Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applications for grant are assessed on the basis of : — |
| 2 | An executive President is elected every five years , as is a unicameral National Congress with 116 members , 87 of whom are directly elected ; the remainder are elected on the basis of proportional representation . |
| 3 | As we shall see , many but not all liberal theories of political freedom are based on the endorsement of one or another of several principles of restraint , of which the principle of neutrality is one . |
| 4 | The reason many copies of any one fragment of text are found on a disc is that if , like all my chapters , the text has been edited and re-edited many dozens of times , each edit will result in a new saving to the disc of ( almost ) the same text . |
| 5 | Too late , we realised that we were breaking a taboo of British publishing : never before ( it was thought ) had a penis of any kind been printed on the cover of a mainstream magazine . |
| 6 | The moment I throttled back below 1800 rpm ( the throttle and advance/retard are interconnected on the JAP ) the ‘ fun ’ started . |
| 7 | Language exercises in the second part are based on the film and commentary , with particular attention to the formation and use of tenses . |
| 8 | West Germany 's support in 1952 and 1953 for the Political Community had in part been predicated on the idea that it could resolve the Saar issue : the territory was due to become a separate ‘ European ’ area . |
| 9 | For information , the delivery and collection times for each building are published on the side of all post racks . |
| 10 | It would be interesting to know whether humans with hippocampal damage are impaired on the equivalent of a radial arm maze . |
| 11 | All of these methods of teaching are based on the understanding that , in addition to being given information , young people need the opportunity to discover it for themselves . |
| 12 | Most scientists believe the infill to be lava , and though there are no features yet seen on the Moon that are definitely volcanic , floods of lava from fissures that are buried beneath their own lava are known on the Earth and could account for the mare infill on the Moon . |
| 13 | As soon as the weather worsens , sand and gravel are strewn on every step . ’ |
| 14 | In general , foreign service premia are based on a percentage of salary , usually around 10 to 15 per cent , and are paid throughout the period of the assignment . |
| 15 | 4.2 The terms of Emancipation are proclaimed on an estate in Moscow province in 1861 . |
| 16 | In his approach , selection of neighbourhoods from a lexicon for search are made on the basis of gross visual similarity . |
| 17 | When the patient lies on his back on the plinth , his head , shoulders and trunk are supported on a wedge cushion . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , both the escapement and the check of the Kober instrument are mounted on the key , and the hammer is independent of the key , mounted in a hammer rail . |
| 19 | This is because both the check and the hammer are mounted on the key , so they can not be brought closer to each other by the rotation of the key . |
| 20 | In the field of musical scholarship , the PhD and MPhil are offered on the basis of research theses of the usual type . |
| 21 | Whenever possible laser and radiotherapy were performed on an outpatient basis although many patients came from long distances so radiotherapy had to be given as an inpatient . |
| 22 | The two suites of coal samples chosen for this study were selected on the basis of their maceral analysis and maturity . |
| 23 | Mr McCallum continued that the decisions made by the Social Work Department were made on the basis of confidential information , and should that department reply to the Action Committee , he said , they might divulge information which should nut be revealed at that time . |
| 24 | Two rather pudding-faced little girls in a limousine were succeeded on the screen by a smiling George VI and Roosevelt , with wives , at the Roosevelt country estate . |
| 25 | One of the results of an active media relations service is likely to be requests for spokesmen for radio and television programmes , and special events and launches could lead to live coverage or even to a programme being made on the subject . |
| 26 | Fergus Pyle saw a Young Socialist being hit on the head by a baton and a ‘ girl in a mini skirt carrying the Plough and Stars [ flag ] wrestling with a constable , and a few men grabbing and fighting with policemen ’ . |
| 27 | The US state department has called on Cuba to co-operate with the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) to ensure safe construction and operation of a nuclear-power complex being built on the island near Cienfuegos . |
| 28 | The computer , keyboard and monitor were placed on a table outside the growth room and measurements were recorded regularly . |
| 29 | We do n't think we do n't think that the citizens of are doing cartwheels at sixty four thousand pound being spent on a benefit bus to tour round this district and certainly if the festival organisers two years ago could commit themselves to breaking even within two years and were happy with that , why have we spent two hundred and forty thousand pound on a festival in when that money , and that 's four hundred thousand pounds worth of money , could have been spent on the salaries and training of our officers who work in children 's homes . |
| 30 | Religion is based on the longing for the father , and the infant 's wish for a protector to defend it against feelings of helplessness . |