Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern centres on the likely shortage of buyers for projects funded on short-term development finance from the banks . |
| 2 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that he will press for harmonisation based on alcoholic strength , or at least some mechanism for capping the rate on spirits ? |
| 3 | In the long run , this situation is bad for Britain 's industry , Maddock argues , because the technology gap is growing all the time between companies working on advanced defence electronics ( in which Britain leads the world ) and these struggling to retain some of the consumer electronics business . |
| 4 | an original term for work printed on one side of a large sheet of paper . |
| 5 | At the meeting Japan proposed that the annual PMC be made a regular forum for dialogue focused on regional security issues . |
| 6 | My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue . |
| 7 | They are a stark contrast to the derelict steelyards of Sheffield , where there 's nothing left but acres of scrap lying on flattened ground , or the old factories , which look either like the workhouse or satanic hangars . |
| 8 | Nevertheless the pursuit of policies based on national self-interest led to competitive depreciation and the introduction of tariffs and other trade restrictions . |
| 9 | It will also meet with resistance from some of the groups that stand to gain from such policies because of the grip that the ideology of inequality has on British society . |
| 10 | The zig-zag stripes of trench-systems lay on either side like the skin shed by a massive snake . |
| 11 | The Spanish in South America had of course embarked on this course long before the British ; the changes of 1757–63 mark the point at which the British moved on an appreciable scale into the imperial activity of gaining new subjects in the process of expansion . |
| 12 | Sometimes there is a uniformity of antagonism based on shared rumour and widespread disrepute . |
| 13 | Although the use of a recognition test may have minimized the use of strategies based on risk-related information at testing , subjects nonetheless still made risk judgments when they initially watched the films . |
| 14 | About 70% of cases start on normal skin which has had sun damage , and 30% develop from moles which are present at birth . |
| 15 | 1 Check number of hours worked on each date is correct . |
| 16 | The polytechnics , faced with the problem of increasing access or maintaining the level of money spent on each student , had made access their priority . |
| 17 | New Scientist kept its head in the euphoria and asked whether the sight of technological weapons being used to kill people might not give the public pause for thought about the amounts of money spent on military R&D , the largest consumer of research money and still growing . |
| 18 | Essentially , what the communications course does is to bring to the fore issues which had hitherto been considered marginal ; it brings the perspectives of a variety of disciplines to bear on one subject . |
| 19 | The period of time a bill is before Parliament determines how long the window of opportunity to legislate on criminal justice matters remains open . |
| 20 | Again , the relatively popular policy of the privatization of industry fell on stony ground when it was proposed for extension to the electricity supply industry and to water services . |
| 21 | Logically , critical reflection is ‘ higher ’ because it calls for a state of mind reflecting on that learning . |
| 22 | In all three cases studied , Pilkingtons , RX and Ford UK , the dominant marketing and production strategies of the 1970s were predicted on product market stability and the maximization of scale economies through a highly integrated division of labour based on dedicated machinery , de-skilling and direct managerial control . |
| 23 | The Association of Blind Catholics has a lending library of books recorded on standard cassette . |
| 24 | The Association of Blind Catholics has a lending library of books recorded on standard cassette . |
| 25 | By 2031 the average number of homes passed on each year , excluding bequests to spouses , could be 343,000 — more than double the current average ( see chart ) . |
| 26 | There have been thousands of words written on recycled paper and now there will be even more as JS has launched a new range of recycled stationery . |
| 27 | Effect of loss falling on one party |
| 28 | The installation 's theme explores the relationship between creativity and evil , and concludes with a pair of collection boxes for victims of violence placed on either side of an amateur portrait made by a murderer . |
| 29 | No sooner do you suggest a trad/rap crossover record be released than Brendan Shine comes out with the biggest load of crap to fall on this earth since Bros recorded their limited edition live L.P. ‘ Live From Mars ’ . |
| 30 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |