Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] of [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 THE past couple of years has seen an explosion in the number of computing books on the shelves of even the most humble book shop .
2 The permission given by the 1969 Act for no-fault divorce was driven as much by a profound rethinking of the sources of morality by clerical and academic opinion as by the determined pursuit of individual self-interest on the part of either the population at large or lawyers in particular .
3 ‘ What do you find difficult about your teaching role ? ’ produced an almost unanimous response : lack of time on the part of either the consultant or the house officer , or both .
4 A second likely reason for the ineffectiveness of project work is that the activity itself does not have a clearly defined purpose on the part of either the teacher or the pupil .
5 On the part of both the government and the guerrillas , the behaviour is not very good for democracy .
6 Safety requirements demand , among other things , the installation of multiple back-up systems for emergency cooling of the reactor , as well as constant checks by regulatory bodies on the standard of even the smallest weld .
7 This entails a review of the impact of the Scarman Report , and other important policy documents , on the agenda of both the Government and other political institutions .
8 Is it seriously suggested that the entire elderly population should be regularly screened , that a clear majority should be followed up monthly for six months , and that half should be treated for life on the basis of even the most optimistic interpretation of the trial data ?
9 In the middle of the century there was no agreement on the formulae of even the simpler chemical compounds , and many chemists felt that an atomic theory was merely a distraction : that chemists ought to stick at the ‘ equivalent weights ’ which gave accurate recipes , and not bother with attempts at explanation .
10 There had been a perceived increase in youthful crime in the early 1930s that seemed to correspond to an increase in youth unemployment — and again we can reflect on the familiarity of both the problem and the complaint .
11 The same force on a rod of twice the area will not deform by — but by — /2.;
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