Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , assisted by Ram and Mohammed , he had built a crude furnace of bricks on the verandah in which to heat up the shot . |
| 2 | THE US state department is being accused of trying to sabotage a recent conference in Vietnam that was called to discuss the long-term effects of the spraying of defoliants on the country 's forests by American planes during the Vietnam War . |
| 3 | Publication of a peer reviewed article by members of the Ciba-Geigy Department of Toxicology and Pathology ( Bombay ) serves to legitimise the methods of the ‘ study ’ , and thus the indiscriminate spraying of pesticides on children . |
| 4 | Luft 's plan , which had been announced on Jan. 13 , omitted previous emphasis on a " socialist " market economy and envisaged the lifting of restrictions on private ownership . |
| 5 | De Klerk was now able to claim that there was no longer any justification for violent protest , in view of his invitation " to all leaders who seek peace " , along with the lifting of restrictions on political groups , which he said now placed everybody in a position to pursue politics freely . |
| 6 | Two smaller black political organizations rejected de Klerk 's offer of negotiations in conferences held during March , following the lifting of restrictions on these and other groups in early February . |
| 7 | Cabinet reshuffle — Lifting of restrictions on political parties |
| 8 | Contingent economic agreements provided for a repeal of the US ban on the import of Soviet gold coins , the lifting of restrictions on Soviet borrowing from the US government 's Export-Import Bank ( which was expected to stimulate US companies ' interest in setting up joint ventures in the Soviet Union ) , and payment by the Soviet Union of a debt of US$674,000,000 owed for supplies furnished under the Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War . |
| 9 | General strike — Miners ' protest march — Lifting of restrictions on use of Kurdish |
| 10 | Lifting of restrictions on use of Kurdish |
| 11 | President Özal reportedly sought increased military aid and the lifting of restrictions on the importation of Turkish goods to the USA . |
| 12 | Lifting of restrictions on currency withdrawals |
| 13 | The CSCE document also called for protection of correspondents and the lifting of restrictions on the movements of foreigners , including journalists . |
| 14 | Proposals for spending cuts totalling 9,000 million kronor ( US$1,660 million ) were put forward on Nov. 5 ; a reduction of value added tax ( VAT ) from 25 per cent to 18 per cent on a range of basic goods and services on Nov. 6 ; reductions in the tax on capital income from 30 per cent to 25 per cent and a similar reduction in the tax on share profits on Nov. 8 ; and the privatization of 35 major state-owned companies in stages from early 1992 onwards and the lifting of restrictions on foreign investors buying into or taking over Swedish companies on Nov. 11 . |
| 15 | So modest pay increases were accompanied by a lifting of restrictions on public officials engaging in private enterprise . |
| 16 | When the threat of the ecological disaster became clear , the United Nations announced a partial lifting of sanctions on Yugoslavia , so that building materials could be imported . |
| 17 | The incentives to industry included reductions in employers ' contributions to pensions and health insurance , the lifting of taxes on investment capital , and favourable export assistance . |
| 18 | The Angolan government , increasingly looking to free market policies to revive the economy , last month joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington , and says , as it has for the past three years , that a devaluation of the Kwanza and the lifting of controls on many goods is imminent . |
| 19 | In December 1933 , London Transport came to an agreement with the various local authorities for the lifting of rails on sections of tramway abandoned . |
| 20 | Supporting " the efforts of the South African people " to reach a peaceful settlement through genuine negotiations , it demanded , among other points : the lifting of the state of emergency , the immediate release of political prisoners , and the lifting of bans on organizations opposing apartheid . |
| 21 | Unlike national insurance benefits , the award of supplementary benefit depended in the bulk of cases on the exercise of discretionary powers , which have been described as ‘ wide , problematic and in some cases ambiguous ’ . |
| 22 | The dark bulk of buildings on his right gave way to emptiness , and he knew he 'd reached Princess Street . |
| 23 | Some three months later , on 5 June 1824 , he wrote to the Central Committee pointing out that as the bulk of shipwrecks on the island were from ‘ the surrounding kingdoms ’ it would be of benefit to all maritime interests for lifeboat stations to be established by the national organisation . |
| 24 | I loved the ring of sledgehammers on metal , the bellowing and roaring of the rig in the African night , the smell of diesel and brake pads , the scream of angle-grinders , the spray from the welding torches , the all-night poker games and the hare-brained helicopter rides . |
| 25 | The maximum speed of trains on at least two of those tracks was 125 mph . |
| 26 | Over the next ten years it kept going by making a succession of calls on its shareholders for additional funds ; by 1708 it was fairly clearly insolvent , and after 1713 it almost completely ceased trading . |
| 27 | He consulted a succession of popes on marriage law , on priestly mores , on ordinations , on liturgy , on whether nuns might wash each other 's feet , and on the eating of bacon fat , the last a subject about which the Fathers had remained curiously silent . |
| 28 | Such technology might reduce the succession of accidents on the motorway caused by driver fatigue . |
| 29 | A succession of books on kindred subjects was published by Batsford . |
| 30 | The switch of tactics on the part of the war-tax resistance movement which can be dated back to 1977 is potentially of great significance because it provided the conditions in which a broad-based political campaign may be mounted , calling for a statutory right of tax diversion and relying on litigation as an auxiliary and subordinate weapon , instead of depending exclusively on litigation to try to bring about a change in the law directly . |