Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | However , a sound source in the ocean can make water molecules vibrate in the same way as a noise on land causes the vibration of air molecules . |
2 | A chapter on embroidery includes the famous fifteenth-century Bohemian embroideries , with their often melancholy mystical scenes , and the fashion for ostentatious embroidery with pearls . |
3 | The main reasons are that putting a plan on paper helps an organization to decide what it wants to achieve , to communicate its ideas to others and to monitor future Performance . |
4 | The Assembly , which met in Prague , Czech and Slovak Federal Republic , 1–11 September , also recommended that CEC set up a committee on communication to consider the communication needs of the churches . |
5 | A glow-globe on stand-by provided a dim orange light . |
6 | It has been held that a person on foot pushing a bicycle when using a zebra pedestrian crossing was a ‘ foot passenger ’ . |
7 | A ‘ foot passenger ’ has been held to include a person on foot pushing a bicycle when using a zebra pedestrian crossing . |
8 | A policeman on patrol discovered the bodies at a remote beauty spot near Charterhouse , Somerset . |
9 | According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot . |
10 | NEW Preston boss John Beck will seek Football League permission to sign a goalkeeper on loan to replace the injured Simon Farnworth . |
11 | Glyn Davies , chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales , said : ‘ We will be making every effort to put a grant package together and build a factory on time to meet the company 's requirements . ’ |
12 | Similarly , in a problem on tort make no statement as to the law of crime , unless again the existence of a tort depends on the law of crime . |
13 | Such a course of action was rendered inconceivable by virtue of the Report 's reliance upon a discourse on art to legitimize the centrality to be accorded English within the curriculum . |
14 | Two-digit inflation was a great boost to buying on credit , and buying a house on credit made the greatest sense of all because inflation ensured that the capital value of your house increased while your repayments took a gradually smaller percentage of your income . |
15 | At this point , your chances of success are actually considerably reduced , since a power on recovery requires a different technique to a power off landing- and you have been practising the wrong thing ! |
16 | In The Ionian Mission , a hilarious account of the crew exercising a rhinoceros on deck has a serious point behind its absurdity : the animal is a diplomatic gift from the British government to one of the most tricky and desirable potential allies in the Eastern Mediterranean . |
17 | Until the introduction of deflationary measures in July 1966 ( Brown wanted devaluation as an alternative , and lost to Wilson and to Callaghan at the Treasury ) , the DEA and its mercurial First Secretary did present the Cabinet with an alternative voice and , in the shape of the 1965 National Plan , a growth strategy , an emphasis on production to counter the Treasury 's obsession with finance . |
18 | His illusions started with reality too , that made the jumping-off point , in the same way that an illusionist on stage has a real girl ; they had to have near possibility , nothing too extreme , not at the beginning anyway . |