Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb pp] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to date this exciting new technology has only adopted on a voluntary basis . |
| 2 | At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass . |
| 3 | Use has thus evolved on a pragmatic basis : casual observation by the author showed that vehicles rarely crossed the junction at more than 15 km/h ; that they gave way to walkers and cyclists in nearly every case ( Figure 6.15 ) and indeed that some pedestrians failed even to bother to look for traffic before crossing . |
| 4 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 5 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 6 | It has not listened on a whole series of points , even though I am very grateful that amendments have been agreed to in the course of our debate this evening . |
| 7 | The Centre of African Studies in Edinburgh has always maintained a focus on the whole of Africa , and has not concentrated on a particular region — such as West or Southern . |
| 8 | In contrast with most other studies on exfoliative cytology for bile duct strictures this study has not focused on a particular primary site of tumour but rather the overall use of cytology with biliary strictures . |
| 9 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |
| 10 | The first stage of a 60,000-hectare ( 150,000-acre ) industrial park , in which the Indonesian government has invested $570m , has just opened on the Indonesian island of Batam . |
| 11 | The faculty has lately embarked on an exciting programme of research in a large urban community near the medical school , with most of the projects being pioneered and conducted by the students themselves . |
| 12 | ‘ Accordingly , the effect of the report is to confirm the conclusions the board has already reached on the financial effects of the fraud on Ferranti International . ’ |
| 13 | Fortunately , considerable high-quality work has already begun on the legal , political and institutional aspects of global environmental change ( see , for instance , Nitze 1990 ) . |
| 14 | Work has already started on a new 14 acre ferry terminal costing £7 million . |
| 15 | A consensus has gradually evolved on the optimum methods of both basic and advanced cardiac life support . |
| 16 | Her prose has always relied on a certain musicality and lyricism to seduce and keep us spellbound . |
| 17 | Both may eventually wish to remarry , but the Queen has always insisted on a cooling-off period of at least two years before the start of divorce proceedings . |
| 18 | The powerful contribution of Christian socialists in all the denominations of the Church has always focused on the moral purpose of political action . |
| 19 | AI has repeatedly called on the Bahraini Government to ratify and implement international human rights treaties as a matter of urgency . |
| 20 | Together with the Commonwealth Secretariat , it has also called on the Guyanese government to grant local Indian tribes legal rights to hunt and gather in the reserve , as well as intellectual property rights over genetic materials found in the forest . |
| 21 | Since the 1950s laboratory and field research has also focused on the genetic manipulation of insects ( genetic control ) so as to render them sterile , partially sterile , more susceptible to conventional methods of control , or harmless to man . |
| 22 | Financial accounting has traditionally focused on the historical , stewardship aspects of external reporting , whereas management accounting involves the preparation , interpretation and communication of information to assist executives in fulfilling organizational objectives . |
| 23 | The jinx has often centred on the simple art of mixing concrete . |
| 24 | The company , which entertained the Princess of Wales at Covent Garden last night , has now decided on a cumbersome compromise : the Kirov Opera and Ballet of the Maryinski Theatre . |
| 25 | The surplus has now risen on a year-on-year basis for 11 months in a row . |
| 26 | £300,000 has already been raised , and work has now started on the new Centre . |
| 27 | This soft-left grouping has now re-emerged on the national executive , with David Blunkett as its standard-bearer . |
| 28 | This theme has run through white papers ( HMSO , 1985 ; 1986a ) , statements from central-government ministers ( Rumbold , 1986 ) , and has increasingly impinged on the urban debate . |
| 29 | I must begin by rejecting a notion that is circulating at the moment that Christianity has only recently discovered the importance of green issues and has simply jumped on a topical band-wagon . |
| 30 | There is no general evidence as yet to link second home ownership with house price increases ( de Vane 1975 ) , but in local instances this has undoubtedly happened on a property-for-property basis , and it is easy to be convinced that dire housing consequences can come about for the ‘ traditional ’ rural population . |