Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1593 he was returned to Parliament for the Yorkshire borough of Beverley on the interest of his kinsman Lancelot Alford . |
| 2 | Then , assisted by Ram and Mohammed , he had built a crude furnace of bricks on the verandah in which to heat up the shot . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The ethos of the force therefore lends itself to gender differences in police work , and so popular are beliefs about the different capabilities of policemen and women , that some policemen shy away from handling these sorts of cases on the view that they are less able than women colleagues , and many policewomen adopt these notions as self-typifications . |
| 5 | Because that causes all sorts of problems on the report and , and bad blood all round . |
| 6 | What we have here is , is a huge sheet of this material on the wall , and the visitors stand in front of this and press a flashlight which allows them then to make all sorts of poses on the wall , and as they then move away , their shadow is left on the wall so they can look back and see what their , their shadow was like in the pose . |
| 7 | The Washington rumour mill suggests that the president secured his narrow majority only by promising all sorts of concessions on the BTU tax : trimming here , exempting there , scattering rebates everywhere . |
| 8 | Customs manufactured before the humbucking age feature two sorts of pickup on the same guitar : a P90 by the bridge , and an Alnico by the neck — a really old-fashioned looking thing , with huge great rectangular polepieces . |
| 9 | Erm yo there was so many trains into Nottingham , into Victoria at twelve minutes , it took you thirty minutes into the Midland Station , having called at and , and all sorts of places on the way . |
| 10 | Many yoga classes teach easy methods and you will find all sorts of books on the subject in any library ( see page 120 ) . |
| 11 | The thinking of Beveridge on the subject was governed by one principal consideration : how to make the labour-market more efficient . |
| 12 | But the dealers were alert to new traces , if only because a single coin — the bronze ears of barley on the local currency of Rubi , with Demeter 's garlanded head on the obverse — might lead , like a broken twig , a crackle of a dry leaf , to greater treasure ; the boys could earn a lustrous fizzy drink from the new carbonator , or a cigarette in the cafe , with a promise to show the location of the trivial find . |
| 13 | Soon he would smell the first sour tang of winter on the sea breezes . |
| 14 | There was a great deal of space on the new site , but the station was less conveniently situated to the city than the old one had been . |
| 15 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 16 | In practice , the court will place a great deal of reliance on the fact that the financial advisers have recommended shareholders to approve the scheme and that the scheme has been approved by the statutory majority . |
| 17 | It is worth noting — and I say this for the benefit of my hon. Friend the Minister if for no one else 's benefit — that there has been a great deal of hyprocrisy on the part of the Labour party in Thurrock and Basildon concerning the centralisation of casualty services at Orsett . |
| 18 | This process shows great cunning on the part of Nature , also a good deal of cleverness on the part of George . |
| 19 | ( All the PTEs have done a great deal of work on the integration and simplification of fare-structures and the provision of interchangeable tickets . ) |
| 20 | The Attorney General had , under instructions , done a good deal of work on the issue . |
| 21 | The remaining work will be on the bridge itself and will entail some reconstruction of the parapet and a great deal of work on the pointing . |
| 22 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |
| 23 | Now you seem to be laying a great deal of stress on the introduction of minimum standards , what , what 's the point behind that and what does it mean ? |
| 24 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 25 | It is going to have a great deal of influence on the future of Unix because it is going to influence , for example , how we spend our money on research and development . ’ |
| 26 | James Topping reflected : ‘ Yes , [ the CNAA ] had a great deal of influence on the development of academic boards . |
| 27 | The German athletics federation ( DLV ) panel , which is expected to announce its decision by the end of the month , has put a great deal of emphasis on the findings of the reports . |
| 28 | There has been a great deal of literature on the subject in the past ten years , and the situation has not remained static during that time . |
| 29 | There is a great deal of literature on the process of organizational change , but a reasonable degree of agreement on the basic stages involved . |
| 30 | They place a great deal of importance on the power of positive thought . |