Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was an advance from the figure of nineteen claimed by the defence on the pleadings . |
| 2 | But there seemed nothing wrong with the head of government appearing to be the challenger on the hustings . |
| 3 | Carefully position the base on the blocks of wood . |
| 4 | Additionally , some effort will be made to assess the impact of the change on the approaches adopted by managers of passenger transport undertakings . |
| 5 | After the leak of the Interfor Report , counsel for the victims , families attempted to take a deposition from Aviv but Shaughnessy moved to quash the subpoena on the grounds that Aviv 's work was protected from discovery by the so-called attorney work-product doctrine . |
| 6 | Kate Millett and William Kunstler went about the world protesting against the trial on the grounds that it was ‘ political ’ . |
| 7 | The video , produced by Axel Ltd , is the first film in 77 years to be rejected by the board on the grounds of blasphemy . |
| 8 | We were pressed with Day v. McLea ( ( 1889 ) 22 Q.B.D. 610 ) , where the debtor himself sent a cheque for an amount smaller than that of the debt to the creditor on the terms that it should be in satisfaction of the debt . |
| 9 | This year , with the Democrats poised to win the state , the national leadership is looking to see whether the same tactics can be used to turn back the tide on the Republicans nationwide . |
| 10 | Mickie told of some problems in helicopters , such as the pull on the blades at the hub of a Bristol-built helicopter in flight was equal to the draw bar pull of three main line locomotives . |
| 11 | They had Nelson Mandela giving a rally at two in the afternoon on the steps of City Hall or wherever it was , and at three they had a colour photograph of him out on the streets . |
| 12 | The cheering throng swayed , and so did the throne on the shoulders of its bearers . |
| 13 | It is a classic example of the waste of local taxpayers ' money by a foolish council which would do much better to spend the money on the services for which it is statutorily responsible . |
| 14 | And , but what you were actually spending was the money on the resources . |
| 15 | The chap who 's won all the money on the pools last week . |
| 16 | FARWELL L.J. : The plaintiffs could only accept the money on the terms upon which it was offered . |
| 17 | Millionaire Moores , a member of the Littlewoods pools family , is well aware of the discontent on the terraces . |
| 18 | In subsequent correspondence Technical Division were asked to confirm that the timing of the provision of the benefit to the non-resident or non-domiciled beneficiary was irrelevant , ie that it did not matter whether the income in question was paid to him in the year of assessment in which it arose or in a subsequent year , but Technical Division refused to confirm that this was the case on the grounds that the actual circumstances of particular cases tended to vary so widely that they felt unable to answer the question without more details . |
| 19 | But Luke 's future was already being decided in a little room attached to the school-house on the outskirts of the village . |
| 20 | The introduction tells you how to decipher the crag listings which provide information such as : crag name , sun hours , number of routes ( including number in the grades ) , province and crag number ( to locate the crag on the maps which are sprinkled throughout ) . |
| 21 | Review the progress on the actions detailed . |
| 22 | ‘ I am transmitting an instruction subset to the computer on the communications satellite , ’ said the Thing . |
| 23 | Announcing the ban on the stickers on Oct. 5 , Juma said that the government would not condone the use of Koranic verses for political ends . |
| 24 | ‘ I am the photographer on the expeditions , ’ he explains . |
| 25 | The logjam on the railways is now playing havoc with the national economy . |
| 26 | John Mackintosh then argued strongly , right up to his death , for a ‘ Yes ’ vote in the referendum on the grounds that only a Scottish Assembly , however imperfect , could sort out the anomalies with Westminster . |
| 27 | Representatives of the Crimean Tatar population had opposed the referendum on the grounds that , as the indigenous people , only they should be allowed to vote . |
| 28 | Moldavia refused to hold the referendum on the grounds that it would worsen ethnic tensions in the republic . |
| 29 | The overwhelming majority of Serbs , who accounted for some 31 per cent of the population , boycotted the referendum on the grounds that they had already made clear their preference in local referendums for Bosnia-Hercegovina remaining within Yugoslavia . |
| 30 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |