Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that money spent on the NHS between 1979 and 1987 had increased in real terms by a third , that more patients were receiving treatment than ever before and that the numbers of doctors , dentists and nurses had increased substantially . |
| 2 | By virtue of section 65(2) , that decision imposed on the council a duty to secure that accommodation became available for the occupation of the plaintiff and his family . |
| 3 | And er there was very little money spent on the roads at that time , the , the railways had been the great carriers of everything and the motorcars were just coming in . |
| 4 | At present the science curriculum is structured around physical science interests , on which boys are keener ( how motor cars work , atoms and molecules ) ; we were able to recommend that teaching build on the overlapping interests of the two sexes , because girls as well as boys want to know more about human biology and spectacular features of the environment ( animals in the jungle , volcanoes and earthquakes , acids and chemicals ) . |
| 5 | That Parliament relied on the Ministerial statements is shown by the fact that the matter was never raised again after the discussions in Committee , that amendments were consequentially withdrawn and that no relevant amendment was made which could affect the correctness of the minister 's statement . |
| 6 | But if holism is true and the meaning of each sentence depends on the meanings of others , how did we do it ? |
| 7 | If you look at the accounts , you will see that they record a deficit on the general fund of a hundred and twenty-three thousand , but if you deal , if you delve more carefully in the accounts , more closely , you will find , in fact , that the the money we raised on the appeal fund was greater than that deficit shown on the general fund , and so in fact , our income during the year , was greater than our expenditure , and we have achieved a small surplus . |
| 8 | Where did that pleasure stand on the scale against the misery of a man in the Kitchen whose soup was spilled , whose bread was soggy from the floor 's snow water ? |
| 9 | Little research exists on the difficult task of raising another person 's child in this situation or on the distinctive features and potential problems of step-parenting as opposed to adoption or fostering . |
| 10 | Each cell depends on the ability of others to differentiate and so specialize . |
| 11 | Some of these sound waves reach the ears of the listener and travel down each earhole to press on the stretched membrane of the eardrum . |
| 12 | The most often invoked argument to that effect relies on an obligation to support and maintain just institutions . |
| 13 | Now I can not concede that programme going on the air when I was to Melbourne . |
| 14 | In an hour he was ready , his map taped to the gas tank , his few possessions strapped on the seat behind him . |
| 15 | I remembered some graffiti scratched on the inside of a toilet door in the medina at Fez : . |
| 16 | The Girls used a combination of numbers five and nine ; a few streaks painted on the cheeks , chin , nose and forehead were blended with the fingertips . |
| 17 | Their recent policy statement will cause some heart searching on the part of the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) and some of his hon. Friends . |
| 18 | The restrictions which ideas of this kind imposed on the French navy were particularly serious , and can be seen influencing France 's strategy at sea throughout the century . |
| 19 | His first notable success came in 1924 with Beau Geste , another story based on the French Foreign Legion , which , but for its clever opening , soon became outmoded . |
| 20 | This story improves on the original version emanating from Arran himself , that the king was almost dead when Beaton took his hand and traced his signature . |
| 21 | Some employers recruit on the basis of interviews held in hotels as visiting recruitment forums . |
| 22 | As she came through the side roads to her house she heard a few trial notes on a wind instrument of some sort — a clarinet , was it ? a run of notes that seemed to carry on where the last solitary trill of the bird had stopped , and then a beat , beat , beat of a bass and a drum slowly swinging in , and the band , trying out their numbers high up in a house , lilted together into a piece , melancholy at base with gay little twiddles from the clarinet bravely calling that nightfall was not the end of hope , not a closure — a little bit of swing filtering over back gardens to draw people out , out into the spring night , a beat along the channels of their blood suggesting that this hour , as the light dies , as the dusk creeps along the ground , is not an ending but a beginning . |
| 23 | So this opportunity depends on a difference of opinion : investors thinking that prices are going to carry on rising , while firms rush to exploit what they see as a temporary state of affairs . |
| 24 | It is important that we have this opportunity to concentrate on the Bill as it affects Scotland . |
| 25 | The letter of 5 June 1992 from the Clerk of the House of Commons starts by saying , ‘ My attention has been drawn to the fact that the House of Lords may be asked to hear argument in this case based on the meaning or significance of words spoken during proceedings on a Bill in the House of Commons . ’ |
| 26 | The client 's choice of search firm in this case depended on the nature of the requirement . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , this case turned on a question of construction without any general statement of principle being expounded , and it would therefore seem sensible that a tenant should try to ensure that subrogation rights are avoided wherever possible . |
| 28 | Referring to Figure 10.3(b) , the opposing waves in this case collide on the hypersurface . |
| 29 | Bars 1–2 of this part rely on the intervals of thirds , sixths and flat fifths — or in other words the interval structure of the B7 and Bb7 dominant chord structures that are used . |
| 30 | This interaction depends on the extensive twist introduced in these strands by conserved β- bulges . |