Example sentences of "[adj] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Langdon , of Park Avenue , Redcar , was working for subcontractor Tees Marine on an oil rig module , and was seen to collect the material , but never returned . |
| 2 | She remained entirely controllable on the helm and felt rock steady even in the gusts on a reach . |
| 3 | But narrative on the scale which it demands is impossible in a book like this . |
| 4 | The utilitarian approach , if it had been applied to the political life of India , would have led to the forcible ejection of the British on the grounds that the greatest happiness or good of the greatest number in India , namely the Indians themselves , would have resulted from it . |
| 5 | ‘ I want a patch-through on a secure line to Vice-President Odell , ’ he said , ‘ and I want it now . ’ |
| 6 | Yesterday we saw some criminals being paraded in public on a lorry , and being ‘ criticised ’ by the crowd . |
| 7 | You get to it by being a Prestel subscriber , so you also have access to everything else that is public on the system ( and it can be a particularly cheap way of buying air fares , for example ) . |
| 8 | Mothers shaved the heads of their daughters and then made them undress to take cold baths in public on the Hill of Calvary . |
| 9 | It is peculiar on the one hand because a moment 's reflection reveals design as a human activity taking place within , and not without , human societies . |
| 10 | They had had had a tremendous send-off on the Sunday from the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle , including 40 cars from the MG club . |
| 11 | He was almost growling , his hands white-knuckled on the crook of his umbrella . |
| 12 | Rachel 's hands were white-knuckled on the window-sill as she pictured it , vivid images burning into her mind . |
| 13 | Some foreign children are residential on a permanent basis . |
| 14 | Fifteen-a-sides , rightly in my view , will always be more important but the fact that sevens could be used to improve handling skills — which , pity on us , lie dormant for most of the domestic league programme — is unequivocal on the evidence of here and Canberra last week . |
| 15 | Those federalists who make the comparison with the United States ignore the growing body of opinion which supports constitutional reform there ( including the idea that Secretaries of State should be cross-examined on the floor of the House , as in Westminster ) , the chronically low level of participation in elections , and the widespread dissatisfaction with the federal system . |
| 16 | Sarah Evans , a manager in Price Waterhouse 's litigation and special services department , was cross-examined on the same evidence . |
| 17 | To which I would answer , first , that the witness is not before the court and has not been cross-examined on the matter , and secondly that just because something 's a ‘ well-known fact ’ this does n't make it a well-known fact about me . |
| 18 | Your RR already has a US V8 engine , a Buick As you are only allowed to increase the power by 20% this can easily be achieved by changing the camshaft , carburettors ( for a four barrelled Holley and Offenhouser manifold as fuel costs are not a problem ! ) and fitting tubular extractor manifolds to the exhaust Large power increases are not sensible on a seventeen year old vehicle without major overhaul , steering , suspension etc |
| 19 | ‘ It would be hardly sensible on a quiet day , but you know how they run here . ’ |
| 20 | Stephen Clapham , an analyst at Hoare Govett , said : ‘ It will take time to cut costs in the acquisitions , but they look sensible on an 18-month basis . ’ |
| 21 | All credit to Bann , though for not shutting-up-shop on an already lost cause as Mark Carson pegged it back . |
| 22 | Great Britain tour skipper Garry Schofield will head back to Australia next summer to play for Manly on a £50,000 short-term contract . |
| 23 | The fast video card is superfluous on a file server but the VL-bus cached IDE host card is ideal . |
| 24 | Beethoven 's Seventh Symphony , for example , was exciting on the surface but lacked depth . |
| 25 | Then she was running towards the village , ignoring the small scutterings on the bank beside the road , her old sandals almost soundless on the tarmac . |
| 26 | But it does not follow from that that their evidence is necessarily reliable on the question whether the testator was in fact capable of comprehending either the extent of his property or the claims of those who might have a claim upon his bounty and whom he was excluding . |
| 27 | Norway to resume whaling In announcing its decision , the Norwegian government said that its intended catch of 2,000 minke per year was justifiable on a " sound , scientific and sustainable basis " . |
| 28 | Put another way , in so far as companies have power , is not that power justifiable on the basis that those who exercise it can claim a moral right to do so ? |
| 29 | The correct equations to use are those of thermoelasticity , although in most cases the use of the equations of elasticity is justifiable on the grounds of simplicity . |
| 30 | On it there 's a paraffin stove for immediate needs ( my coffees ! ) , but most food is boiled or fried on a metal construction the size of a large upturned basin which has two openings into which long pieces of wood are fed . |