Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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1 | Gasan Aziz ogly Gasanov was appointed as the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 26 . |
2 | Do Muoi , hitherto a Vice-Chairman , became Chairman of the Council of Ministers on June 22 , 1988 , following the death on March 10 of Pham Hung . |
3 | A referendum held in 1980 rejected the restoration of political parties ( proscribed by the King in 1961 ) but decided in favour of retaining the panchayat system with limited reforms , namely ; ( i ) the election to the Rashtriya Panchayat by universal adult franchise of 112 members for a five-year term ( the remaining 28 members being nominated by the King ) ; and ( ii ) the appointment of the Council of Ministers on the recommendation of the Prime Minister ( elected by the Rashtriya Panchayat ) . |
4 | President Mobutu Sese Seko carried out a reshuffle of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 11 , 1990 , the changes affecting more than one-third of its members . |
5 | In a significant reshuffle of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 8 , President Moussa Traoré relinquished his post as Minister of National Defence , which he entrusted to Brig. -Gen . |
6 | Masri 's position had been strengthened by the lifting of martial law and the decision of the Council of Ministers on July 14 to approve two draft laws , one amending the state security court law and the other sanctioning political parties . |
7 | Fundamental to the development of headhunting was the general acceptance of the payment of fees on a retainer basis , so that employing a search consultant was rendered comparable with that of engaging accountants , solicitors , or any other outside professional advisers . |
8 | A recent report of the Institute of Directors on the professional development of directors ( 1990 ) led a spokesman to say that ‘ it is not surprising that many boards do an adequate rather than an excellent job ’ ( quoted in The Independent , 1990 ) . |
9 | Colonial soil conservation measures during the 1930–50 period , which involved hedge planting , contour ridging of cultivated land and gully control , proved to be ineffective because of the unpopularity of controls on stock movement and resettlement . |
10 | Once again , if you really are determined to get fitter , go to a good bookshop and choose any one of the myriad of books on the subject ( see page 120 ) . |
11 | Seventeen Afar deputies walked out of the Chamber of Deputies on Dec. 23 and demanded talks between the government and the armed opposition . |
12 | A PDS deputy , Giorgio Napolitano , was elected as Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies on June 3 — an important preliminary to the appointment of a Prime Minister and a new government . |
13 | They can also be seen in the popularity in France of the idea of attacks on British commerce as a means of forcing the traditional enemy to her knees , the belief that a guerre de course of this kind , avoiding large-scale engagements and making extensive use of privateers , would be more effective than a strategy which aimed at securing effective control of the seas . |
14 | Domokos Kosary was elected president of the Academy of Sciences on May 24 , 1990 . |
15 | Most of the work of geographers on settlement location , that of Von Thunen , Christaller and Weber for example , has concentrated on settlements as part of a hierarchy of places linked to trading patterns . |
16 | Even if ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are true , then this book may yet turn out to be one of the minority of books on philosophy that is not boring . |
17 | The burden of the debt is indeed a misnomer , since the burden arises only because of the existence of constraints on tax policy . |
18 | Another problem is the sheer eclecticism of progressive rock , both in terms of the variety of sources on which it drew and the range of styles contained within the genre . |
19 | There is also the question of the taxation of dividends on the shares in the index . |
20 | Just part of the haul from raids on 18 adresses across Milton Keynes yesterday and this morning . |
21 | Much of the performance of Windows on any PC is down to the compatibility of the hardware with the operating system , and Windows itself . |
22 | They fell on the children of the Everqueen like wolves on newborn lambs . |
23 | With another five ( Nos. 3 , 4 , 5 , 10 , 14 ) , I should regard the evidence that they are ‘ firsts ’ as entirely satisfactory because of the coincidence of dates on title , verso , preface , etc . |
24 | The Substitute flipped open the latest of the pile of newspapers on the Captain 's desk . |
25 | If success is measured by the thickness of the pile of scripts on offer — and to many people it is then Ken was very successful indeed . |
26 | His ‘ act as if you own the place ’ approach seemed to work , and he made it to the double doors that opened into the main tunnel complex , not even pausing as he attached a circuit board to a second brick and casually tossed it into the heart of the pile of drums on the dock nearby . |
27 | Still chewing , he balanced the plate on the top of the pile of books on the bedside table , put his arm around Ginny and squeezed . |
28 | The most common methods of valuation in construction companies are : FIFO ( first in first out ) — the calculation of the cost of stocks on the basis that the quantities in hand represent the latest purchases or production . |
29 | But I think we were surprised of the speed of the receivership at Swans on Tyneside . |
30 | Riccioli 's map , published in 1651 , named the mountains of the Moon after ranges on Earth such as the Alps and the Apennines . |