Example sentences of "[conj] be [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | .. Try it out when you leave here , try it out in the meetings and the presentations that you have to make I encourage you to do that , to try it out in your day to day working and for those people who have either already been on this course or are coming on this course after you that you meet encourage them to do the same , because there 's nothing like encouragement and feedback from each other to be able to use these new ideas . |
| 2 | Panels of reflective foil fitted behind radiators that are mounted on external walls will reflect back heat which would otherwise be lost through the masonry to the outside air . |
| 3 | The back feet and diagonal members have these compound curves , produced by making jig templates that are secured on both sides of the component and guided by corresponding bearing that sit on top and below the cutter block . |
| 4 | Any aggressive actions against the USSR , the Soviet Government promised , would meet ‘ a retaliatory blow at the aggressor , including the bases of the aggressor that are situated on foreign soil ’ . |
| 5 | There is a feeling that they need to develop educational approaches that are based on indigenous conceptions of social service rather than Western urban industrial models and that they should be seeking ways of maximizing the contribution of front-line personnel , either through the direct provision of training or by teaching their graduates how to train and make optimum use of front-line workers ( University Grants Commission , 1980 ; Siddiqui , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | Paid political advertising on television is not allowed : each party is allocated a set number of 10-minute party political broadcasts that are transmitted on all television channels . |
| 7 | Where the tucks occur , the stitches that are knitting on each side are pulled upwards , out of shape . |
| 8 | Both Labov and Bernstein , quite rightly , question the appropriateness of the language demands that are made on such children in the schools they attend . |
| 9 | However , this is offset by the demands that are made on spatial analysis and modelling methodology . |
| 10 | The woody floras of those forests that are surrounded on all sides by arid woodlands consist of species with wide neotropical distributions and many of them are found elsewhere in a wide range of habitats while few are restricted to montane forest . |
| 11 | At present , Wales has rates that are structured on rateable values that were worked out in 1973 . |
| 12 | One of the benefits of being at a university is the range of lectures that are put on each week on topics ranging from Chinese ceramics to nuclear power stations . |
| 13 | If George wins , erm a lot of artists are gon na be looking at their contracts and erm those that are signed on similar terms will no doubt want to er er renegotiate . |
| 14 | The Germans have had to accept some unpleasant facts such as French posession of nuclear weapons that are stationed on German frontiers as if their main purpose was to prevent a repeat of 1870 , 1914 , and 1940 . |
| 15 | Darwin 's theory threw the relationship between the organism and its environment into a new light by stressing the pressures that were exerted on any population by limitations of resources . |
| 16 | She had seen the jobs that were done on other people 's houses . |
| 17 | They had found a patch of clean sand half-shaded by the rocks that were heaped on one side of the little cove . |
| 18 | Now that I have time again I shall also be able to finish off the other articles that were put on one side during the museum work . |
| 19 | Indeed , much of the backlash against desktop publishing has come from these quarters rather than being based on serious evaluation of the technology and its strengths and weaknesses . |
| 20 | Alongside this there may be another internal voice that is piling on further self-criticism for being so feeble , for having lost touch with friends , for being an outcast , or whatever . |
| 21 | The Tax Faculty believes that an employer should be able to negotiate a settlement that is binding on both departments . |
| 22 | Parliament must be well aware of the great burden that is imposed on senior ministers , who not only take charge of their departments but also speak for them in Parliament , attend meetings of the Cabinet and its committees , and see to their constituency affairs if they are members of the House of Commons . |
| 23 | ( Indeed , underreporting of cases may be a reason for the relatively low rural miscarriage ratio in Table 12 , which is lower than the ratio of the " other urban " places , while the still birth ratio that is based on complete registration of late fetal deaths was on the same level — 7.5 per 1,000 live births — in both rural and " other urban " areas . ) . |
| 24 | Even so , for both individuals and business , the best recovery hope is the one that is based on lower interest rates . |
| 25 | While there is , as you may know , considerable variation and disagreement among sociologists , they are united in the conviction that argument that is based on sound evidence is superior to argument based on false evidence , limited evidence , or no evidence . |
| 26 | There is , in this city , a pool of expertise that is built on local provision , provided by local people , Solicitors , Law Centre and others . |
| 27 | Yes sure , the card itself er is authorisation that is signed by er an officer of at least the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and er it 's a firearms authorisation that enables us or as an individual , to be issued with a firearm that is named on this card , er for that particular type of weapon er if if we go to a firearms operation . |
| 28 | One use for an optical aid for pupils with tunnel vision that is designed on this principle is for mobility since it helps to increase the extent of the visual panorama . |
| 29 | The prospects for establishing bad faith are very limited however , given that virtually any policy that is premised on increasing profits but which will be damaging to employees , such as a plant closure , can be portrayed as being beneficial to the employees in general , for example by making other jobs in the company more secure , thus supporting the claim that employee interests have been sufficiently considered . |
| 30 | Sir if I could complete the er arithmetic , I think it would be helpful , if you were to look again at the single page note that was handed on this morning . |