Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychologists theorizing about animal Umwelten need to ask what such inferences might be , what is the perceptual evidence in which the animal 's concepts are anchored , and what are the motor activities which test for them or which are carried out on the basis of conditional tests defined in terms of them . |
| 2 | Using a word processor , all corrections are carried out on the screen before a document is printed . |
| 3 | For each , engineering geology maps of the solid and superficial deposits are prepared on which materials are grouped together on the basis of their engineering characteristics . |
| 4 | They are done weekly on the radio in the lunch hour , and people listen to them in factories by the million . |
| 5 | Operation ‘ Winch ’ , ' 3 April 1941. the first Hurricane IIA aircraft to be delivered to Malta are seen here on the dock of H.M.S. Ark Royal' . |
| 6 | Subsidies are granted only on the agreement that a set percentage of any budget must be spent in Hamburg . |
| 7 | The followers or ‘ administrative staff are selected not on the basis of status or qualification , but according to personal devotion . |
| 8 | Thieblot and Haggard emphasise that these observations are made only on the basis of ‘ preliminary analysis ’ and do not offer any empirical validation . |
| 9 | You 're needed urgently on the crew deck . |
| 10 | That 's why you 're tied up on the floor and I 'm aiming a gun at you . ’ |
| 11 | The procedures of the 1981 Act ensure that statements are drawn up on the basis of the pupil 's individual needs , but with the general aim of ensuring , as far as possible , an education comparable with that of the pupil 's age group in the mainstream . |
| 12 | Howard sits up front with a shotgun grazing his earlobe , whilst Miki , Emma , Chris and myself are squashed in on the back seat , staring through the grating at the road ahead . |
| 13 | The steering wheels are mounted directly on the trailer . |
| 14 | And the more poor little Britain takes a battering , the more bombs that are called down on the wreck of London , the sooner it will be . |
| 15 | The chosen one then becomes the parent of the next generation , and a litter of its mutant children are displayed simultaneously on the screen . |
| 16 | Decompression times are scrolled through on the display for repetitive dive planning . |
| 17 | BC rental cars , the largest in Spain , are based right on the port and offer good rates to Astbury clients . |
| 18 | Potten et al are the first to point out that their findings are based entirely on the study of patients with colorectal cancer and , although the specimens used were taken at least 5 cm from the primary carcinoma and did not show any unusual histological features , there may be differences with respect to the colonic mucosa of patients without carcinoma . |
| 19 | Friedman 's views are based essentially on the quantity theory relationship and depend crucially on statistical evidence which purports to show that velocity is relatively stable and predictable especially over long time periods . |
| 20 | The following criticisms are based solely on the applicability of the ANLT to the process of script recognition with no attempts to extend the grammar for any particular domain . |
| 21 | The problem is that there is no satisfactory way of drawing a line between decisions of corporate managers which ought to be respected because they are based solely on the expertise of the directors and those which should be challenged as based on personal considerations or other non-corporate purposes . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman 's complaints are based solely on the fact that the total number of staff in the inspectorate are to be reduced . |
| 23 | Microtrichia are found indiscriminately on the wing-membrane and veins alike . |
| 24 | Some of the earliest material ( i.e. object-types which are found both on the Continent and in England ) was dated by reference to the historical sources : ‘ the oldest brooches belong to the time of the invasion ’ ( 156 ) . |
| 25 | Staff are hired more on the basis of travel experience than button pushing . |
| 26 | The terms and conditions of the policy are set out on the Certificate of Insurance . |
| 27 | " The way the pots are laid out on the floor upside down , all showing the marks . |
| 28 | Incidentally , although some models have view-finders which are adjustable to suit either right-eye or left-eye viewing , camcorder design on the whole favours right-handed people in the way that the controls are laid out on the body . |
| 29 | The long metal tubes , detonators , detonating cord and homemade explosives are laid out on the ground , whilst the Police and the host of other interested parties take photographs . |
| 30 | ‘ Aye , Ah 'm booked out on the flight to Lima in the mornin' . ’ |