Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to ensure that the new all-regular Army lived in conditions that would not deter recruiting became more pressing than consideration of the risks of capital expenditure on accommodation in areas where reasonable security of tenure was not assured . |
| 2 | And all sorts of safety equipment on it . |
| 3 | Second , it reports losses of purchasing power on net monetary assets held or gains on net liabilities . |
| 4 | The King addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Oct. 12 , continuing to Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , for the Commonwealth heads of government summit on Oct. 18 [ see pp. 36963-64 ] . |
| 5 | Figure 2 ( a-d ) depicts the effect of increasing concentrations of cholesteryl oleate on lysosomal latency . |
| 6 | Definition of the impacts of climate change on eastern Europe and the developing countries ; |
| 7 | The National Computing Centre commissioned a survey of assessment of the impacts of office technology on organisational structures and relationships , and that work was completed in 1985 . |
| 8 | MPs are questioning many aspects of government policy on the reforms , says Mark Ivory |
| 9 | I hope that on that basis , first of all , that you agree with the views that we expressed in anticipation of your view , and secondly , erm , that we really do need to look at through you , these sort of aspects of pension management on behalf of the County Council . |
| 10 | Spread three tablespoons of tomato purée on top ; season with black pepper . |
| 11 | Paradoxically , Ugolinhas fallen in love with Manon , though his declarations of love fall on stony ground leading in the end to tragedy . |
| 12 | The second item weighs between ¼–½oz and is an oblong-shaped ball , which appears to have traces of gold gilt on it . |
| 13 | They pile out of the transport , some still with traces of camouflage cream on their faces and various grasses and leaves still woven into their uniforms to break up their silhouettes . |
| 14 | Toughening their endurance by frequent climbs to nearly 3,000 feet ( 900m ) up the crags of Goat Fell on Arran they saw , when it was not raining — a rare occasion in west Scotland — Lieutenant Roger Courtney at sea , training his canoeists around the island 's choppy waters where a short sharp sea comes up with little warning . |
| 15 | A few minutes of air time on a small radio station ? |
| 16 | The Prime Minister takes the last 15 minutes of question time on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 17 | Positive accounts of redistribution focus on explaining what , if any , actual redistribution takes place . |
| 18 | ( I know those flats : copies of iD magazine on the one table , drinking something gold against whitewashed walls , snaking lines of speed in the loo with the cracked mirror . ) |
| 19 | This interest in lesbianism preserves the emphasis dominant discourses of femininity place on women 's sexuality . |
| 20 | For us the important point is that the timescale on which continents have drifted about is the same slow timescale on which animal lineages have evolved , and we can not ignore continental drift if we are to understand the patterns of animal evolution on those continents . |
| 21 | If publishers decide that the basic currency of their business is information not specific delivery platforms , they need then to review their commercial options and consider in detail the likely effect of shifting patterns of information use on all sectors of their traditional markets . |
| 22 | He wore Marks and Spencer boxer shorts , a pair of rubber flip-flops , and thirty-six hours of silver bristle on his cheeks . |
| 23 | Affluence was not a matter of gold-plated bath taps or Daimlers or tooth-brushes or mink-handled beer can openers — though these were available — it was a matter of 531 competing brands of coffee or 249 brands of washing powder on the American market , whose only raison d'être was that a change of packaging and advertising ( New Wonder Ingredient ! ) gained them shelf space in the supermarkets until the next brand came along . |
| 24 | The restricted access of individuals to international arenas , and the uncertainties of State action on behalf of individuals mean that many individuals ' claims with respect to treaties are brought before national fora under domestic law . |
| 25 | Peter Wicke has argued that the ‘ street ’ origins of beat music on Merseyside reveal a new sort of collective practice , in which modes of production and levels of musical technique and technology are geared to , and support , an interactive group spontaneity , emphasizing joint composition , arrangement and decision-making ( Wicke 1982 ) . |
| 26 | The example given above would require about 165,000 blocks of disk space on ‘ disk ’ : [ 'directory' ] . |
| 27 | In 1946 , however , Lean directed his first film without a Coward connection , Great Expectations , and the huge reputation and success this enjoyed coincided with the start of the long postwar decline suffered by Coward — the net result was that the writer 's contribution to the earlier films ' success became progressively marginalized , a state of affairs hardly helped by the increasing influence of French auteurist models of film analysis on British critics . |
| 28 | Since much of the discussion and critiques of economic models of bureaucracy focus on Niskanen 's pioneering work , and particularly his Bureaucracy and Representative Government ( 1971 ) , the following survey of ideas adopts a similar approach . |
| 29 | Models of interdependence focus on interstate relations but challenge the realist view of states as independent actors . |
| 30 | The Group noted that M Pullan had already started to provide some elements of user support on databases , documentation and network problems . |