Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Religion tends to be based on the need of people to believe in something more important than their own trivial lives . |
| 32 | This book seems to be based on the techniques I have long suspected some producers use to keep a discussion going for the full length of a programme whether there is anything in it or not , to keep up the emotional temperature even about unexciting things , and to emit statements which are just distorted enough to get people objecting , whether they are worth objecting to or not . |
| 33 | The whole structure seemed to be based on the indifference of the majority . |
| 34 | The views of both theorists seem to be based on the distinction between a law-governed nomocratic social order and a purpose-governed teleocractic order . |
| 35 | Despite the millions of words that have been written and spoken on the subject of ‘ 1992 ’ , there still appears to be much more to be said on the subject . |
| 36 | A memorandum by Thomas Cromwell in 1533 of matters to be discussed with the King includes things to be said on the departure of the Bavarian ambassador , the interrogation of a friar named Reysbye , the treatment of certain other friars who had been in contact with Rome , the folding of cloth in the north of England , the offer made to the King by the executors of Lord Dacre of the South in an important test case , and the affairs of a reputed idiot named Ralph Francis . |
| 37 | Unfortunately the government is assuming that 's all we are doing so they 're cutting housing subsidy accordingly and we would have been left with no choice , that 's all there is to be said on the matter . |
| 38 | Similarly , if the London users want to enquire on the data , they initiate the enquiry on their local computer in the usual way , but behind the scenes the computer sends a message to its counterpart in New York asking for the data , which is then passed back across the network to be displayed on the enquirer 's screen . |
| 39 | A part of the computer generates special electronic signals which cause the characters to be displayed on the screen . |
| 40 | For people like my daughter there is also the ethical dilemma to be faced on the funding needed to support the research work . |
| 41 | In the case of CONTAINS-SOURCE-OF only , this relationship must be completed by specifying the file name into which the module is to be transferred on the user 's account , thus : IN-FILE [ file name ] where file name must have a minimum of one character in both the name and the extension , but must not exceed 64 characters , nor contain spaces . |
| 42 | In the case of CONTAINS-SOURCE-OF only , this relationship must be completed by specifying the file name into which the module is to be transferred on the user 's account , thus : IN-FILE [ file name ] |
| 43 | Not so much from the Church leaders but the silly asses who put down world-shattering questions about when the coat of arms of Gibraltar is to be carved on the stonework of Church House alongside other dioceses . |
| 44 | In this case it was a jury of 12 which , by its verdict , appeared to be commenting on the legitimacy of governmental action in attempting to mislead the Foreign Affairs Select Committee about the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the General Belgrano , an Argentinian warship , during the Falklands Campaign in 1982 . |
| 45 | The script calls for graffiti to be sprayed on the windows , a special easy-to-clean paint is used . |
| 46 | All local plans are intended to develop in detail the broad structure plan policies and indicate how they are to be applied on the ground . |
| 47 | It also gives the figures in the group p&l account as if the preference shares were to be treated on the UK basis as equity and the net dividend as a distribution of earnings . |
| 48 | Thérèse looked noble for a minute , like one of her favourite virgin martyrs about to be broken on the wheel . |
| 49 | Scotsport 's back next Sunday with the best football action from the Scottish League , plus your chance to be heard on the programme by phoning 041-332-8787 . |
| 50 | But once doubt comes to be cast on the goodness of this story , then human beings will raise questions also as to its truth . |
| 51 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 52 | Dozens of animals were so weak they had to be shot on the spot . |
| 53 | And for RSPCA inspectors , who found cattle on the farm so weak they had to be shot on the spot , it was an important victory . |
| 54 | It is possible to buy the screwed connectors to join lengths of this pipe together , but a thread needs to be cut on the pipe itself , which means having special thread-cutting equipment . |
| 55 | This ( second ) information pack contains information about the steps to be taken by foreign lawyers to be registered on the Law Society 's register of foreign lawyers , and on forming an MNP . |
| 56 | The Hubbards have access to a small garden , but they have no running hot water : all water has to be heated on the gas stove . |
| 57 | It means the total amount of the undistributed income arising under the settlement ( therefore capital gains are excluded ) but excluding any income which is deemed under the settlement provisions to be taxed on the settlor and any amount which has already been taken into account as a capital sum under the section . |
| 58 | UNION leaders called for High Street banks to be taxed on the £500 million profit they made during the sterling crisis . |
| 59 | Sir Anthony says : ‘ The Department were at fault in failing to appreciate that the instructions given to Spicers to carry out an audit of the partnership 's client accounts would not , at least as regards some important Barlow Clowes portfolios , have enabled any reassurance to be gained on the score of the concern that the partnership could not make the payments of income they had guaranteed without eroding clients ’ capital . |
| 60 | As well as lines , Sumitomo had to install filters at each end of the lines to check that traffic that ought to be kept on the LAN does not disappear on to the WAN . |