Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MIT authors concluded that the Japanese had established world best practice , not simply in terms of more automation , but more critically in terms of combining design and production approaches in an integrated system that is highly dependent on the contributions from a skilled , flexible and motivated workforce . |
| 2 | My Lord Mayor , I must confess to being quite surprised by the incredible naivety and complete lack of understanding that 's obviously rampant on the benches opposite with most of the items we 've dealt with today . |
| 3 | If Simple Minds stopped being valid and visionary after the ‘ New Gold Dream ’ LP , as the critical consensus goes , how come ‘ Let There Be Love ’ is so slinky on the verses ( before bombastic choruses ) and how come ‘ Belfast Child ’ is so heartfelt ( fartfelt , more like — LPs Ed ) ? |
| 4 | However , whichever approach is applied , it is quite clear that whether severance is available is entirely dependent on the facts of the case . |
| 5 | But he 's so confident on the greens that the rest of his game does n't seem to matter and , of course , as Willie Park said , ‘ the man who can putt … ’ ‘ |
| 6 | The development of the rural environment is critically dependant on the responses of farmers to both market and policy signals . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) It is not certain on the facts of Dudley and Stephens that the two defendants would have died had they not killed the boy . |
| 8 | Yeah but I mean it 's not fair on him and it 's not fair on the teachers because they have to keep rushing around wiping his nose and everything |
| 9 | ‘ That 's not fair on the players and it 's not fair on the fans . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's not fair on the players and it 's not fair on the fans . |
| 11 | You know I 've always believed that people from different backgrounds should n't mix , it 's not fair on the children . |
| 12 | For example the Philippines eagle is totally dependent on the rainforests , it nests in ferns growing on tall trees and feeds on flying lemurs , large snakes , hornbills , civets and monkeys . |
| 13 | Both may be guessing , although the Encomiast is reasonably well-informed on the campaigns late in Æthelred II's reign , and William 's report of mixed methods need not be far wrong , even if it is a guess ; the armies which troubled England over the long period between c.985 and 1016 do often seem to have comprised the warbands of a number of men , are unlikely to have been organised and commanded solely by Danish kings , did not consist entirely of Danes , and frequently appear to have been motivated mainly by a desire for booty . |
| 14 | ‘ It is reasonably clear on the authorities that where a statutory tribunal has been set up to decide final questions affecting parties ' rights and duties , if the statute is silent upon the question , the courts will imply into the statutory provision a rule that the principles of natural justice should be applied . |
| 15 | The author is numbingly good on the effects of Arctic weather : ‘ as it left his lips , his breath crystallized , glittered and snowed . ’ |
| 16 | Handy ( 1985 ) explores the concept of organisation culture in detail and is also good on the workings of groups . |
| 17 | The whole thing takes around 12 days to complete and takes in all the best Lakeland peaks , but the beauty of it is that it can be divided into any number of day sections and there 's always a lowland alternative route in case the weather is really awful on the tops . |
| 18 | And he said this and he was n't I mean particularly , he said oh she 's just , you know she , she 's like sailed through Haileybury , she gets out of everything , she , he , he 's really keen on the sports side of things here so I do n't know why he got so het up about it but he said it really er pissed him off the way she erm |
| 19 | It is often cold on the moors behind Haworth , and the winds blow all winter . |
| 20 | Patrick Marnham , though a diligent chronicler of the events of Simenon 's life , is equally soft on the books and the man ; the biography might have been written by Inspector Maigret himself , with his motto of ‘ understand , and do not judge ’ as its guiding principle . |
| 21 | Foster 's review is particularly good on the deficiencies of theorizations which fail to provide us with : |
| 22 | He goes there talking about paper sovereignty , when the country 's real sovereignty is increasingly dependent on the actions of our European Community partners . |
| 23 | She is quite keen on a tenants ' association . |
| 24 | Hence the Ath.Pol. 's statement that Themistokles helped Ephialtes overthrow the Areopagus , which is crudely impossible on the dates , may not be completely valueless . |
| 25 | The hon. Member for Peckham ( Ms. Harman ) is completely wrong on the facts . |
| 26 | More generally , he gives a lengthy defence and articulation of the idea that knowledge is ultimately dependent on the senses . |
| 27 | Sunshine on snow affects all shooters whatever position they take up , because the sun and snow together produce glare and this is very trying on the eyes — especially at ground level . |
| 28 | Goodness me , deceit is very wearing on the nerves . |
| 29 | He is very thorough on the tactics and wo n't miss a thing . |
| 30 | Law 20 is very clear on the actions of the front row in a scrummage . |