Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] on [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre piece of the act is the onymous toad , unique among the frogs and toads because it has lost the horny pads ( the so-called nuptial pads ) that grow on the male 's hands during the breeding season and because it mates on dry land rather than in water . |
| 2 | The article was not a news report , however , but one of those background features that appear on the women 's pages of quality newspapers after some well-publicized court case . |
| 3 | The assessment was based on Neuman 's model , which examines the stresses that impinge on an individual 's equilibrium . |
| 4 | A variety of exercises that draw on the student 's own experience and creative imagination . |
| 5 | that tremble on the mower 's stethoscope . |
| 6 | Judge Byron Robb chose it to rule that work on the cult 's nuclear bunkers in Montana had to stop , after their fuel oil tanks were found to be leaking . |
| 7 | Lord Forte will become president and remain on the group 's board . |
| 8 | Irrationally , as a man about to be beheaded notices every scratch and stain on the executioner 's block , Rincewind saw that they had overlarge tails that were bluish-white and , he realised , throbbing alarmingly . |
| 9 | It would recognise the kind of behaviour pattern being presented , and build on the carer 's experience of the best way of coping . |
| 10 | When Charlie returned , he instructed Pet , ‘ Run over the road and knock on the McDougalls ' door . |
| 11 | Before any system redesign is undertaken , we must first of all address the conceptual issues common to the different IR systems and focus on the user 's information needs and searching behaviour . |
| 12 | Ever since the Marquis of Mantua failed to defeat the French at Fornovo in the 1490s ( a period which must have been almost as barbaric and unpleasant as the 1980s ) , this sunsoaked land has had to endure invasion and rely on the assassin 's knife or the patriot 's bullet to even the score . |
| 13 | For these reasons alone many surveyors decide not to send letters in advance and rely on the interviewers ' skills in being able to explain to people on their doorsteps what the survey is about and why they should help with it . |
| 14 | Lorton saw the mixture of embarrassment and doubt on the woman 's fat , powdered face . |
| 15 | Discover the old , new and futuristic faces of Acapulco , including the famous cliff divers of la Quebrada , or wine and dine on the world 's largest catamaran while taking in the magnificent views of Acapulco by night . |