Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I 'm sick and tired of the pace of play on the Tour , " said the winner of this year 's Catalan Open . |
| 2 | This section demonstrates how , in its choice of language , film-editing techniques and subtle juxtaposition of images and commentary , television news delivered an entirely misleading and politically biased representation of the Battle of Orgreave on 18 June 1984 . |
| 3 | In addition to memorials marking the places associated with his career , the great dates — his birthday ; from the mid-1970s her birthday too ; the anniversary of the overthrow of Antonescu on 23 August — were marked by ceremonies , parades and shows in honour of Ceauşescu . |
| 4 | The General Synod of the Church of England on Nov. 11 approved , with the necessary two-thirds majority in each of its three houses , a measure to permit the ordination of women priests . |
| 5 | Was this an ecumenical endorsement of the Archbishop of Canterbury on Thatcherism ? |
| 6 | At the annual congress of the CGIL in Rimini on Oct. 22-26 the federation 's reformist secretary-general Bruno Trentin , fighting off challenges both from a current linked to the Socialist Party ( PSI ) and from the old-style communists , claimed that rather than " making demands for the working class " the CGIL would now be " the union of solidarity and of the rights of pensioners , the disabled , immigrants , women and the marginalized " . |
| 7 | The case was taken on appeal to the House of Lords , who upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal on the merits , but rebuked the Court of Appeal for not following its own previous decisions . |
| 8 | If the judgment of the Court of Appeal on 4 October 1991 , finally deciding the compromise issue and the cancellation issue , was not a final judgment for the purposes of rule 2 of the Order of 1910 , then the petitioner has been deprived of an appeal to the Privy Council as of right , an unintended consequence of the decision by Wylie J. that , in the interest of justice and for the possible saving of time and expense , the compromise issue should be tried as a preliminary issue . |
| 9 | Cooke P. delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal on 4 November 1991 said : |
| 10 | Mr. Page appeals to your Lordships ' House against the decision of the Court of Appeal on the construction of the statutes : the university and the visitor cross-appeal against the decision on jurisdiction . |
| 11 | The question of the attitude of the particular plaintiff , a woman aged 37 years , to a scar on her forehead arose in Dimmock v Miles , a decision of the Court of Appeal on 12 December 1969 . |
| 12 | As in the case of an award for pain and suffering , the assessment of damages for loss of amenities is based upon the level of awards in previous cases which appear to be comparable or , failing such awards , upon " impression based of necessity in large measure on the combination of intuition and experience " : per Bridge LJ in Hughes v Goodall , a decision of the Court of Appeal on 18 February 1977 . |
| 13 | In Mustard v Morris , a decision of the Court of Appeal on 21 July 1981 it was argued that the award of damages for loss of amenities to a man who was already quite seriously disabled should be less than that to a previously fit person who had suffered equivalent injuries . |
| 14 | Fetch me those findings of the Court of Enquiry on the Barnes railway bridge incident . ’ |
| 15 | No default judgment can be entered against the Crown save by leave of the court on application on seven days ' notice ( Ord 42 , r 5(4) ) , nor can summary judgment be given against the Crown under Ord 9 , r 14 ( Ord 42 , r 5(5) ) . |
| 16 | They were sufficiently impressed by his abilities to request in 1829 that he be relieved of his military duties and appointed president of the council of government on the Gold Coast . |
| 17 | Gasan Aziz ogly Gasanov was appointed as the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 26 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Ministers from the 27 member states of the Council of Europe on Sept. 10-11 held an extraordinary meeting under the presidency of Turkey in Istanbul with representatives from Georgia and the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) . |
| 24 | Poyntz made great efforts to obtain his release and Cromwell was persuaded to send letters to the two leading members of the Council of Brabant on his behalf . |
| 25 | The strategy was given its first airing two days after the Danish vote at a meeting of the Council in Oslo on 4 June , when it was agreed to proceed with the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty while giving time to the Danes to resolve their problems . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Following a tender competition , the offer from Fairclough Building Ltd. was chosen , but the cost had now risen to almost £1.3 million , partly because of the imposition of VAT on building operations in the 1984 budget . |
| 28 | Classification by audience age has proved an acceptable limitation to impose on a cinema audience , and may also warn of the type of experience on offer . |
| 29 | As before , in the first two situations controlling for the third variable will not affect the estimate of the causal effect of the type of job on absentee behaviour . |
| 30 | Moran took the small blue Ford out of the shed after Mass on Sunday , tested the engine and tyres , then washed the car down , dried it and waxed it till it shone . |