Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb -s] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the case of Bacon , the central importance of Paracelsus rests on the general impetus he gave to the reform of science and on the development of a comprehensive religious and ethical framework for scientific and medical endeavour . |
| 2 | The little museum is particularly rich in classical objects because the modern town of Alea stands on the site of ancient Tegea , the capital of Arcadia . |
| 3 | Another , and different , outline of Scotland appears on a vellum portolan , or sea-chart , which also depicts the fjorded coastline of Norway , including the famous whirlpool , Maelstrom , together with the south-east coast of Spitsbergen . |
| 4 | The village of Skelton lies on the east bank of the river Ouse , near Goole , and has a population of just over 100 people . |
| 5 | The best implementation of CAMEO runs on an Apple Macintosh and makes full use of the Hypercard environment . |
| 6 | Luke , the writer of the gospel and the book of Acts , is at pains to expose prejudice , especially religious prejudice , and to show the difference the transforming work of Christ makes on the mind where issues of prejudice are at stake . |
| 7 | The Douglas castle of Morton stands on a promontory , protected on three sides by a small loch . |
| 8 | The upper part of the village of Whittington lies on the south-east slope of a steep hillside . |
| 9 | It is only a slight exaggeration to say that , at this extraordinary historical moment , the future of Poland depends on the Germans ; the future of Europe depends on each behaving a little more like the other . |
| 10 | Amidst the shifting currents of today 's financial markets , Bank of America stands on a solid foundation of experience . |
| 11 | THE FUTURE of Antarctica turns on the outcome of an international conference which Michel Rocard , the French Prime Minister , opened yesterday with a speech that set the tone for what will be a fiercely political debate . |
| 12 | If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that our trade with Indonesia depends on a resolution to that question , that is a new and rather remarkable policy statement . |
| 13 | We have accordingly decided to place a fixed-price contract for three type 23 frigates with Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde . |
| 14 | The attack by Gilbert Wakefield [ q.v. ] there on public worship roused her to its defence in Cursory Remarks on an Enquiry into the Expediency and Propriety of Public Worship ( 1792 ) , using the pseudonym ‘ Eusebia ’ . |
| 15 | A series of automatic weather stations linked to a satellite is to help researchers to assess the effect that deforestation in Brazil has on the climate . |
| 16 | Growing discontent in Russia focuses on the widespread suffering economic changes have inflicted . |
| 17 | At least one narrow-gauge railway in Britain operates on a gauge of 10.5 in , and there may well be others . |
| 18 | The numbers of tickets allocated to each county board by GAA headquarters in Dublin depends on the number of clubs in the county . |
| 19 | After a day 's work and a trip to Wormwood Scrubs on a number 220 bus , arriving in the dark and perhaps the cold , I was not inclined to put in further effort . |
| 20 | Frodo 's elegy for Gandalf ends on the word ‘ died ’ ; but Sam 's coda prefers ‘ flowers ’ , and turns out to be truer in the end . |
| 21 | Five hundred white collar staff at Yarrow shipbuilders on the Clyde have begun an indefinite strike over pay . |
| 22 | Saturday 's other meeting at Towcester hinges on a 3pm inspection today . |
| 23 | The work done at Aston focuses on the problem of tear interactions with polymers . |
| 24 | Step , an installation by Richard Heeps on the nature of the relationship between father and son and the inheritance of masculine behaviour ( 14 Mar–12 Apr . ) . |
| 25 | The Di Meo brothers ' exhibition of paintings by Michel Haas , whose figures emerge from deep shadow , continues until 11 July , while the review of Spanish art put on by Artcurial ends on the same date . |