Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] of [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On 31 March at Zebit on the border of Begemder the armies of the north and south once again joined battle . |
| 32 | A few pages earlier he had felt that ‘ on the land of Lórien no shadow lay ’ . |
| 33 | Amongst the many excellent and well researched books that have been written on the subject of bereavement the following are outstanding in their capacity to help those who have suffered a major loss : Grief and how to live with it by Sarah Morris ( published in 1971 by George Allen and Unwin ) ; A grief observed by C. S. Lewis ( published in 1961 by Faber and Faber ) — of particular interest to widowers — and Bereavement . |
| 34 | When Ruth wakened on the morning of May the tenth her first thought was that this , God willing , was the day they would sail into New York harbour . |
| 35 | Last night , I went to see the Constable : Catesby and his manservant arrived here on the morning of October the ninth . |
| 36 | The BMA called a press conference on the emigration of doctors an hour beforehand , half the journalists went off to that , and the fierce women sent along by the pressure groups whom I had invited to liven up the occasion terrorised the few press men who remained into almost complete silence . |
| 37 | Crossing the last barrier , a narrow but fast-flowing river , the rebel army drew up on the plain of Samugarh a few miles from Agra . |
| 38 | As they made landfall on the Plain of Bones the old dragon reared , gave one last bellow of defiance , and toppled to the earth , dead . |
| 39 | It may be an abuse of process if either ( a ) the prosecution have manipulated or misused the process of the court so as to deprive the defendant of a protection provided by the law or to take unfair advantage of a technicality , or ( b ) on the balance of probability the defendant has been , or will be , prejudiced in the preparation or conduct of his defence by delay on the part of the prosecution which is unjustifiable : for example , not due to the complexity of the inquiry and preparation of the prosecution case , or to the action of the defendant or his co-accused , or to genuine difficulty in effecting service . |
| 40 | For a claim to be recoverable the Policyholder must satisfy us that on the balance of probabilities the loss or damage sustained was caused by a peril insured against . |
| 41 | At a time of ‘ awful crisis , when constitutions of kingdoms are on the point of dissolution the stain of the blood of Africa is no longer upon us ’ thus removing ‘ a mill-stone about our necks , ready to sink us to perdition ’ . |
| 42 | A magazine was preparing a cover story on the emergence of Jack the star and in their background investigations , which took them to Neptune in search of old chums , discovered the secret that Mud had kept from him since birth . |
| 43 | Over one year , while seven funds beat the sector on the basis of £10 a month invested , with the best performing fund — Friends Provident Stewardship North American — now worth £168.89 , the rest fall below the average , although in no cases would the building society have been a better bet . |
| 44 | But something would still have been gained , for we would not be claiming to know on the basis of experience the nature of a world which is independent of experience . |
| 45 | Alternatively , it was suggested that a limit be placed on the amount of money a solicitor could handle in a personal/ family transaction . |
| 46 | The amount of money the retailer spends on advertising depends on the amount of money the shop takes in a year . |
| 47 | In the years before the 1988 Act , the government introduced elaborate procedures to control the spending of local authorities , initially by financially penalising those authorities that exceeded the amount the government thought they should spend , and ultimately by imposing limits on the amount of revenue a recalcitrant authority could raise ( ‘ rate capping ’ ) . |
| 48 | The prosecution laboured long on the amount of time the whittling had taken which therefore proved considerable premeditation . |
| 49 | To ensure continuity and to give more necessary practice ( further consolidation ) , appropriate homework or a task should be given at the end of each lesson , or at least once or twice a week , depending on the amount of time the student is able or prepared to give up to home study . |
| 50 | Tacograph readings are used to enforce European safety limits on the length of time a driver is behind the wheel without a break . |
| 51 | Tachograph readings are used to enforce European safety limits on the length of time a driver is behind the wheel without a break . |
| 52 | Across the water the Mull of Kin tyre was shrouded in mist but on the Cock of Arran the sun still shone . |
| 53 | On the evening of Sunday the fourth of November , er I received a telephone call at my home address from er Inspector . |
| 54 | Recording in Edinburgh on the evening of Friday the fourteenth er contributors |
| 55 | For a chain molecule composed of a large number of segments , movement of the complete molecule depends on the co-operative movement of all the segments , and as stress-relaxation depends on the number of ways the molecule can regain its most probable conformation , each possible co-ordinated movement is treated as a mode of motion with a characteristic relaxation time . |
| 56 | Some authorities require a restriction on the number of weeks a buyer may purchase so as to avoid the possibility of permanent use by a single owner . |
| 57 | Bets are also being taken until ‘ at least 2am ’ at IG Index , both on the number of seats the parties will win and on what the FT-SE Index might be . |
| 58 | Many of the refugees say that the restrictions on the number of children a family may have , now being enforced by the Chinese government with particular vigour , is the reason for their flight . |
| 59 | It established mechanisms to ensure that the limits set by LEAs or governors on the number of pupils a maintained school admits are not lower than the school is physically capable of accommodating , normally the number admitted in 1979 , when school rolls were at their highest . |
| 60 | Your issue on the use of images a few months ago was excellent so why not stick to your own guidelines ? |