Example sentences of "of [noun sg] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 32 | Most recently a change of heart on the part of the athletics authorities now enables Top competitors To earn very large sums which are held in ‘ trust funds ’ . |
| 33 | The look of horror on the girl 's face is because she has seen this over her boyfriend 's shoulder . |
| 34 | The look of horror on the girl 's face is because she has seen this over her boyfriend 's shoulder . |
| 35 | Hence unfair dismissal and redundancy are considered by the tribunal , as are cases of discrimination on the grounds of race , sex or trade union activities . |
| 36 | She was also asked to produce a Code of Practice to promote equality and ensure the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race and gender . |
| 37 | Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the centre of the Croatian coastal city of Split on the evening of April 8 , smashing the windows of buildings belonging to the JNA , and of Serb-run shops and offices . |
| 38 | After they had left the tavern , there were always some globules of mercury on the floor which the charitable thought had spilt from their bottles , but the waiters knew had come from the men themselves . |
| 39 | The level of noise on the shop-floor was very high and the quality of hearing had to be carefully assessed and monitored and , if necessary , steps taken to prevent further deterioration . |
| 40 | The analysis of the effects of protection on the UK economy in the 1930's is being conducted at three levels ; an inter-industry comparison , evaluation of the macroeconomic impact and a comparison of the UK 's experience with the other main industrial countries . |
| 41 | I had chips of brick on the brim of my fedora . |
| 42 | This paper describes an essay in implementing logical objects within a hypertext system , with the dual aims of building on the experience of document processing systems , but catering for these six differences . |
| 43 | In 1970 the possibility of building on the tennis courts was discussed and this idea was favoured by the Connexional Church Plans Committee . |
| 44 | An inset was at one time created for Skelton , and it resulted in a considerable amount of building on the south side . |
| 45 | He said the cost of building on the site would be met by Two Castles Housing Association . |
| 46 | However , there were others , more distinctively local in their orientation : the gradual demise of the traditional two-tier model of primary school management and its replacement by three-tier and matrix models ; the desirability of building on the diversification of staff management roles which PNP has produced , avoiding any contraction of such roles as a consequence of LMS ; the need to acknowledge the pivotal role , for good or ill , played by primary heads , and to work with and through rather than round or against them ; the need to expand the focus of management training courses to encompass the roles and needs of all staff ( not just those of the ‘ managers ’ as conventionally defined ) , to locate management strategies in whole-school analysis , and generally to broaden the concept of ‘ management ’ which currently informs such courses ; the importance of training , support and INSET for heads , and of ensuring that these give close attention to the broader aspects of the expertise needed for headship , such as professional knowledge and personal relationships as well as the more obvious tasks , roles and strategies . |
| 47 | What he needed was a bit of luck on the roll . |
| 48 | In alliance with the king , these bishops set out to impose both their theological preferences and their particular brand of ceremonialism on the parish clergy and the laity ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 49 | I reject absolutely any charges of racism on the part of anyone in the Tory party in the Langbaurgh campaign . |
| 50 | In a public or university library which does not have subject specialists on its staff — or even in those that do — this places an intolerably heavy burden of responsibility on the individual 's judgement , and it is unlikely that any one person called upon to make weeding decisions over a spectrum of subject fields will on the basis of judgement alone achieve a consistent rate of ‘ correct ’ decision making . |
| 51 | It is this conflict which leads increasingly to the urge to treat people as groups rather than as individuals — but it is an abnegation of responsibility on the part of the leaders and for the future it will not do . |
| 52 | It was recorded that the UK was " unable to accept the approach set out " , but agreed that " the overriding objective of monetary policy should be price stability , that the Community 's development should be based on an open market system , that excessive budget deficits should be avoided , and that there should be no monetary financing of deficits nor the assumption of responsibility on the part of the Community or its member states for one member state 's debts " . |
| 53 | Secondly , it was thought that the appointment of a partner with specific duties in relation to the firms ' accounts could easily encourage an abdication of responsibility on the part of the other partners . |
| 54 | Is the client entitled to be relieved of responsibility on the basis that the contractor would have been late anyway ? |
| 55 | Is the contractor entitled to be relieved of responsibility on the basis that if the variation was going to be made in any event at that time , to have been further advanced in the contract programme would only have made it more expensive for the client ? |
| 56 | In his dramatic resignation statement before a huge press conference in the Ministry of Defence on the afternoon of Thursday 9 January 1986 , Heseltine explained his sudden walkout at that morning 's Cabinet meeting in terms which raised it high above a small , troubled helicopter manufacturer in the West Country . |
| 57 | THROUGH the Budget day gloom , the Chancellor managed to beam an unexpected ray of sun-shine on the housing market . |
| 58 | The European Court confirmed that the dispositions of the EC treaty relating to the rights of establishment forbid member states to prevent a person from establishing himself in a state and carrying on the profession of auditor on the grounds that that person is already established and recognised as an auditor in another member state . |
| 59 | Agricultural development in the hills will create systems more sensitive to interference through public access and at the same time because of fencing , scrub clearance , land reclamation , etc. , change the appearance and so increase the potential conflict for recreational opportunity on the one hand and improved viability of agriculture on the other . |
| 60 | TESTS carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture on the flock of 5,000 hens owned by nuns at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery in Northamptonshire , showed that there was no danger to public health , it was claimed yesterday . |