Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] of [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) Accreditation , i.e. proficiency certification often in some way a summary " or measure of achievement on the course of instruction and often used for selection purposes , or to acknowledge success . |
| 2 | In particular , the Kitchen herbs are liable not to be used unless they are very close to hand for the cook ; in the rush of making up food amongst all the other demands being made at the same time , a trough or window-box of herbs on the Kitchen windowsill or just outside the backdoor will ensure that culinary herbs are used daily . |
| 3 | Each terminal node or group of nodes on the network represents an activity area or department . |
| 4 | ‘ Where an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods , he may exercise his lien or right of retention on the remainder , unless such part delivery has been made under such circumstances as to show an agreement to waive the lien or right of retention . ’ |
| 5 | It is seen best when the homologous chromosomes are pairing at meiosis I. Since equivalent loci lie adjacent to one another ( loops or twists indicate these mutations having occurred ) the result is the alteration of the number or sequence of genes on the chromosome . |
| 6 | In literature teaching the emphasis is on shared experience rather than the conveying of information ; a lecture is supposed to provide knowledge , elucidation , or interpretation of texts on the assumption that the auditors have already read them . |
| 7 | This is a Bill certified by the Speaker as containing only provisions relating to the imposition , repeal or regulation of taxation , the imposition or variation of charges on the consolidated fund , etc. , supply , the appropriation , receipt , custody , issue or audit of accounts of public money , the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof , or subordinate matters incidental to any of the above topics . |
| 8 | In medieval times , the normal presumption of the courts was that any history or implication of consent on the part of the woman was a valid defence to an appeal of rape . |
| 9 | Expert determination can be , and often is , also applied to voluntary transfer of shares or transmission of shares on the death of a shareholder . |
| 10 | Sea shells enlarge not by growth or magnification in all directions simultaneously , but by the accumulation or accretion of material on the unbounded end of the spiral structure . |
| 11 | Occasionally this is a result of lack of knowledge or lack of sensitivity on the part of urban , middle class curriculum workers , as in Kenya where an early version of the New Primary Approach for African Schools contained four ‘ centres of interest ’ : the Post Office , the railway station ; the game park and the coast . |
| 12 | This case makes clear that normally there can not be liability as a constructive trustee merely for ‘ knowing assistance ’ in a fraudulent design if there was no dishonesty or lack of probity on the part of the alleged trustee , and if knowledge would not have been inferred in the circumstances by an honest and reasonable person . |
| 13 | To dismiss them out of hand is a sign either of defective knowledge or lack of imagination on the reader 's part or of the author 's incapacity to convince . |
| 14 | There is no requirement for an additional written thesis or set of commentaries on the works submitted . |
| 15 | but the point I 'm trying to make is that the person who made the presentation er o o on er for , for the best of riders , I think he 's rather missed the point because he was talking to you about the , including , more information on er within the T V P and we did discuss , er we did like to make it quite clear during our er discussions that riding of horses on the highway is a matter for the T V P , riding horses on bridleways is a matter that we will have to deal with in basic in time . |
| 16 | That given , the Burkian thesis must work itself out inexorably to the separation and independence not only of the great colonies ( in the original sense of that word ) but of every island and speck of rock on the globe : where there could not be representation in a common sovereign assembly , ‘ unity ’ would only be de facto and on sufference , and thus diminishing with the passage of time — organic it could never be . |
| 17 | ISQL ( the Interactive Query Language ) is used for reporting and printing of queries on the data |
| 18 | Prevalence of hypoxaemia , defined as arterial oxygen saturation <90% determined by pulse oximetry , and condition of patient on the fifth day after admission . |
| 19 | He knew because he heard the distinctive , never-forgotten thump and jangle of artillery on the move . |
| 20 | The kind of planning which the FBI had in mind — ‘ indicative planning ’ involving the gathering and exchange of information on the development of the economy and the improvement of co-ordination , rather than the formulation and compulsory implementation of a central plan — had already been attempted under the Tories with the formation of the National Economic Development Council ( NEDC ) in 1962 but had effectively remained subordinated to conventional stop-go demand management practice : Labour promised a form of planning which would be ‘ purposeful ’ and ‘ effective ’ , which would ‘ have teeth in it somewhere ’ ( Budd , 1978 , Chapter 6 ) . |
| 21 | There is an inherent tension between range and flexibility of options on the one hand and their simplicity and clarity on the other . |
| 22 | She felt that Brett — and she — would be safer with the added strength and shrewdness of Curtis on the team at Sherman & Grant … or would that now be Sherman , Grant & Curtis , she wondered . |
| 23 | Would the team please comment on the effect of water supply and type of soil on the cooking properties of potatoes er Mr finds that all the maincrop varieties that he grows seem to boil into the water but the same variety grown commercially it says , does n't . |
| 24 | Assessment of risk involves consideration of the impact and importance of risk on the overall scheme . |
| 25 | In the study of soils it has been argued ( Bridges , 1981 ) that soil geography aims to ‘ record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the surface of the earth ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ The aim of soil geography is to record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the surface of the earth . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The aim of soil geography is to record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the earth 's surface It is a branch of learning which lies between soil science and geography and is of particular importance to both subjects … soil studies are one means of integrating large parts of physical geography in a way which is of immediate relevance to mankind and in this way gives coherence to geography as a whole . ’ |
| 28 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
| 29 | This fall largely reflects the technical modernization of the network , particularly the replacement of steam locomotives by diesel and electric , the introduction of power signalling and automatic level crossings , and mechanization of work on the permanent way . |
| 30 | She was seated next to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on the head table while Prince Charles was relegated to a side table . |