Example sentences of "on a [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Based on a story by Harry Nilsson , it told of a father competing with a TV set for his son 's attention . |
| 2 | Performed by Mecklenburgh Opera , the libretto is based on a story by the expressionist writer and artist , Bruno Schulz . |
| 3 | The Dutch biotechnology company , Gist Brocades , is working on a scheme by which pigs could be fed with a product deriving from their own waste . |
| 4 | The lawn to the south of the house , shown on a plan by Bourginion , the French surveyor employed to redesign the garden , corresponds almost exactly with the description given in the second edition ( 1733 ) of the Dictionary , where Miller insists on frequent mowing and rolling to keep the grass in good order . |
| 5 | However Cavalli 's most popular work was on a libretto by Giacinto Cicognini packed with effective situations . |
| 6 | The finest are two views of Rome along the Tiber by Bellotto dating from the 1740s ( est. $1–1.5 million each ; £666,000–1,000,000 ) , a river landscape by Francesco Guardi ( est. $150,000–200,000 ; £100,000–133,000 ) and a view of a fortified manor house on a river by Jan van Goyen ( est. $40,000–60,000 ; £26,600–40,000 ) . |
| 7 | It involved quick learning of the part , for she would have to appear at the matinée ; but in fact there were few lines to say , and most of the acting involved being laid on a sofa by a young man and proposed to , after various adventures which were mostly physical . |
| 8 | The Poles replied that the design was based on a painting by the Dutch artist Van Der Block dating from about 1608 , that the original painting hung in the Danzig Main Town Hall in a room which the Nazis used for frequent social and political meetings . |
| 9 | Based on a painting by an early-80s Berlin Realist , it depicts enigmatically two adolescent girls standing arm in arm , geared out with shades and boogie box and dressed in clothes which accentuate their stockily sensual bodies . |
| 10 | To my mind such a variation on a year by year basis by reference to an extraneous factor would be a most anomalous result , and would involve great difficulties in quantifying the cost to the employer in each case . |
| 11 | it matures on a year by year basis which may be of interest . |
| 12 | This is all a far cry from the halcyon days of the mid 80s when investors almost felt they had a vested right to 20 per cent per annum plus returns on a year by year basis . |
| 13 | I 'm not encouraging pay-for-play , but I think the players should be put on a retainer by the ARFU to provide their services to the union ’ , their skipper says . |
| 14 | In May they were discovered by journalists lying on a blanket by the river Dee on the Queen 's estate at Balmoral . |
| 15 | In long-term supply agreements it is desirable to have some agreed method for fixing the price , either on a quarterly or on a cargo by cargo basis . |
| 16 | Their convictions were overturned on a technicality by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals leading to their retrial in 1991 . |
| 17 | Today that judgement was rejected on a technicality by the European Court in Luxembourg , which said the Commission had acted incorrectly . |
| 18 | By an order dated 26 January 1989 , the stay on proceedings against the second defendant was lifted , and on 16 December 1991 , on a counterclaim by the second defendant , the plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement and to repayment of the £18,000 , leaving as the sole issue the question whether the agreement of 2 March 1988 between the plaintiff and the first defendant was a defence to the plaintiff 's claim against the second defendant . |
| 19 | Corbett then cleaned his boots , washed , changed his tunic and ravenously ate the bread and cheese brought up on a platter by an aged lay sister . |
| 20 | A BRAVE police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers by grabbing the raiders ' shotgun . |
| 21 | She could have saved her breath , for , clearly not interested in her protest that there was no need , he intimated a place on a column by the door where she should put up her foot — and stood by , waiting none too patiently . |
| 22 | Long-term contracts are assessed on a contract by contract basis and are reflected in the profit and loss account by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses . |
| 23 | Oakland 's Dave Henderson scored the A's first run with a homer in the second inning and they scored their second on a single by Dave Parker . |
| 24 | The American proposals would embrace holding of elections in north and south Korea through multi-party ballot based on universal suffrage ; each legislature established in consequence would select representatives to meet representatives from the other to form a provisional government for a united Korea ; the provisional government would meet representatives of the four powers to consider on a basis of equality the assistance required by Korea ; the provisional government and the powers would agree on a date by which occupation forces would be withdrawn . |
| 25 | The United Nations Secretary General , Javier Perez del Cuellar asked the Security Council to hold talks on a decision by the Nicaraguan Contra rebels to postpone their demobilisation . |
| 26 | The typical cage in today 's egg factory holds four or five hens on a 12- by 18-inch floor area . |
| 27 | A certificate of a judgment or order ( N 293 ) for use in England or Wales is supplied to a party on a request by letter stating the reason for which it is required , usually for enforcing the judgment in the High Court or as evidence or for bankruptcy proceedings . |
| 28 | Gradually the room emptied until the only people who remained besides herself , were the landlord and an old woman asleep on a stool by the far wall . |
| 29 | He sat on a stool by the breakfast bar while she made coffee . |
| 30 | There was a minstrel sitting on a stool by the yurt wall . |