Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mats are formed by a special cutting and macerating machine which harvests the grass and presses it into a five to ten millimetre layer which is placed back on the stubble . |
| 2 | A new board is voted in on the promise that they 'll get a better deal . |
| 3 | This is carried out on a package basis . |
| 4 | Seston T O N So sea water analysis then is carried out on the water which passes through the forty five mu filter . |
| 5 | Robert Hassan inspects all returns for their validity and between them , a daily check is carried out on the adjustments of each loom . |
| 6 | But it is imperative to ensure that research is carried out on the value of screening for gestational diabetes in those hitherto neglected settings . |
| 7 | In the process an information model is built up on a computer database which is then used as a framework to explore the situation and identify problems at a number of levels ( Fig 11.1 ) . |
| 8 | It is safe to push backwards , moving down wind with the nose into wind , provided that the airbrakes are open and weight is applied down on the nose . |
| 9 | The original invented exchange is written out on the left . |
| 10 | The short list is drawn up on the advice of existing judges , seeking to establish whether the candidates combine the qualities of legal skills , status within the profession and ‘ respectability ’ . |
| 11 | From careful staging of interments for officers killed on duty to the daily parade for beat patrol , police work is played out on a stage to both internal and external audiences . |
| 12 | The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber . |
| 13 | It 's the result of a big process by individual departments , erm , it is set out on the basis of departments priorities . |
| 14 | A notional £75 million per year is shared out on the basis of a regression formula derived from a 1974 survey , which included only 75 children identified as being in need of personal social services , the dependent variable ( see Derbyshire , 1987 , for a fuller discussion ) . |
| 15 | One of them is stretched out on a banquette ; the lulling rattle of the tables is coaxing its first snore from him . |
| 16 | The body is laid out on the back with hands at the side , the eyes are closed ( coins or cotton wool on the eyelids will help ) the jaw supported by a pillow , and all the natural outlets of the body plugged with cotton wool . |
| 17 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |
| 18 | The audience influences the style by indicating the seriousness , formality , or otherwise that the publication should adopt and the first area that this affects is the way the text is laid out on the page . |
| 19 | Nothing is more frustrating than designing a pattern and taking hours to get it right only to find that , when it is knitted up on the machine , the whole thing is either squashed almost flat , or stretched lengthways so as to be almost unrecognisable as the original design , which can happen on some design systems . |
| 20 | Once again the Macintosh has the upper hand with its graphics capability but for much of this market WYSIWYG is irrelevant , the trained operator ‘ knows ’ what 's going to happen to the text when it is run out on the page printer or phototypesetter . |
| 21 | Rut this is ruled out on a number of counts . |
| 22 | The RAC is worried about a new system of fines introduced today , which is worked out on a person 's ability to pay . |
| 23 | Note that VAT ( value added tax ) is worked out on the price after discount , ie £360 - 2.5% cash discount = £351.00 |
| 24 | The amount of VAT is worked out on the price of the goods supplied by the business . |
| 25 | Once a disk is put into the disk drive ( see Figure 1.8 ) , a command is typed in on the keyboard , the microcomputer takes a copy of a particular program from the disk and puts it into its memory . |
| 26 | The curve of the top rail is masked out on a 4in board and the bandsaw table is then tilted so that the depth of cut is 135mm . |
| 27 | He really is thrown in on the form of Jokester was out of the handicap when an excellent runner-up that day , and now races off a stone lower mark . |
| 28 | For the purpose of such measurements a layer of distinctive sand is put down on the marsh and the amount of accretion after a period of years measured by cutting down to the patch of sand with a tool sharp enough not to disturb the section . |