Example sentences of "on a [noun sg] of [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In experiments using British schoolchildren of the same age as Barron 's , selected according to similar criteria for being classified as " good " or " poor " readers , we have found that on a variety of tasks the poorer readers do show an ability to use the phonological codes for printed words ( Briggs and Underwood , 1982 ; Underwood and Briggs , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | On the night before , he had watched from his perch on a pile of stones the four verderers ride up to the Tower from the far side of the Waste … |
| 3 | Subject to the Rules and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares , on a show of hands every member who ( being an individual ) is present in person or ( being a recognised body ) is present by a duly authorised corporate representative [ , not being himself a member entitled to vote , ] shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder . |
| 4 | Subject to the Rules and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares , on a show of hands every member who ( being an individual ) is present in person or ( being a recognised body ) is present by a duly authorised corporate representative [ , not being himself a member entitled to vote , ] shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder . |
| 5 | But in certain circumstances , the defendant may exculpate himself from liability either by raising doubts as to whether he had such an intention or awareness , or by establishing on a balance of probabilities the defence that he lacked mens rea . |
| 6 | On a number of occasions the soldiers of the garrison seized wool supplies in the town when their wages were in arrears ; in 1407 they sold the wool and in 1421 the Staplers had to pay £4,000 to recover it . |
| 7 | But it was clear , and is clearer still in retrospect , that on a number of occasions an old decorum had been deferred to , or embraced . |