Example sentences of "of [noun pl] on the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long Latin words are full of syllables which resemble ‘ bum ’ and ‘ tit ’ and ‘ poo ’ much more , and an idly dreaming miniaturist may have had a thought process set off by half-reading the Latin : if in lege domini ( Psalm 1:2 ) really suggested the funny men made of legs on the opening pages of the Bardolf-Vaux and Ormesby Psalters , then this tells us that the artists , like Professor Camille , spoke English . |
| 2 | Use of pesticides on the cotton crops of the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan has been reduced sharply since the mid-1970s , as evidence of disastrous environmental damage has mounted . |
| 3 | The World Wide Fund for Nature has accused the Greek government of allowing a flourishing trade in endangered species , after investigators from the TRAFFIC wildlife monitoring agency found hundreds of shops on the tourist islands selling a variety of wildlife products . |
| 4 | Then she walked back into the kitchen and soon heard the hard clatter of shoes on the stone stairs and Giovanna was upon her . |
| 5 | ’ Came a sudden clatter of feet on the stone steps to the cellars , torchlight on the steel of the men-at-arms , and Guy Fawkes , calling himself John Johnson , was caught in the act . |
| 6 | Some of it , notably parts of the two reports from the ACPS chimed with , although were not attributable to , the political beliefs of a number of Conservatives on the back benches in the House of Commons . |
| 7 | It is only small because a very limited number of Conservatives on the back benches are not totally reliable on too many occasions . |
| 8 | If ratifying the Protocol is viewed as the conferral of rights on the treaty parties under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention , those States can decide whether to accept the rights , and might object to a statement such as that made by the Soviet Union on this basis . |
| 9 | Indeed , where success is possible with a pass mark of 50 per cent or less and there is a choice of questions on the examination papers , two pupils may pass who have little in common beyond having attained the same grade . |
| 10 | General practitioners spend a good proportion of their time with elderly patients and this is acknowledged in the rates of payment for different categories of patients on the GP lists . |
| 11 | The May inquiry was told on June 15 by counsel for the Maguires that inspection of the records of the scientists involved in the forensic tests showed that a second series of tests on the hand swabs had been carried out and had proved negative . |
| 12 | Their vulnerability was further underlined by the lack of locks on the bathroom doors . |
| 13 | The ILO 's ‘ Multinational Enterprises Project ’ has produced a series of reports on the employment effects of the TNCs , mostly in Third World countries and , although some abuses are documented , the general conclusions of Frobel et al . |
| 14 | At first they pinned most of the blame for the loss of jobs on the trade unions and the international recession , and then on high wage settlements . |