Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that I know so far — at least , all that is worth telling here — is that there are a number of different glycoproteins of a variety of molecular weights , on both pre- and postsynaptic sides of the membrane , involved in the response to training on the bead . |
| 2 | It is proposed to close the Park to traffic on Sundays . |
| 3 | It is a necessity because it provides the opportunity for reflection on how well you have carried out various tasks and whether there are better ways of doing things . |
| 4 | The judge at that hearing , Mr Justice Chadwick , said it was no answer for Mr Maxwell to say he signed the forms in reliance on the signature of his brother Kevin . |
| 5 | The majority of work on structural semantics has remained philosophical or at best highly theoretical , and has inspired few computational implementations . |
| 6 | By far the majority of life on Earth , indeed , is underpinned by plants , which have evolved the trick of tapping solar power by photosynthesis ; or at least , have borrowed that trick from bacteria . |
| 7 | Indeed , the formula for the majority of comedy on television remains as it was before a ragged man struggled along the seashore , collapsed and panted seemingly with his last breath : ‘ It 's … ’ |
| 8 | The results-seen and heard by the majority of Teesside on TV , radio and the newspapers — proved the journalists had been genuinely impressed by the work of the laboratory . |
| 9 | The majority of information on coffin types comes as a result of the recent introduction of funerary studies in archaeology and vault examinations — much from work carried out in the 1980s at such places as Christchurch , Spitalfields , at Hinton St George , Somerset , and Withyham , Sussex — where opportunities arose to study at first hand coffins dating from the sixteenth century to the present day . |
| 10 | In particular , several scientists supported a hypothesis put forward by John Woods , senior marine scientist at the UK Natural Environmental Research Council ( NERC ) , who suggested ( in a paper presented to the British Association for the Advancement of Science on Sept. 14 ) that the ability of ocean plankton to absorb CO2 could fall drastically once temperatures began to rise . |
| 11 | Le Grand , for example , insists that for egalitarian policies to succeed , ‘ it is necessary to reduce the hold of the ideology of inequality on people 's values and beliefs and this can only be done by challenging the factual underpinnings of that ideology . ’ |
| 12 | Before the passing of the 1980 Act certain decisions of this court , in particular Wallis ' Cayton Bay Holiday Camp Ltd v Shellmex and BP Ltd [ 1974 ] 3 All ER 575 and Gray v Wykeham-Martin [ 1977 ] CA Transcript 10A were thought to have established a general doctrine that in one special type of case there would be implied in favour of the would-be adverse possessor , without any specific factual basis for such implication , a licence permitting him to commit the acts of possession on which he sought to rely ; the effect of implying such a licence would , of course , be to prevent the squatter 's possession from being " adverse " . |
| 13 | Cranston stopped a beadle in his blue cloak , the shield of office on his breast and long staff tapping the paving stones proclaiming his sense of importance . |
| 14 | This process of the reduction of complexity on a theoretical level is only acceptable if the theoretical perception somehow reflects reality — the question , therefore , is whether a rights-based theory can help us to understand the complexities of twentieth-century law and government . |
| 15 | You may find that you spend a little more on food , but savings are made because of the reduction in expenditure on alcohol and perhaps cigarettes . |
| 16 | Since the 1970s the reduction in dependence on bank loans has been a more general feature , especially among manufacturing firms who are able to finance more of their investment out of retained profits or accumulated reserves . |
| 17 | The IBA was made of sterner stuff when the Foreign Secretary called for the banning of Death on the Rock . |
| 18 | Censorship is the banning of material on political grounds , selection is matching our proposed client with their projected information and leisure needs . |
| 19 | Atkins seemed not to notice that ‘ selection policies based on the political policies of the local authority ’ combined with his earlier statement that ‘ censorship is the banning of material on political grounds ’ inevitably means that , for this librarian at least , censorship is an admitted and major constituent of the selection process . |
| 20 | In the US , where the legal age of drinking has been raised to 21 , some would argue that the banning of alcohol on college campuses only serves to promote alcohol abuse by removing supervision and normal social controls . |
| 21 | On the opposite side of the piazza from the church , beyond the row of elegant short pillars and the less fetching white domes erected to stop the Milanese from parking on the pavements , is Palazzo Trivulzio , a sixteenth-century building that has been remodelled and is in need of a little loving care . |
| 22 | Holly could not resist , and they squeezed him out from the hole and when his feet were clear the two men stamped together on the steel plate to flatten it back , and between his knees he could no longer see the whiteness of snow on the stones and the zebra flash of the sleepers . |
| 23 | Although he sailed over with King George , as some twenty-five years previously he had accompanied the Prince of Orange on his voyage to claim the crown , he received only an annuity of £400 from the new monarch , was soon deep in debt again , and ended his days in a debtor 's prison . |
| 24 | Government policies linked to higher educational standards and better reading attainments should be the base for representation on higher levels of book funding in schools . |
| 25 | For example , the Board might contract with advice agencies for the provision of advice on welfare benefits , which would then be removed from the scope of the green form scheme . |
| 26 | The Computing Sub-Group is responsible to Management Group for the co-ordination of computing practice and strategy , and for the provision of advice on policy . |
| 27 | Under Irish law , abortion is a criminal offence and recently the courts ruled that even the provision of information on abortion is now illegal . |
| 28 | The key here lay in the provision of information on the occupational hazards of asbestos to the Raybestos Manhattan workers . |
| 29 | A similar shift occurred on attitudes to policies which promote equal opportunities for women and ethnic minorities and the provision of abortion on the National Health Service . |
| 30 | Sport and the coverage of sport on television is a major part of the everyday life of the television audience . |