Example sentences of "of [noun prp] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre of both versions had the arms of Guildford on a shield within a start , enclosed in a band carrying the battalion 's title . |
| 2 | Dr Ian Rolfe , then of the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow snapped him up as supervisor of YOPs on a Manpower Services scheme to develop fossils in rock which had been excavated in Australia in the 1960s . |
| 3 | Rose Clough , nee Machin , lived on the outskirts of Oswaldston on a spick and span , jerry-built private estate . |
| 4 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 5 | President Mikhail Gorbachev on Jan. 11 went to the Soviet Baltic republic of Lithuania on a mission to seek solutions to a secessionist crisis created by the December 1989 decision of the Communist Party of Lithuania ( CPL ) to declare itself independent of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) [ see pp. 37128-29 ] . |
| 6 | There will be representatives from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland on a number of the working groups . |
| 7 | The rate of accumulation of biomass or NPP is expressed as weight of living matter/unit area/ unit time and recent work by the International Biological Programme ( IBP ) has provided more accurate estimates of NPP on a world scale for both continents and oceans , and this makes it possible to rank biome types according to NPP or present processes . |
| 8 | The Governor of the Bank of England on a number of occasions requested the banks to refrain from certain types of lending in favour of others . |
| 9 | For a honeymoon with an unhurried pace why not chug through the serene Victorian waterways of England on a 60′ canal barge ? |
| 10 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 11 | As part of our programme to outlaw cruelty to wild mammals , we will allow a free vote in the House of Commons on a proposal to ban the hunting of live quarry with hounds and , if that is passed , provide parliamentary time for the necessary legislation . |
| 12 | It is a corollary of collective responsibility that any minister who disagrees publicly with a cabinet decision should resign and that a government defeat in the House of Commons on a vote of confidence necessitates either the resignation of the government or a request for a dissolution ( there is no convention as to which of these alternatives the government should select ) . |
| 13 | In the case of a by-election , the issue of a writ by the Speaker is warranted by the House of Commons on a motion to that effect . |
| 14 | Later the stone was transferred to the new stronghold of Dunstaffnage on a crag above the mouth of Loch Etive . |
| 15 | The Elector Count also wears the Talisman of Ulric on a chain around his neck . |
| 16 | There were also four bottles of Guinness on a shelf which , although frozen , were put to excellent use . |
| 17 | To mark the launch of the programme , a race was held at the St James gate brewery , featuring bartenders from different festivals around the country carrying pints of Guinness on a tray . |
| 18 | Icke was the party 's national spokesman 17 months ago when he donned a turquoise tracksuit to announce himself the son of God on a mission to save the world . |
| 19 | Deya is a tiny little village , boasting a handful of bars and restaurants , a pretty church ( housing one of only two examples of Christ on a crucifix wearing a skirt ) , an art gallery and a tiny museum . |
| 20 | If the maximum number of DCs on a package is reached , a message will be written to the report file and LIFESPAN ABLE will stop at the end of the prepass phase . |
| 21 | The user has tried to activate a number of DCs on a package . |
| 22 | He disliked the estate car almost as much as the Suffolk Punch , which was why he preferred to make his way around the streets of Dynmouth on a bicycle . |
| 23 | Or the romance of Italy on a summer 's night ? |
| 24 | Djore Držić 's nephew , Marin Držić ( 1508–67 ) , was a poor scholar who was sent to the University of Siena on a stipend from the Ragusan Senate . |
| 25 | Sure he could get under your skin but so would St Francis of Assisi on a job like this . |
| 26 | Finally my thanks to Ian Lucas who has worked with the staff of PFK on a freelance basis on this month 's magazine . |
| 27 | But their hired minibus , driven by Gary , was involved in a horrific crash with a Vauxhall Cavalier one mile west of Bowes on a stretch of the A66 which was being converted to dual carriageway . |
| 28 | Telephone or client bidding secured the majority : ‘ The Princess of Salm with her son ’ sold for £29,000 ( $45,820 ) , est. £30–45,000 ; ‘ Monsieur de Cormainville sold for £42,000 ( $65,436 ) , est. £25–35,000 ; ‘ The Prince of Saxe-Gotha with his Tutor ’ sold for £20,000 ( $31,600 ) , est. £25–35,000 ) ; ‘ Baron de Talleyrand ’ sold for the same amount against the estimate of £20–30,000 ; ‘ Baron de Bombelles ’ sold for £18,000 ( $28,044 ) , est. £20–25,000 ; ‘ The Duke of York on a quay ’ sold for £17,000 ( $26,486 ) , estimated £20–30,000 ; and ‘ Colonel Morrison ’ sold for £13,000 ( $20,254 ) , est. £15–25,000 . |
| 29 | And indeed the new landscape produced some fine dramatic compositions such as the railway viaduct over the smoking town of Stockport ; or the sight of Bradford at night from the moorland hills to the north ; or of the smoky silhouette of Nottingham on a winter evening as seen from the south-bound train on the Eastern Region line ; or the city of Sheffield in full blast on a murky morning ; even ( one thinks sometimes ) the sight of long gas-lit streets of red brick working-class houses in a Victorian town with not a tree or a bush in sight : only the lamps shining on pavements blanched by the autumn evening wind . |
| 30 | As the wood is an 8,000-year-old oak wood only eight miles from the centre of London on a site of special scientific interest , could not the Department have done more to insist that the important new road going close to my constituency was cut-and-cover ? |