Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Released from the constraints of both shareholders and any market , managers are free to become public servants , ‘ a purely neutral technocracy , balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 2 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 3 | Despite the unremitting hostility of the Opposition Front-Bench team , I am glad to say that the majority group on the present Liverpool city council , in contrast to its predecessor , is showing interest in a housing action trust and my Department is discussing the matter with it . |
| 4 | Consequently , more time can be spent by the clearinghouse personnel on the sophisticated and time-consuming enquiries which require information and material that has not been or can not be conveniently added to the database , an those which are of an advisory nature . |
| 5 | Senator Patrick Leahy ( chair of the Senate subcommittee preparing foreign aid legislation ) had proposed giving Israel US$1,000 million in loan guarantees , with the remainder conditional on the halting of new settlement building . |
| 6 | The guitar work on the new album is unmistakably Lukather and , although his playing seems less restricted , Steve still heeds Jeff 's guidance … |
| 7 | However , most of the guitar work on the album is done with a Lowden , a really sweet-sounding guitar . |
| 8 | The fur coat on the seat beside her was uncontrollably voluminous , like a distending liferaft . |
| 9 | Place several drops of the rhodizonate solution on the wet surface of the section , tilting back and forth to spread the stain ; leave until plagioclase grains become pink , then rinse in water . |
| 10 | ‘ Did you know that Vortai has been ordered to command the base camp on the escarpment during the campaign ? ’ |
| 11 | The policeman , seeing the expiry date on the cartons of tinned milk , promptly issued a summons against the Jordanian manager for selling milk which was unfit for human consumption . |
| 12 | His defence , to start with , was the circular from the Tripoli Committee extending the expiry date on the milk . |
| 13 | Check the expiry date on the packet . |
| 14 | ‘ I still expect ter see 'im come walkin' out o' that yard , ’ she said , nodding to the Galloway stables on the bend of the street . |
| 15 | There should be personal service of a copy of the committal order on the contemnor by the court itself acting by one of its officers ( post , pp. 823G–H , 824F , 826F ) . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) There should be personal service of a copy of the committal order on the contemnor by the court itself acting by one of its officers , probably the tipstaff . |
| 17 | An appeal against a committal order based upon a failure to serve the committal order on the contemnor presents somewhat of a paradox . |
| 18 | Why does most of the coverage focus on the very few disturbed serial rapists , rather than typical rape ? |
| 19 | The support party on the hike was led by Major and Sgt. Mgr . . |
| 20 | It gusted into every overhang of concrete , whistled down the brick funnels on the tall building where she lived . |
| 21 | For example , in messages like : Your coat 's on fire The wing 's breaking up The radio 's gone wrong Your uncle 's died probably the majority of English speakers would place the tonic stress on the subject noun , though it is difficult to see how this is more important than the last lexical word in each of the sentences . |
| 22 | The case against the defendant was indeed a strong one and for that reason their Lordships would not be prepared simply to recommend that an acquittal be ordered , but they do not feel able to say that the jury would inevitably have convicted , if the defence had been furnished in advance with the three statements in question and if the jury had received the accepted direction on evidence as to character and guidance from the trial judge on the problem , whatever it was , indicated when they first returned to court . |
| 23 | Since November 1983 , the Secretary of State has sought the advice of the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge on the period necessary for retribution and deterrence . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman should bear in mind that each of the two cases to which he has referred was decided by the trial judge on the basis of medical evidence , including independent medical evidence . |
| 25 | Swivel housing oil seal , hub oil seal , the gasket between the drive flange and the hub or the felt washer on the end of the half shaft . |
| 26 | What do you think to the board game on the back ? |
| 27 | Wilcox turned on some lights above the board table on the other side of the room . |
| 28 | Downstairs in the hall , midnight struck , so that her own clock had been slow and she had seven hours and three minutes before morning and the sound of the milk bottles on the step , of Eleanor 's waking movements . |
| 29 | The milk bottle on the kitchen table , the women knitting and despising their menfolk with brilliant bitter humour , the crowded nights in the Underground station , all capture that incomparable spirit of the Londoner , and one of glorious Londoner in particular — Vi , the courageous mother of the Kray twins . |
| 30 | The Air Forces of the UK , Netherlands and Germany are criticized for continuing low-level flying exercises over the lands of the Innu people on the Labrador-Quebec peninsula . |