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On the basis of a land grant made to him by the Anglophile native King of the Mosquito people in what is present-day Honduras, MacGregor wove one of history's most elaborate hoaxes, managing to charm the highest levels of London's political and financial establishment with tales of the bucolic, resource-rich country he claimed to rule as a benevolent sovereign prince, or " Cazique ", when he arrived in the UK in 1822.
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`` On the basis of the facts ''.
On this basis, certain extreme kinds of networks will be discussed for illustrative purposes.
On the basis of this careful reading, Thompson frequently gave a clear, complete, and interesting description of a prose work or chose effective quotations to illustrate his discussions of poetry.
On the basis of the long chronicle of military history Funston and his brethren assumed that the issue was insoluble and that anyone interested in a mission like Fosdick's was an impractical idealist or a do-gooder.
On the basis that all citizens of the state are entitled to benefit equally in the development of its resources, plans for the provision of essential services ( such as water ) will be based on need regardless of arbitrary political boundaries, within the framework of the state plan.
On the basis of the findings which led to this conclusion, the Court remanded the case to the District Court to determine the appropriate relief.
On this basis, our already substantial budget for research and development has been further increased in recent years in order to finance the continuing engineering and design work essential to Leesona's future growth in sales and earnings.
On the basis of what they give us we can know how the young Caruso sang, appreciate the distinctive qualities of Parsifal under Karl Muck's baton, or sense the type of ensemble Toscanini created in his years with the New York Philharmonic.
On the basis of its life history, we like to think that Andrena is more primitive than the bumblebees.
On the physiological basis of some form of psychotherapy
On the basis of pupil assignment criteria, Judge Albert Bryan has assigned Negro children to formerly white schools in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia.
On these pillars rested that solid basis for life and thought which was soon to be manifested in the remarkably unlimited ken of the Iliad.
-- On the basis of a differentiability assumption in function space, it is possible to prove that, for materials having the property that the stress is given by a functional of the history of the deformation gradients, the classical theory of infinitesimal viscoelasticity is valid when the deformation has been infinitesimal for all times in the past.
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On this basis, he argues that ethics must focus on ' dialectically integrating opposites ' and balancing tension, rather than seeking a priori validation or certainty.
On this basis, the melting and boiling points are estimated to be and, respectively.
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On the basis of these traditions, the churches in question often claim to have inherited specific authority, doctrines and / or practices on the authority of their founding apostle ( s ), which is understood to be continued by the bishops of the see ( seat ) or throne of the church that each founded and whose original leader he was.
On the basis of the Awb, citizens can oppose a decision (' besluit ') made by a public body (' bestuursorgaan ') within the administration and apply for judicial review in courts if unsuccessful.
On this basis, a related hypothesis holds that the name originated from this Indo-European root via a Baltic language such as Lithuanian.
On the basis of McMahon's assurances the Arab Revolt began on 5 June 1916.
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On 28 September 2008, the CSU failed to gain an absolute majority, attaining 43 %, of the vote in the Bavaria state election for the first time since 1966 on a percentage basis and was forced into a coalition with the FDP.
On the basis of this misconception, which ties together the
On the basis of Ruddock's contacts, MI5 suspected her of being a communist sympathiser.
On and land
On land, amphibians are restricted to moist habitats because of the need for their skin to be kept damp.
On the land side of the city he constructed the Fossa Quiritium, a ditch fortification.
On 4 November 2003, voters approved a greenbelt plan under which the city government bought development rights to pieces of land adjacent to Ann Arbor to preserve them from sprawling development .< ref name =" greenbelt ">
On this passage the theologian Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( Apostolic Fathers, 1885, II, p. 84 ) noted: " Clement may possibly be referring to some known, but hardly accessible land, lying without the pillars of Hercules.
On the next day, much of the land army as had not escaped to their own lands submitted or were followed in their retreat to Macedonia and forced to surrender, and Antony's camp was occupied.
On land, large and diverse plant populations existed.
On land, mammals were a small and still relatively minor component of the fauna.
On land, the Donner Party found itself stranded by snow in a high mountain pass in California without adequate supplies during the Mexican-American War, leading to several instances of cannibalism.
On land, artists such as Andre Mare designed camouflage schemes and observation posts disguised as trees.
On account of their supreme position in horse ( Ashva ) culture, they were also popularly known as Ashvakas, i. e. the " horsemen " and their land was known as " Home of Horses ".
On the 15th day of June, 1835, the first public land sales commenced with Edmund Dick Taylor as U. S. receiver of public moneys.
On 3 October 2011, Chelsea made a proposal to CPO shareholders to buy back the freehold to the land on which Stamford Bridge sits, stating that " buying back the freehold removes a potential hurdle should a suitable site become available in the future ".
On 16 June, Dewar set out the legislative programme for the Executive which included: an Education bill to improve standards in Scottish schools ; land reform to give right of access to the countryside, a bill to abolish the feudal system of land tenure ; and a bill to establish National Parks in Scotland.
On the large island, there exists a " wall of deserts " that separates the island into a large main area and separate smaller strips of land.
On January 1576 Oxford wrote to Lord Burghley from Siena about complaints that had reached him about his creditors ' demands, which included the Queen and his sister, and directing that more of his land be sold to pay them.
On 28 July Leicester, who was in overall command of the English land troops, asked for instructions regarding Oxford, stating that " he seems most willing to hazard his life in this quarrel ".
On the barren, rocky land there are Barbary ground squirrels and geckos.
On poverty, Hoover said that " Given the chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation ", and promised, " We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land ," but within months, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 occurred, and the world's economy spiraled downward into the Great Depression.
On March 2, 1864, the Russian authority — compelled by the uprising to compete for the loyalty of Polish peasants — officially published an enfranchisement decree in the Kingdom, along the lines of an earlier insurgent land reform proclamation.
On April 26, 2010, Hefner donated the last $ 900, 000 sought by a conservation group for a land purchase needed to stop the development of the famed vista of the Hollywood Sign.
On January 3, 1825, the Harmonists and Robert Owen, a Welsh-born industrialist and social reformer, came to a final agreement for the sale of the Society's land and buildings in Indiana for $ 150, 000.
On November 9 / 19, 1620, after about 3 months at sea, including a month of delays in England, they spotted land, which was Cape Cod.
On July 3, 1829, Horace Blackman, accompanied by Alexander Laverty, a land surveyor, and an Indian guide forded the Grand River and made camp for the night at what is now Trail and N. Jackson Street.
On the other hand, the Angoumois lands that came with Isabella were strategically vital to John: by marrying Isabella, John was acquiring a key land route between Poitou and Gascony, which significantly strengthened his grip on Aquitaine.
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