Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court heard the shift supervisor at Three Mile Island change his testimony on the crucial relief-valve temperatures that were reported to him during the incident . |
| 2 | This causes further tension if disgruntled clients vent their anger on the advice worker . |
| 3 | Edwards and Rackages base their approach on the highly questionable premise that spectator violence is merely a playing out of tensions external to sport itself . |
| 4 | Their choices follow : Lunn Poly 's marketing director Peter Rothwell observed that as a rule the staff in their 505 shops base their selling on the answers given by the customer in a questionnaire , to prevent mismatches between customers and the holidays they took , but he nevertheless felt safe in saying that two young couples , a bit adventurous , would do well if they invested in an ILG Drive Europe holiday along the west coast of France to Biarritz , good countryside and a nice old town , accommodation at the Mer et Golf apartments , two weeks in all with ferry and accommodation included for £255 each . |
| 5 | The brains in rock wear their disdain on the top deck , a glimpse of the ivories to warn off the unwary and make it clear that they are outsiders . |
| 6 | The brains in rock wear their disdain on the top deck , a glimpse of the ivories to warn off the unwary and make it clear that they are outsiders . |
| 7 | Even Wilbye did not disdain specific Italian models ; his ‘ Lady , your words do spite me ’ takes off from Ferrabosco 's ‘ Donna se voi m'odiate ’ which had appeared in Musica Transalpina as ‘ Lady , if you so spite me ’ : and once more the English monosyllables leave their stamp on the music . |
| 8 | F rom his spot on the bridge , Yanto could gaze down the seemingly endless reaches of the Severn 's mouth . |
| 9 | Intermittent war rages across Ulthuan once more as the Dark Elves consolidate their hold on the northern lands . |
| 10 | The reformers argue their case on the assumption that voting behaviour experienced under the current mode of election would most likely continue under a new mode : this is , as Geoffrey Alderman has pointed out , a most unlikely hypothesis . |
| 11 | Both these underminings have their impact on the life of reason , and how we view it . |
| 12 | I could with ease place my arm on the roof as I stood by one of them in the road . |
| 13 | Kitty Butterwick and her team give their verdict on the commercially made options to end the traditional Christmas meal |
| 14 | They have become a symbol , along with rainbows , of the dawning of a new age of Aquarius , when qualities of love , peace , and harmony have their renaissance on the earth . |
| 15 | Some individualists defend their view on the grounds that it not only provides simpler , more detailed and more perspicuous explanations than its rival , but that it is also morally superior to holism . |
| 16 | Whitefly make their home on the underside of leaves , where the adults feed and lay their eggs . |
| 17 | In the United Kingdom , users and providers focus their attention on the spending departments in Whitehall . |
| 18 | The large numbers of evening primrose in Liverpool reflect its abundance on the sand dunes just outside the city . |
| 19 | Liberal theories centre their attention on the almost free-floating power of the Commons , whereas liberal-democratic accounts by-pass the significance of the Commons in order to place a twin emphasis on the government ( the Cabinet and the Prime Minister ) and the people in special relationship each to the other . |
| 20 | The problem with environmental legislation of every kind is that , while we all applaud the intentions , we know automatically that the large-scale offenders have their own scientists , barristers , public-relations campaigns and representation in the House of Lords , that government inspectorates are hopelessly understaffed , and that consequently , at a local level , the enforcers concentrate their attention on the small fry who lack the time and resources to answer back . |
| 21 | On a line like Stratford to Leamington Spa in Warwickshire more than 80 per cent of the passengers continue their journey on the main network . |
| 22 | as some people call them sermon on the |
| 23 | Holland and Benn stake their politics on the prospect of particular outcomes of the practice of management of capitalist national economies ' ( 1978 , p. 277 ) . |
| 24 | Coran Brothers FC have their ground on the outskirts of Watley and as the train goes through the middle of the town you may think it impossible to see any of Linekar Avenue but this is not so . |
| 25 | ALTHOUGH critics give their judgment on the latest movie releases , it is the public that determines which films become hits . |
| 26 | Finally , only when the other two planks have become established can the freeing of prices work its magic on the economy , by dragging supply and demand into line and injecting commercial rationality into production processes . |
| 27 | Especially in polygynous species , males that fail to win a breeding territory spend their time on the fringes of the breeding population and often show high mortality . |
| 28 | Moreover , how do the bunched innovations have their effect on the economy as a whole ? |
| 29 | These sorts of activities take their toll on the world immediately around us . |
| 30 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |