Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] of [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 31 | This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday . |
| 32 | Different families are known to have employed quite similar arms to each other with apparent impunity ( especially before the foundation of the College of Arms on 2 March 1484 ) , and there is no evidence to suggest their actions were anything other than innocent . |
| 33 | Air transport was ruled out because of the danger of crashes on land , which in this case , because of the route , might turn out to be US soil in Alaska . |
| 34 | Praying that the links would n't catch on my clothes … in my knitted sweater … should have stripped … head under , metal lying on my face , push the links up with hands , full strength , take care , do n't rush , do n't snag clothes , get free of the jumble of things on the mud around me , hold onto the wire outside , do n't let go , the current in the river was appreciable , tugging , keep straight , hang on , shoulders through , raise the links , back through , bottom through , legs … links … short of breath … lungs hurting … careful , careful … unknown things round my ankles , hampering … had to breathe soon … feet catching … feet … through . |
| 35 | Almost a century has passed since the VIIth Congress of Hygiene and Demography discussed , among other things , a study that dealt specifically with the influence of the age of parents on the vitality of their children . |
| 36 | In one of his 1778 lectures , as noted by one of his students , there is the suggestion that Hope was already aware of the effect of plants on our atmosphere , long before today 's concern over environmental issues . |
| 37 | Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound . |
| 38 | He was a musician to his fingertips and he had a very subtle understanding of the interplay of characters on the stage . |
| 39 | In his Green Paper ‘ The Health of the Nation ’ he suggests a target of reducing smoking to 21% of women and 22% of men by 2000 and refers to the need for ‘ continued recognition of the importance of controls on advertising of tobacco ’ . |
| 40 | 8.22–24 , 30 ) ; in sacrificial ritual generally , the main activity of the Temple at Jerusalem , the principal feature was the dashing of the blood of animals on the horns of the altar and on the floor of the sanctuary ( Exod. |
| 41 | The reasons for the conflict in the various forecasts lie in the fact that the demand for higher education depends on a multiplicity of factors including the distribution of entrants into HE by age , gender , social class , region of residence , parental qualification and family size ; the effects of unemployment and comprehensive education ; the national demand for graduate-level skilled labour ; and last , but by no means least , the effect of the supply of places on demand . |
| 42 | US Secretary of State James Baker , addressing the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives on June 13 , said that the stance of the new government could be summed up as " there will be no dialogue unless the Palestinians accept our position in advance " . |
| 43 | In an address to the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives on Sept. 4 , Baker reiterated the aims which Bush had outlined in August [ see p. 37638 ] . |
| 44 | Democrat members of the House of Representatives on July 11 elected David E. Bonior as Majority Whip , the party 's third-ranking leadership position within the lower chamber of the US legislature . |
| 45 | Approval of the loan was aided by the decision of the House of Representatives on Dec. 19 to pass legislation raising 1992 federal taxes to bring in US$12,000 million in extra revenue . |
| 46 | The announcement was followed by the dissolution of the House of Representatives on Feb. 17 . |
| 47 | The first session of the House of Representatives on April 15 was cut short after Suchinda was subjected to a barrage of opposition criticism . |
| 48 | The bill , which was likely to be considered by the full Senate after the summer recess , was similar to that which had been approved by the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives on June 30 . |
| 49 | King Bhumibol Adulyadej opened the new session of the House of Representatives on Sept. 21 . |
| 50 | I think in this day and age , there is probably a greater propensity to move and consequently there may well be an increased erm amount of vacancies occurring and that was why in our statement , we actually increased the number of vacancies , but I think that is a function of the number of houses on offer at the time . |
| 51 | Mr Eggar said : ‘ This has been the largest round , in terms of the number of blocks on offer , since the fourth round in 1972 . |
| 52 | The morning journey , in spite of the number of students on board the tram , was usually quiet . |
| 53 | It seems unfortunate , to say the least , that the premier public sector institution , in terms of the number of students on advanced courses , should , for a variety of historical and political reasons , have been denied any share in teacher training . |
| 54 | If you 're knitting a round neck and have stitches held on waste yarn , you should make a note of the number of stitches on waste as you knit them off . |
| 55 | Over these years the size of special employment programmes increased substantially , largely as a consequence of a tripling of the number of places on the Community Programme . |
| 56 | To this end he makes periodic counts , from the issue records , of the number of books on loan in each category . |
| 57 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 58 | in word processing , the automatic adjustment of the number of words on a line of text to match the margin settings . |
| 59 | Even as a proportion of the number of workers on strike for two weeks or more , the figures are still very small — 4.4 per cent in 1965 and 36.8 per cent in 1971 , the year of the post office workers ' strike . |
| 60 | Top Cajun Band The Flatville Aces are just one of the host of outfits on parade at the Farnham Folk on April 26th . |