Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gravitational force dominates our Universe on the large scale , binding matter into stars , stars into galaxies , and galaxies into clusters of galaxies . |
| 2 | Spiral cleavage focuses our attention on the role of cell lineage in specifying pattern . |
| 3 | The research continues our work on the development of the LBS model of the UK Economy . |
| 4 | The Queen takes her seat on the River Bus . |
| 5 | SUN INAUGURATES ITS MULTIPROCESSING ON THE DESKTOP CAMPAIGN WITH NEW LINE , CUTS SPARCSTATION 10 TAGS |
| 6 | The sun puts its colour on the curtains |
| 7 | In the discussion document , the committee gives its opinion on the extent to which the provision of these reassurances is the responsibility of boards of directors , the extent to which it is the responsibility of external auditors and the extent to which these reassurances can not be provided by either boards of directors or external auditors . |
| 8 | 2 The striker concentrates his attention on the boards . |
| 9 | 5 Now think about what actually happens as your group starts its life on the island sometimes things go well ; sometimes not so well . |
| 10 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 11 | The subroutine call instruction places its address on the SJNS ( pushing down all earlier entries ) and jumps to the specified store address . |
| 12 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend give us any estimate of the time that will elapse before the European Court gives its judgment on the matter ? |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ we 'll just have to get to the house and start proving that this particular astrologer has her finger on the button , wo n't we ? ’ |
| 14 | Egypt and Syria attack Israeli positions but Israel 's victory strengthens its hold on the Sinai and the Golan Heights . |
| 15 | BRITAIN 'S Nuclear Installations Inspectorate , which is responsible for ensuring the safety of nuclear power , this week puts its credibility on the line at the public inquiry into the Sizewell B reactor . |
| 16 | A married 39-year-old manager gives his opinion on the importance of the second attraction on the list : ‘ Face is important . |
| 17 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 18 | In order to deal with the problem of means , the government says , we provide housing benefits and the subsidy , this is the government speaking , the subsidy goes into the demand , it goes into benefit there 'll be no subsidy left if the government has its way on the supply side . |
| 19 | This approach concentrates its attention on the behaviour of bureaucrats as maximizers of budgets or staff and seeks to identify ways in which that behaviour can be modified by changing the context of their decision-making . |
| 20 | Lorne excuses his monocle on the grounds that , being astigmatic in one eye and myopic in the other , he needs but one lens to neutralize the problem and that one lens is harder to break than glasses and it is easier to carry spares . |
| 21 | The process of gestation has its parallel on the psychological level . |
| 22 | Leapor focuses her description on the labourers ' experience of the environment : |
| 23 | The health committee 's report last week on community care puts its finger on the problem when it points to a ‘ paradox ’ or ‘ tension ’ in government policy over assessments of need and cash limits . |
| 24 | Her thesis has its gaze on the exact detail of the exchange of cattle , goats , blankets , gourds and snuff , and it tries to establish by the comparative method that these customs are part of universal human practice . |
| 25 | However , the company has its eye on the estimated 200 000 American children with ‘ normal variant short stature ’ , who produce growth hormone but apparently lack sufficient receptors to put it to work . |
| 26 | Halfway through , the film loses its grip on the day-to-day reality in Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | We are not proposing a theory of how a typical member generates his performance on the basis of this knowledge . |
| 28 | Skylarks : The skylark builds its nest on the ground in fields and on moors , marshes and downs . |
| 29 | In job creation terms its return on the £170 million so far invested has been small . |
| 30 | This supposition has the form of a ‘ regulative hope ’ — both are adopted on the same basis that a card player bases his play on the hope of an improbable distribution of the cards if no other possible distribution gives him any chance of winning at all . |