Example sentences of "[is] [verb] on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normal corporate tax rate is 31% and personal tax is calculated on a sliding scale , reaching a maximum of 30% for a taxable income of S$800,000 a year . |
| 2 | Unemployment Benefit is calculated on a daily basis , so that each day on which an Unemployment Benefit recipient works is a day for which he is not entitled to claim any benefit . |
| 3 | Supplementary Benefit is calculated on a weekly basis and is reduced by the equivalent of any earnings in the week that are in excess of £4 . |
| 4 | Multilateralism is the opposite of bilateralism under which a country 's trade and investment is arranged on a reciprocal basis with specific partners . |
| 5 | The plate is placed on a hot plate and the printing ink is forced into the marks bitten by the acid into the surface of the metal , the ink is cleaned , wiped off the areas where no marks have been etched by using pads of muslin . |
| 6 | When we arrive at the spot the cassette is placed on a flat stone and the boys , all high from après-school , gather round , their bright , smiling faces meaning mischief to us both . |
| 7 | The particle is placed on a flat surface and the length of the intermediate axis , 1 , is determined as the shortest visible diameter . |
| 8 | During point counting , the thin section is placed on a mechanical stage screwed to the rotating stage of the microscope , which is then clamped . |
| 9 | The Broadcasting Standards Council is placed on a statutory footing , and will draw up a code ‘ giving guidance ’ on violence , sex and ‘ standards of taste and decency ’ . |
| 10 | The emphasis then is placed on a responsive state , interpreting change in terms of majority preferences . |
| 11 | If a container of mixed aggregate , from broken flintstone and river ballast to fine sand , is placed on a vibrating table , the mixture separates out into sedimentary layers . |
| 12 | Bogdan still receives physiotherapy and is checked on a regular basis by Fred Nath at Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 13 | Has the Secretary of State read the last sentence of the Cardiff Business school report , which states : " If as we are led to believe , Wales is drawing on a new era , nobody has informed Mountain Ash about it . " ? |
| 14 | Your equipment is registered on a national database , with details available to 51 police forces and over 500 used equipment dealers across the country . |
| 15 | The road continues to Caniço ( 9km ) which is situated on a small plateau some 229m above sea-level . |
| 16 | The road heads north-west following the coast of Loch Torridon and passing occasional habitations and the village of Kenmore ; this is situated on a pleasant bay where there is another fish hatchery . |
| 17 | Amis 's opinion is formed on a small sample of Leapor 's work . |
| 18 | The resort is formed on a large bay , with a lakeside promenade which has a good selection of pavement cafes and bars . |
| 19 | Alternatively , they could seek to arrange their affairs so that part of their income is received on a self-employed basis , rather than being treated as overtime . |
| 20 | reduction is given on a reducing basis . |
| 21 | The award is given on a regional basis and sixty five year old Kenneth 's name now goes forward for consideration at national level . |
| 22 | In particular , where information of commercial or industrial value is given on a business-like basis and with some avowed common objective in mind … |
| 23 | They had spent two nights in bed-and-breakfast accommodation before taking a month 's let on a furnished flat close to Clapham Junction mainline railway station . |
| 24 | The problem is blamed on a sudden rise in emergency admissions . |
| 25 | The first part is organised on a non-time-related basis , the second part is basically time-related in that the principle for determining the content of any subsequent sentence is " what does the nervous impulse do next ? " |
| 26 | The link scheme is organised on a five-yearly basis with a total Government budget of £210 million . |
| 27 | Now it 's been so successful , it 's opening on a permanent basis . |
| 28 | This is located on a permanent-memory chip , which can neither be added to , or altered , by an operator , nor erased when the machine is switched off . |
| 29 | Iceland , on the other hand , is located on a mid-oceanic ridge and consequently has not moved significantly with respect to its hot spot since the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean over 50 Ma BP . |
| 30 | This is located on a temporary-memory chip for storing information supplied to the machine by the user . |