Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They evolved rapidly and spread widely , and with a little experience a glance at an assemblage of graptolites on a shale surface can be used to determine the approximate age of deposition of the rock . |
| 2 | The East Coast of America is dominated by the big cities : Boston , New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Washington all exert such a gravitational pull that the smaller towns are sucked into an orbit of dependency on the nearest city sun . |
| 3 | It is this conflict which leads increasingly to the urge to treat people as groups rather than as individuals — but it is an abnegation of responsibility on the part of the leaders and for the future it will not do . |
| 4 | Payments under this scheme do not affect any legal rights you may have to take action for any loss or damage sustained and do not constitute an admission of liability on our part . |
| 5 | Our study of 245 patients randomised to receive octreotide or placebo failed to show an effect of octreotide on the biochemical and clinical parameters of ERCP induced pancreatitis . |
| 6 | But we can not exclude an effect of ACE on the metabolism of other peptides in view of its wide substrate specificity , nor can we exclude the possibility that a variant of another gene , closely linked to the ACE gene , causes the observed association . |
| 7 | In the history of the sciences in France , as in German critical theory , it is a matter at bottom of examining a reason , the autonomy of whose structures carries with it a history of dogmatism and despotism — a reason , consequently , which can only have an effect of emancipation on condition that it manages to liberate itself from itself . |
| 8 | An engagement of sympathy on the side of the character who seems superficially to be the target figure constructs for the reader an unusual angle of vision on the events and characters of this fabliau . |
| 9 | An indication of progress on the subject of SLCMs was provided on July 14 , when the US National Security Adviser , Brent Scowcroft , commented that ( Soviet ) proposals to ban SLCMs altogether ( in the light of perceived verification problems associated with ascertaining their numbers ) were " one of the open areas in the strategic arms negotiations ' ( the USA had formerly wanted to exclude SLCMs from the talks ) . |
| 10 | They did n't loosen and begin converging around the dead buffalo cow until the first flock of ragged black vultures flopped clumsily onto an outcrop of rock on the grassland fifty yards away . |
| 11 | Afterwards , when the boys had gone up to bed , he told Josh that Mabel 's death was an act of retribution on the part of Almighty God . ’ |
| 12 | It is further the case that a father who gets his 14-year-old daughter to perform an act of fellatio on him or to masturbate him is not criminally liable . |
| 13 | In another , linked , case , a Belfast man was charged with allowing a house to be used to commit an act of terrorism on May 17 . |
| 14 | There is no continuous evolution towards it ; it requires , somewhere along the line , an act of faith on the part of management . |
| 15 | That it is here at all is an act of faith on the part of the Academy 's management , who were well aware of the political overtones the show carried in the States and has inevitably brought with it to London . |
| 16 | The Government 's prime motivation is to carry out an act of revenge on coal miners and coal mining communities . |
| 17 | She thought it was an act of selflessness on his part . |
| 18 | The idea that a court is entitled to disregard a provision in an Act of Parliament on any ground must seem strange and startling to anyone with any knowledge of the history and law of our constitution , but a detailed argument has been submitted to your Lordships and I must deal with it . |
| 19 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) ruled on June 19 that UK courts were empowered to suspend an act of parliament on the grounds of its alleged incompatibility with European Community ( EC ) law . |
| 20 | Preston quailed at the thought of being caught by Brenda in an act of passion on the sofa without a box of tissues to wipe up the drips . |
| 21 | Most political scientists quickly came to argue that things had gone badly wrong : some groups were too powerful and the system as a whole was seen as out of control so that there was an overload of demands on government . |
| 22 | This should include an attitude of acceptance on the part of the therapist towards the patient 's problems and behaviour , while at the same time limits will need to be set in terms of what the therapist is able to provide and tolerate . |
| 23 | The report concluded that the Arrow Airlines DC-8 crashed soon after take-off from Gander because of an accumulation of ice on the wings . |
| 24 | So there will be an accumulation of electrons on the surface of one of the plates and consequently a deficiency of electrons at the other plate 's surface . |
| 25 | Concerns that the threat of an imposition of VAT on books remains live were aired at the BA a.g.m. this week . |
| 26 | The first of these summit meetings took place at Geneva in November 1985 ; it provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on the progress made at the arms talks and on regional issues . |
| 27 | It was agreed that a formal signing of the pact would take place on April 9 in Bamako , the Malian capital , following an exchange of prisoners on April 8 in Algeria . |
| 28 | The day concluded with an exchange of ideas on the ways in which branches and colleges could achieve better publicity , and thus increase the number of students even further in the coming years . |
| 29 | Norway and the Soviet Union agreed on Dec. 15 , 1989 , on the terms of a treaty providing for an exchange of information on civilian and military accidents at sea outside their territorial waters . |
| 30 | THERE was an Angel of Death on top of an ornate mausoleum in one corner , arms extended . |