Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adjudication officers are expected to rely on reported decisions as far as possible . |
| 2 | Erm been tending to concentrate on specific things which you know stand a good chance of being on the paper , and even if they 're not will help you with others . |
| 3 | The defence that an " offer of amends " had been made failed on two counts : it had not been made " as soon as practicable " ( seven weeks had elapsed since publication ) and " reasonable care " had not been exercised , because a check with current stage directories would have revealed that the name chosen for the fictitious actress was the same as that used by a leading West End lady . |
| 4 | The Ministry of Information said on March 12 that fisheries patrol boats had been instructed to fire on foreign vessels fishing illegally inside the country 's 200-mile exclusive economic zone . |
| 5 | She said we 're going to decorate on those days . |
| 6 | But there 's better news for Oxford fans … the club are in line for a windfall of three hundred thousand pounds which they 're going to spend on new players … |
| 7 | The decision was I am told based on clinical grounds because of the unproven nature of the treatment . |
| 8 | But here again the knowledge is so practical , so much preconditioned by behaviour , that it can be taught and is taught mainly by doing what they are told to do on particular occasions and by not being allowed to do or to touch certain things that are always within their experience . |
| 9 | She is often shown with doves perching on her ; sometimes birds are shown perched on sacral horns or on a double-axe , as if to suggest the invisible presence of the goddess . |
| 10 | The limits and possibilities of such bargaining are shown to depend on complex interactions between the actors ' strategies . |
| 11 | In the upper gallery local community groups are invited to exhibit on local issues — current exhibition is ‘ Blocked up in Wantage ’ — the story of the town 's sewers . |
| 12 | Chef Robert Kranenborg has a Chef 's Table in the kitchen , where a small number of guests are invited to dine on special occasions to watch the brigade at work . |
| 13 | In Britain , there are two principal alternatives that have been proved to work on many occasions . |
| 14 | However , I would point out in the passing , and apropos of nothing , that mass murderers have been known to dote on tiny tots . ’ |
| 15 | This may have partly contributed to the next important influence which has been brought to bear on hearing children read — the move towards parental involvement . |
| 16 | The specialist brochures should be designed to elaborate on particular features for particular consumer groups , and may contain more diagrammatic and other illustrative material to do this . |
| 17 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 18 | Roads inside the course are designated as ambulance routes , and no unauthorised vehicles will be permitted to wait on these carriageways . |
| 19 | Repeated distribution efforts will be made based on other members ' list and companies like Hyundai will be bundling it with every system . |
| 20 | It can be made to depend on several contexts , not just one . ) |
| 21 | They could often be seen leaning on farm-yard gates , chewing on straws and marvelling at Noddy 's turn of speed as he roared by in the slipstream of anything from a milk marketing board tanker to a Maserati ! |
| 22 | I have been asked by your Committee to tell you something of Professor Cizek and his School of Arts and Crafts for children in Vienna , reproductions of whose work can be seen exhibited on these walls . |
| 23 | Again , I do not believe that enough of the electorate can be persuaded to act on these grounds alone . |
| 24 | well I do think I have , I have those points , erm , I do n't want to stop you Mr er , and I do repeat I 'm going to , I 'm going to rule on these matters and both parties have er , erm , will have certainly have full liberty to come back and , and deal with them , I just wanted to know in outline the present parties er to the future of these proceedings |
| 25 | What can be provided depends on many constraints , such as money , fuel and land . |
| 26 | The Research Group has identified more than 130 academic staff across almost all Faculties whose current research extends to a greater or lesser degree to environmental issues ; and many more have expertise which could be brought to bear on environmental problems . |
| 27 | At this stage , therefore , we shall say nothing about the range of theories which can be brought to bear on international relations , if one believes in working from the inside in pursuit of understanding . |
| 28 | At this point students should be asked to comment on these results and on the advantages of CVP analysis with reference to this problem . |
| 29 | At many sheltered sites on the West Coast of Scotland , N. lapillus may be observed feeding on 5. balanoides settled on the shells of large mussels without ever attacking the bivalves at all . |
| 30 | So some banks will be forced to rely on retained earnings for shoring up their capital-adequacy ratios — unless they are ready to put up with a much slower growth in assets ( which few seem prepared to do ) . |