Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death . |
| 2 | The value of T g depends on the way in which it is measured but it is also found to be a function of the polymer chain length . |
| 3 | The Buchan Meat chairman , Peter McKilligin , argued against change and urged the FASL board to concentrate on the scheme in existence . |
| 4 | Three methods were being tried : A benign substance called Hot Foot Gel painted on the top of transformers and similar equipment to produce a ‘ sinking ’ feeling for the Hoodies when they try to land ; Plastic strips with irregular plastic spikes fixed to the top of equipment to discourage the birds from landing in the first place ; Non-working poles incorporating ‘ alternative nesting pans ’ were erected at selected sites to encourage the crows to use them instead . |
| 5 | This continuous time model finds that the price of index futures depends on the volatility of returns on the index , as well as on the spot price , dividend yield , the risk-free rate of interest and the time to delivery . |
| 6 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 7 | Patrick Lundy stood on the street for a few moments , staring unseeing into the windows , and then he turned away and headed back up to Mayfair . |
| 8 | Gryglewski et al ( 1978 ) incorporated collagen strips into extracorporeal circuits in animals and showed that prostacyclin brought about disaggregation of platelet aggregates formed on the collagen strips . |
| 9 | Herr Nordern heaved on the steering-wheel and swung the Lada into the relative safety of a narrow street shadowed by the bulk of a church where he pulled up , although wisely keeping the engine running . |
| 10 | In 1979 the Australian clearinghouse USER appeared on the scene , and its philosophy is on lines similar to that of the USA and UK clearinghouses . |
| 11 | I have already said that the success of a Government 's defence policies depends on the conviction that those policies and their spokesmen carry in the eyes both of prospective opponents and of present friends . |
| 12 | However , the quality of placement outcomes of primary teachers is of the highest standard , with evidence of significant curriculum programmes based on the placement experience . |
| 13 | Teller did not succeed in attracting more than a handful of Oppenheimer 's brilliant team back to Los Alamos to work on the H-bomb . |
| 14 | The decision to give tetanus immunisation depends on the patient 's immunity as well as the wound 's susceptibility to tetanus . |
| 15 | The ceasefire broke down within hours , however , and the Croatian Defence Ministry called on the population to mobilize for a " very long defensive campaign " . |
| 16 | Tourist backpackers chattering in high tones ; theatre-/supper-goers gazing nervously at the cluster of dishevelled , ruby-faced lads who wave their cans and bawl out the rallying cry of ‘ 'Ere we go , ‘ ere we go ! ’ at alarming volume ; a comatose figure lying on the bucket seats and crying out an important but indecipherable message about some quite obvious connection betwixt Jesus and Aids ; in the corner a girl with dishevelled hair and a soiled James Dean T-shirt sprawled on the concrete and a man with bloodied chin mouthing profanities as he urinates against the wall . |
| 17 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 18 | Milk advert based on the premise that hostile drinking straws were out to steal your milk . |
| 19 | This issue is currently at the centre of pedagogical discussions about language , since many teaching methods rest on the assumption that when children talk or write , they are also developing their ability to think . |
| 20 | Not until 1918 was universal manhood suffrage introduced on the basis of ( six months ' ) residence . |
| 21 | The number of articles , booklets and text books written on the subject of corporate finance is vast . |
| 22 | a powdering effect left on the surface of the paper after the ink has failed to dry satisfactorily due to a fault in printing . |
| 23 | With a Top 30 single — featuring a gross-out gum shot on the sleeve — in the bag , and America ready for the taking , STEVE LAMACQ jumps aboard their tour bus and tries to convince them everything is n't really a big , strange dream . |
| 24 | The trading implications of this analysis are as follows : if the spot price is expected to rise , buy the far contract and sell the near contract ; if dividends on the index for the period after the near contract is delivered are expected to rise , or if the dividends on the near contract are expected to rise , sell the far contract and buy the near contract ; if the risk-free rate of interest for the period between the delivery of the near and far contracts is expected to rise , buy the far contract and sell the near contract ; and the implications of a change in r N depend on the value of r' . |
| 25 | If we bring the argument back to consent to non-fatal physical harm , we may recall that the Lord Chief Justice relied on the phrase ‘ not in the public interest ’ to justify the restrictions . |
| 26 | The appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level depending on the experience of the candidate . |
| 27 | The appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level depending on the experience of the candidate . |
| 28 | The appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level depending on the experience os the candidate . |
| 29 | Environmental health officer Richard Hallows called on the public to report any rat sightings to the Pest Control Unit on . |
| 30 | Well you ca n't really blame them that much with the K M T knocking on the door . |