital ratio as well as on the share of profits ( chapter 8 ) . |
| 12 | We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them . |