Example sentences of "the [noun] on [noun] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the achievements of the British ruling class historically has been its capacity to deflect opposition and resistance by calculated philanthropy and by the concentration on individualism as an explanation of success and failure . |
| 2 | Even conditions beyond the earth 's immediate environment can affect human beings and currently there is concern about the effect on health of an appreciable hole in the springtime ozone layer over Antarctica ( McKie & Rycroft , 1988 ) . |
| 3 | The imposition on Korea of an unequal treaty was the first stage in a sustained attempt by Japan to secure dominant influence in the peninsula . |
| 4 | Driving provides an opportunity to study the effects on memory of an easily identified , commonly experienced type of emotional arousal with real world implications . |
| 5 | He put the cat on top of an old sofa which had been shoved against the hallway wall , and led Graham and Sara towards the stairs . |
| 6 | The East Suffolk scheme thus ended disappointingly and in 1936 Whiteley left the District on appointment as an adult education tutor in the Manchester area . |
| 7 | According to another version of events , Mozart was visited by a ‘ mysterious stranger ’ who offered him the commission on behalf of an anonymous patron , producing the initial fee immediately . |
| 8 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |
| 9 | And it has the edge on experience against an Indian side , playing their first full Test series at home for four years . |
| 10 | In respect of a particular contract , service may , with leave of the court , be effected on an agent residing or doing business within the jurisdiction on behalf of an oversea principal ; the style under which the agent does business is then immaterial , and the agent may be an individual or a body corporate ( including in this context a subsidiary company of the oversea principal ) . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) The court to which an appeal is brought under this section may reverse or vary the order or decision of the court below , and make such other order as may be just ; and without prejudice to the inherent powers of any court referred to in subsection ( 2 ) of this section , provisions may be made by rules of court for authorising the release on bail of an appellant under this section . |
| 12 | The castle is open to the public on payment of an admission charge and has a most interesting interior with rooms beautifully furnished in medieval style . |
| 13 | The position on bankruptcy of an individual shareholder is broadly similar . |
| 14 | Confirming orders — paying the manufacturer on confirmation of an order from an overseas buyer and receiving commission , although here the export house is not actually paying the manufacturer but merely confirming liability for payment . |
| 15 | This last criterion was applied in the Charter Consolidated Ltd/Anderson Strathclyde Ltd Report ( 1982 ) , where the concern was for the effects of the merger on employment in an area of Scotland which already had high unemployment . |
| 16 | Guided parties are taken into the cave on payment of an admission charge , the interior being illuminated by electricity that reveals waterfalls and many named formations . |