Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole emphasis on family care has developed building on a somewhat distorted view of past patterns of family life . |
| 2 | A US$145,00,000 surplus was achieved on the $2,070 million 1990 budget , but at a cost to foreign creditors who had not received payment on their loans since 1987 . |
| 3 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |
| 4 | They have been given guidance on the importance of distinguishing between needs , preferences , and wants . |
| 5 | MPAs should be given guidance on the type of conditions which may become relevant , including those relating to compensation . |
| 6 | Reflecting fears from the industry over inconsistency of enforcement , the regulatory authorities and their environmental health officers are to be given guidance on what is reasonable to expect in terms of training , and the wise operator will make sure that his training strategy is endorsed by the local EHO . |
| 7 | I have given guidance on the rules of debate . |
| 8 | The Law Society 's non-contentious business committee has given guidance on this subject , referring to its careful consideration in Cordery on Solicitors ( 8th ed , 1988 , Butterworths , p99 ) . |
| 9 | To provide the convection heat , air is drawn through a centrally placed fan on the interior back plate and pushed back into the cavity via all four edges of the plate for even heat distribution . |
| 10 | According to the influential El Pais newspaper , Real 's president Ramon Mendoza has rebuked Toshack on a number of counts and is already seeking a replacement for the Welshman hired only last summer on a £1 million contract . |
| 11 | Fr Cassidy , who is currently a parish priest in Auckland , New Zealand , has completed research on media criticism and on ethical standards in the news media . |
| 12 | He added that if Medway 's almost completed study on Rosyth dockyard were favourable , it was planned to have the combined passenger/freight roll-on roll-off facility in place by Spring 1994 . |
| 13 | the kids spilt milk on this and I did n't realize and it all dried , stuck all the controls you know what Tony 's like , you know , ca n't you keep the kids away from the computer |
| 14 | The VCR also converts the colour coding system from NTSC to PAL , by changing the frequency at which the colour information is carried piggyback on the black and white information . |
| 15 | the Secretary of State still had to announce his long awaited decision on the Brynhenllys Inquiry and he rejected British Coal 's appeal for a large site at Pwll Du . |
| 16 | Kerr L.J. , delivering the court 's affirmative answer , mentioned the Crown 's arguments , which had included reliance on Lawrence , and the defendants ' concessions that appropriation had occurred and ( in the light of Lawrence ) that the absence of the owner 's consent was no longer an essential ingredient of theft . |
| 17 | These proposals contrast with the growing importance and assumptions behind ‘ categorical ’ ( Harland , 1985 ) or centrally targeted funding on favoured educational projects ( e.g. Technical and Vocational Education Initiative , Low Attainers project ) . |
| 18 | If anyone had committed murder on the lonely turnoff from the M4 , it must have been Marius . |
| 19 | However , properly targeted research on young males , particularly those from disadvantaged ethnic groups , which considers both the meaning and duration of unemployment … has yet to be done ’ . |
| 20 | Recent research has shed light on this disease . |
| 21 | The DSM laboratory has also shed light on areas such as the composition of the plasterwork and authentic binding agents ( organic compounds such as gelatin prepared from animal bones ) and the pigments used in the centuries old paintings and frescos : vermilion ( crimson ) ; malachite ( green ) ; azurite ( blue ) ; or carbon ( black ) . |
| 22 | Sony were on hand to take the best of several live performances as the latest in a Puccini cycle which has already shed light on two rarities ( the early Le Villi , the late but surprisingly light La Rondine ) and will go on to Edgar — which Maazel had hoped he would record with Domingo at the time of the Fanciulla production but ‘ we looked at the schedule and realized , fortunately in time , that we were totally insane ’ . |
| 23 | Excavation of one tomb has also shed light on the Egyptians ' sexual mores . |
| 24 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 25 | And that was the only time that I 've fired a rifle cos , well actually I went got , rose to a corporal I was a corporal when they finished and erm I was in er made cor lance corporal and then I was er with a heavy Vickers machine gun , that 's the one with the has water cooled casing on it the big heavy one you see , and I was with that , that team . |
| 26 | Hence , Herring et al. ( 1988 ) described the design of SQL extensions to a new object-oriented GIS ; Abel ( 1988 ) has reported work on the creation of SQL-based spatial extensions to a relational database in the ‘ Spatial Information in a Relational Open-architecture database management system ’ ( SIRO-DBMS ) project ; and Ingram and Phillips ( 1988 ) have designed spatial extensions to a hybrid GIS data model . |
| 27 | This had included work on docks in London and New York , on canals in Arizona , and railways in Hungary and India . |
| 28 | The restoration programme undertaken in the town itself to celebrate Lorenzo the Magnificent has included work on the Palazzo Medici Riccardi . |
| 29 | The rigidity of eighteenth-century naval tactics , embodied in detailed and restrictive fighting instructions and imbued with the idea of the importance of the line of battle and its preservation , undoubtedly discouraged initiative on the part of commanders . |
| 30 | Dr. Howarth ; a tall fair man , almost as tall as Dalgliesh himself , with widely spaced eyes of a remarkably deep blue and the lashes so long that they might have looked effeminate on any face less arrogantly male . |