Example sentences of "on a [noun sg] of [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In experiments using British schoolchildren of the same age as Barron 's , selected according to similar criteria for being classified as " good " or " poor " readers , we have found that on a variety of tasks the poorer readers do show an ability to use the phonological codes for printed words ( Briggs and Underwood , 1982 ; Underwood and Briggs , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | That probably explains why , on a salary of £106,000 a year , Lord Mackay , the Lord Chancellor , earns £30,000 more than his Cabinet chief , John Major . |
| 3 | According to the Financial Times , Sir Lawrie is not only on a salary of £220,000 a year , but is to have his pay backdated seven months . |
| 4 | Between 1768 and 1771 Barnard , on a salary of £200 a year and with a purchasing allowance of £2,000 a year , travelled on the Continent , buying books , visiting many of the principal cities , and taking advantage of the recent dispersal of many Jesuit libraries . |
| 5 | Some of their leaders , however , indulged in richer displays : in moments of leisure or on a Day of Truce a chieftain might sport a satin doublet or gold-buttoned jerkin , satin hose , and velvet breeches and cloak . |
| 6 | He was standing on a kind of pedestal a little above the others , thrusting both arms up into the air . |
| 7 | Students were on a grant of £40 a year and a primary teacher 's salary was £18 a month . |
| 8 | On the night before , he had watched from his perch on a pile of stones the four verderers ride up to the Tower from the far side of the Waste … |
| 9 | On a bill of Suspension the Court of Session found that the town of Selkirk had contravened the King 's letter and Act of the burghs made thereon — which discharged the burgh to elect any to represent them but actual trafficking and residing burgesses — and fined the burgh . |
| 10 | Subject to the Rules and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares , on a show of hands every member who ( being an individual ) is present in person or ( being a recognised body ) is present by a duly authorised corporate representative [ , not being himself a member entitled to vote , ] shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder . |
| 11 | Subject to the Rules and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares , on a show of hands every member who ( being an individual ) is present in person or ( being a recognised body ) is present by a duly authorised corporate representative [ , not being himself a member entitled to vote , ] shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder . |
| 12 | But in certain circumstances , the defendant may exculpate himself from liability either by raising doubts as to whether he had such an intention or awareness , or by establishing on a balance of probabilities the defence that he lacked mens rea . |
| 13 | On a number of occasions the soldiers of the garrison seized wool supplies in the town when their wages were in arrears ; in 1407 they sold the wool and in 1421 the Staplers had to pay £4,000 to recover it . |
| 14 | But it was clear , and is clearer still in retrospect , that on a number of occasions an old decorum had been deferred to , or embraced . |
| 15 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 16 | The American proposals would embrace holding of elections in north and south Korea through multi-party ballot based on universal suffrage ; each legislature established in consequence would select representatives to meet representatives from the other to form a provisional government for a united Korea ; the provisional government would meet representatives of the four powers to consider on a basis of equality the assistance required by Korea ; the provisional government and the powers would agree on a date by which occupation forces would be withdrawn . |
| 17 | He lived in a little hired house five minutes from the church , on a stipend of £260 a year . |
| 18 | Any citizen attending could inscribe on a piece of pottery the name of the person he wanted ostracised , without speeches or debate . |
| 19 | Jot down on a piece of paper the names of three people whom you are close to . |
| 20 | He had been stabbed a number of times but , before he died , he used his own blood to etch on a piece of parchment the name Raphael . |
| 21 | It 's based on an allowance of 1200cals a day , which should produce a good , steady rate of weight loss for most moderately overweight women ( men should allow an extra 300cals a day ) . |
| 22 | In April 1050 he and Bishop Hermann [ q.v. ] of Ramsbury visited Rome on an errand of Edward the Confessor [ q.v. ] ; according to later and possibly unreliable sources it was to secure the king 's release from a vow of pilgrimage made before his accession . |
| 23 | Younger , more mobile employees , on an average of £13,700 a year , are enjoying bigger increases because companies are ‘ desperate ’ to keep them . |