Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been enormous economic advances , which had been possible only on a basis of mutual assistance . |
| 2 | This provided a richer and more varied diet and a grander life style for those in the middle and upper ranks of society than would have been possible if they had been dependent only on the products of a self-contained peasant economy . |
| 3 | The dishes get rather confused when they 're all together on the table , ’ she added , trying to put things right . |
| 4 | Hysen , Thern , Ekstrom and Magnusson give the side a strong backbone , but they are suspect defensively on the flanks . |
| 5 | Acceptance of these presuppositions would seem to be possible only on the basis of faith , and this point is made by Gandhi when he says |
| 6 | If that were so , one accused might be guilty on the basis of concert but the other could be guilty also on the basis only of his own actings . |
| 7 | They will be very serviceable , and needs must bring their tools with them insofar as these be scant indeed on the island . |
| 8 | They are not considered to be non-viable either on the grounds of their isolation and remoteness from the communities they serve , or on the grounds that they are physically falling into a state of dilapidation . |
| 9 | Instead the widow 's pension or widowed mother 's allowance will be payable immediately on the husband 's death . |
| 10 | Tickets are likely to be available only on the day . |
| 11 | When things would be quieter maybe on the farm . |
| 12 | Now the question is whether enough members of the Knesset are keen enough on the peace talks to support a government led by Mr Peres . |
| 13 | In the semantic analogues to these continua , two readings which are close together on the continuum can be coordinated without zeugmatic incompatibility ( this is the semantic parallel to mutual intelligibility and interbreeding ) , whereas readings which are far apart are incompatible . |
| 14 | Following trade representations , Customs have now decided that there is little practical difference between the schemes and will accept that output tax is due only on the payment from the employee and any third party . |
| 15 | If it is due only on the trustee 's death , a bonorum emptor is allowed to take possession and enjoy the profits of the trust property during the lifetime of the trustee ( and debtor ) . |
| 16 | Is that like on the board , talking , when you 're talking it 's really rude . |
| 17 | It 's acceptable enough on the wound strings , but the unwound B and E sound distinctly sharp , and combining low open strings with high chords above the octave is an inadvisable move . |
| 18 | Since each inter-probe distance need be calculated only once the execution time is dependent primarily on the number of probes , not the number of clones . |
| 19 | Whether " convergence " or " divergence " takes place is dependent mainly on the relationship between the participants in the encounter , including factors such as the setting ( institutional or informal ) , relative status , prior acquaintance , etc . |
| 20 | The velocity induced by arrows is dependent mainly on the angle of juncture ; there are fast arrows and slow arrows . |
| 21 | AJR procedure incorporates certain procedural protections for public bodies and the rule that a claimant asserting public law interests can only use AJR procedure puts him at a disadvantage which is justifiable only on the assumption that public law interests do not matter as much as private law rights and , therefore , do not deserve as much legal protection . |
| 22 | Clarification was also given in relation to sub-sale arrangements where A sells land to B who in turn sells it to C with the transfer of title being completed by a single conveyance from A to C. The Stamp Office confirmed that where s 58(4) , Stamp Act 1891 applies , such that duty is payable only on the consideration paid by C , only that amount will be VAT-inclusive . |
| 23 | There is a passage in Wittgenstein 's Philosophical Investigations in which he compares an answer that may be given to a philosophical question about someone else 's pain with an answer that may be given to a question about the meaning of ‘ It is 5 o'clock on the sun ’ . |
| 24 | This is logical also on the grounds that the remedies were proved as the single remedy and not as mixtures , and mixtures of remedies may have effects which are different from those of their component parts . |
| 25 | It 's 3 am on a Sunday morning , there 's a party going on and there are complaints about too much noise . |
| 26 | Well you have n't even got that cos the sailing 's ten o'clock on the Sunday morning . |
| 27 | Earth Dances is stunning simply on the level of virtuosic deployment of a large orchestra . |
| 28 | Hereabouts the native bedrock of much of Sutherland is evident everywhere on the hillsides and bordering the roads , appearing as outcrops and in patches , pale in colour . |
| 29 | It is available now on the HP 9000 . |
| 30 | Section 24(3) provides a defence which is available only on a charge under section 1(1) ( b ) of the Act . |