Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the six occasions when the government 's continuation in office has depended on the votes of an opposition party , five have lasted less than 30 months . |
| 2 | David Bonser commented : ‘ The completion of construction is a tremendous team success which has built on the efforts of many people over many years . |
| 3 | Nor does she have a sense for the impact which the fact that Christ has been seen as male and as part of the Godhead has had on the relations of women and men in western culture . |
| 4 | It has played on the fears of rising crime , unsafe streets , unemployed youth , in order to develop common-sense notions of criminal justice . |
| 5 | Published today the book has arrived on the shelves of Gloucester shops . |
| 6 | Most research has focused on the effects of aerobic exercise such as running and swimming , with the conclusion that low intensity aerobic exercise during low risk pregnancy is safe . |
| 7 | Some of the fiercest controversy about the pressure on land has focused on the issues of housing and housing land shortages in the south which have accompanied the economic boom in the region and social changes leading to an increasing number of households . |
| 8 | Much recent research has focused on the degrees of co-operation and collusion between the mass media and those with the power to impress their own definitions of the world onto the practices of news organizations . |
| 9 | If a landlord has distrained on the goods of the bankrupt in the three month period before the bankruptcy order , the proceeds of that distraint are charged for the benefit of the bankrupt 's estate with the preferential debts to the extent that the estate is not sufficient to meet them ( s347(3) ) . |
| 10 | It has concentrated on the proposals of educational writers concerning approaches to inside evaluation that schools and teachers might be encouraged to adopt . |
| 11 | This chapter has concentrated on the challenges of bureau work . |
| 12 | He has concentrated on the limitations on the compensatory orders that can be sought by the S.I.B . |
| 13 | Above all , attention has concentrated on the ways in which in the course of time they managed to transform their basis of subsistence , increase and concentrate populations and by making possible a finer subdivision of labour promote advances in technology which in turn generated further cycles of progressive change . |
| 14 | Finally , the 1987 Act provides that where a minor has acquired property under a contract which is unenforceable against him , or which he has repudiated on the grounds of minority , he may be required by the court , when it thinks it ‘ just and equitable ’ to do so , to return the property , or else property representing that which he has acquired ( without prejudice to any other remedy available to the plaintiff ) . |
| 15 | A new hill painting to rival the famous White Horse on the Ridgeway has appeared on the Downs near Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | Related research in this area has focussed on the views of information systems managers only , and generally , has not taken into account the views of a range of managers . |
| 17 | Much of the critical attention paid to its implications for special education has centred on the procedures by which children can be excluded from the ‘ common entitlement ’ through the disapplications and modifications permitted by the Act ( Norwich 1989 , Tomlinson 1990 ) . |
| 18 | According to reports , the investigation has centred on the activities of the cult at an address in north London and more recently at a manor house at Lutterworth , Leics . |
| 19 | At first , it is internal , just checking to see that the code to make two and two add up to four gets the right answer , but as more flesh gets put on the bones of the program , and it begins to look more like a real product , the first of the heavy testing stages starts . |
| 20 | Well its supporters say that it 's it 's justified on the grounds of democracy . |