Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will wince at the idea of paying for their children 's school books or having their gallstones removed , but think nothing of spending half a year 's income on a car . |
| 2 | The Court of Appeal rejected the Council 's defence on the ground , not that the ticket changed hands too late , but that it was not a contractual document ; for no reasonable person would expect to find contractual terms in a document which was no more than a receipt for him to prove that he had paid and which in many instances ( i.e. in the absence of the attendant ) would not change hands until long after the contract was made . |
| 3 | It was some way from the lodging , and Paul 's attentions still made walking difficult ; it would not do to arrive dishevelled and swaying , and she had to use some of Mrs Gracie 's money on a cab . |
| 4 | Israel is to shun behaviour which is bringing God 's judgement on the land ( compare Genesis 15:16 ) . |
| 5 | Of these , two — Cobham and Stapledon — were strongly of the opinion that although the king could quash parliament 's judgement on the Despensers , annulment by parliament would be much more secure . |
| 6 | The Cameron Report 's judgement on the march was that |
| 7 | The challenge was started with a drop of cow 's milk on the lips , whereafter milk was given in rising doses at two hour intervals . |
| 8 | While Balcon was encouraging his writers to come up with original stories , and steadily reducing the company 's reliance on the theatre , BIP remained largely stagebound . |
| 9 | Because of the historian 's reliance on the availability of information compiled by previous generations — back-projected third parties , if you like — rather than the self-compilation of information or the use of that compiled contemporaneously by third parties , the availability of ‘ documentary ’ source materials to the historian 's of the future may prove to be a significant problem hindering the study of history . |
| 10 | Hepworth justified poaching from literature because of ‘ the advantage of a well-made plot , which was not at all easy to come by in original film scenarios ’ , but what this ignores is the responsibility of producers like him to foster the writing skills which would end British cinema 's reliance on the novel or play , and novelistic or theatrical styles of storytelling . |
| 11 | As well as giving Howden access to new markets such as Scandinavia and the Far East , the acquisition increases Howden 's reliance on the fan business , which previously accounted for one-third of the group 's £300 million turnover . |
| 12 | Olive Saunderson and Norman Field met and fell in love in predictably romantic circumstances when the Fields and the Saundersons were guests on board Lord Vestey 's yacht on a cruise to Norway in 1909 They were married the same year in Dublin and returned to England to set up home . |
| 13 | As officials and the news media in various Arab countries welcomed Bush 's stand on the issue , the Israeli media reacted strongly on Sept. 13 , at least one newspaper quoting a comment by a US pro-Israel lobbyist that Bush 's remarks bordered on the anti-semitic — a charge which was repeated in a meeting of the Israeli Cabinet on Sept. 15 by right-winger Rehavam Ze'evi of Moledet . |
| 14 | ‘ Streamline is the best beginner 's course on the market . ’ |
| 15 | The best plan was therefore to study a few typical ones : T. H. Huxley 's course on the crayfish at South Kensington in the 1870s was based on this principle , close study of a crayfish preparing one for any invertebrate . |
| 16 | The deputy mayor emphasised the real need for a new library , basing the council 's case on the Board 's own statistics . |
| 17 | That the information sought had been in the knowledge of the company , particularly if sought from an officer of the company , added weight to the applicant 's case on the balancing exercise . |
| 18 | But if you were a cox who 'd overeaten and put on too much weight , this is where your crew might have brought you — to Brakspear 's brewery on the river bank . |
| 19 | We visited Bob 's sister on the way home , and had to good b-&-b 's at Moffat , going and coming . |
| 20 | Belief in God can be eroded from two opposite directions — from the effort to prove God 's existence on the one hand , and from the denial of any evidence for God 's existence on the other . |
| 21 | Simon 's play on the computer . |
| 22 | In that case no such presumption could exist : on the contrary where Parliament had provided that the decision of an inferior court was final and conclusive the High Court should not be astute to find that the inferior court 's decision on a question of law had not been made final and conclusive , thereby excluding the jurisdiction to review it . |
| 23 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 24 | Much more important would be the effect of the panel 's decision on the drug 's use in developing countries and on licensing decisions still pending in both America and Canada . |
| 25 | This can be seen in Truman 's decision on the future of the joint body , the Combined Chiefs of Staff , which had been set up in 1942 to co-ordinate Anglo-American strategy against Germany and Japan . |
| 26 | The need to ensure that the expert has the power to award interest will arise in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) Does the issue referred to the expert include a claim for damages arising from some breach of contract that has already occurred ? ( 2 ) Is the issue the expert is called on to determine essentially what amount of money one side owes the other , and when that sum is payable ? ( 3 ) Is there likely to be a delay in obtaining the expert 's decision on the amount payable ? |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it has not been argued that the Secretary of State 's decision on the tariff could properly be challenged if he adopted the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice where this differed from that of the trial judge . |
| 28 | Thus the only relevant facts he does not know are what period the judiciary have recommended as the tariff , and what further comments the judges have made which will affect the Secretary of State 's decision on the tariff . |
| 29 | Following the Supreme Court 's decision on the abortion issue in late June [ see pp. 38954-55 ] , the Senate labour and human resources committee on July 1 voted 12 to five to approve a bill designed to enshrine the right to abortion — currently derived from the beleaguered 1973 Supreme Court decision , Roe v. Wade — into federal law . |
| 30 | Thus , I doubt whether any attempt to review the plaintiff 's decision on the ground that it had failed to consider the planning option would have succeeded . |