Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experts remain divided on the question of Dr Proctor 's state of mind during the period when he is confirmed to have been responsible for seven hundred and fifty-three homicides , but the Supreme Court has ruled him insane and irresponsible . |
| 2 | Irish scrum-halves tend to arrive on the scene than at 22 . |
| 3 | Proposals to limit the sovereignty of parliament tend to centre on the introduction of a written constitution with judicial review and the entrenchment of a Bill of Rights as some kind of " higher " law beyond easy parliamentary repeal . |
| 4 | In public bureaucracies there may be conflicts of interest between different levels of the hierarchy arising from the values which different strata bring to bear on the policies being pursued by the government . |
| 5 | How well public sector employees perform in providing the goods and services their customers and clients want depends on the system of incentives and sanctions within which they operate . |
| 6 | Frogs love to bask on the surface of dense aquatic vegetation |
| 7 | If Ince sorts out the midfield with Palmer , I 'll be amazed if Shearer and Wright fail to get on the scoresheet . |
| 8 | Even in Sicily , where unemployment is high , Tunisians come to work on the boats for low pay , no questions asked . |
| 9 | Already many thousands of words have appeared on the subject — in official reports and other publications . |
| 10 | A GROWING demand for slate roofs has breathed new life into traditional slate quarrying in north Wales and given a fillip to villages that for centuries have relied on the industry for jobs . |
| 11 | Without any explanation , he jumped out and approached one of the Ayurvedic healers who for centuries have sat on the roadside here , surrounded by the ingredients of their trade : live iguanas whose fried juices are said to cure impotence ; ginseng for philtres used to spread or extinguish the fires of love ; tree bark to ward off a woman 's menopause ; the bringraj herb from the high Himalayas said to conquer baldness or thicken the beard of the most effete Sikh . |
| 12 | Believers have gluttoned on the god of excess and found it wanting . |
| 13 | The Governors of the eight US states abutting the Great Lakes have agreed on a series of voluntary pollution controls . |
| 14 | For example , neo-Marxist analyses of bureaucracy and the division of labour have converged on the accounts given by elite theorists ( Parkin , 1979 ) ; and post-Althusserian and post-Gramscian Marxism is indistinguishable from pluralism except in its vocabulary ( Laclau and Mouffe , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | The Bank along with Jimmy Hill Have shaken on a deal , With common aims and much good will It 's virtually sealed . |
| 16 | The operation of clinical analysers requires diagnostic reagents and until now Olympus have concentrated on the analysers themselves , sourcing the reagents separately . |
| 17 | Instead , a divorce will be there for the asking , but only when the parties have agreed on the finances and the children . |
| 18 | After parties have agreed on the method of enquiry , a time is allowed to them for preparation of the hearing . |
| 19 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 20 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 21 | A VARIED selection of veteran and vintage aircraft have appeared on the register within the past few months and include the former Warbirds of Great Britain P–63A Kingcobra which has been on rebuild to flying condition at Duxford for some time for The Fighter Collection . |
| 22 | Of all the phenomena submersibles have observed on the ocean 's floors , the strangest are probably the black smokers — the hot springs on the East Pacific Rise that spew forth clouds of sulphide minerals ( New Scientist . |
| 23 | Many previous studies of bone loss have concentrated on the representation of skeletal elements and their loss from bone samples derived from predator scats or pellets . |
| 24 | Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts . |
| 25 | Other columns lay scattered on the grass , and yet there was still such perfect grace and beauty to the place that Caroline felt her throat constrict . |
| 26 | The adjustment to the rise and fall is difficult because it is always sticky , the wood chips tend to collect on the travel of the sliding table making the action very bumpy , the sliding table is always out of adjustment for one reason or another . |
| 27 | Many other companies intend to vote on the Taurus resolutions at their 1992 agms . |
| 28 | Accordingly , in our judgment , the defendants remain entitled on the taking of the account to their costs on an indemnity basis . |
| 29 | Some of these sanctuaries appear to lie on the boundaries between civitates , an indicator that they almost certainly date back to the Iron Age and marked tribal limits . |
| 30 | Companies appear to rely on the perceptions of their own managers on the spot , with a loyalty to head office . |