Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [vb pp] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patriarchal religion is built on many millennia of repressed fear of the power of female bodily processes . |
| 2 | Despite the current recession , demographic changes and the ‘ greying ’ of the workforce means urgent new thinking is needed on such issues as flexible working and retirement , taxation and superannuation rules ( especially abatement provisions ) , and employment laws . |
| 3 | Because the nation is seen as only partially liberated , and particularly by the membership of the largest party Fianna Fáil , the animus of the national-popular consciousness is focused on this issue , to the detriment of class-based politics . |
| 4 | First , since the volcano is built on oceanic crust , the magmas involved will be basaltic , so that the sort of eruption that we can expect will be a modification of an ordinary Hawaiian or Strombolian eruption . |
| 5 | Because operands may be very long , no accumulator is provided on this computer ; all operations take place between operands in the store . |
| 6 | I would hypothesise that as they draw , and the front of the mind is focused on that activity , the back of the mind is reflecting subconsciously , or even unconsciously , on the words they might use . |
| 7 | This optimism is based on several factors . |
| 8 | Some of the Naval survey parties may also have landed briefly on Krakatoa , because a hot spring is marked on some maps , but apart from this we know remarkably little about the islands or their volcanic history . |
| 9 | The research is based on primary sources , including interviews with those concerned with regulation in both Britain and the United States . |
| 10 | Although the current version of the LBS model places considerable weight on relative money supplies , and implicitly on purchasing power parity , current research is based on two propositions which are widely accepted in North America : |
| 11 | More specifically they suggested that the impact of change will vary differentially over the earth 's surface , and that further research is needed on likely consumption of fossil fuel in the next century , on prospective modes of management of the global biosphere over the next century , on quantitative clarification of the carbon cycle , on climatic response to increasing CO 2 in the atmosphere , and on the potential impact of climatic change ( Nature and Resources , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | Source : This case study is based on Industrial Relations Review and Report , No. 348 , July 1985 . |
| 13 | More than 450 eyes have so far been treated but the study is based on 79 patients with the longest experience of the treatment . |
| 14 | Our study is based on 6528 men and women first registered between 1 January 1972 and 31 December 1990 , providing 54355 patient years of follow up . |
| 15 | Both cohort and cross sectional mortality data form the basis for the A European study ; the British study is founded on regional comparison . |
| 16 | These are laid out as though the Royal Family were in residence : an enormous jigsaw is barely started , a stuffed corgi lies beside a desk and , at Balmoral , a dog basket has its own heraldic blanket , while a headscarf is tossed on one side . |
| 17 | Thus , our definition of crime is based on criminal laws which are made by particular governments and enforced by established criminal procedure . |
| 18 | Simply complete and return the application form at the end of the TESSA leaflet and we will make sure your TESSA is opened on 2 January 1991 . |
| 19 | Greater light is shed on this aspect by the account books of Corelli 's patrons , Pamphili and Ottoboni which list all the musicians employed by their respective households . |
| 20 | Esda is effectively negated because the plastic sheet ensures that no indentation is left on underlying pages . |
| 21 | The ranch is surrounded on three sides by intensive arable agriculture , split into tiny small-holdings and , for the most part , being worked on land totally unsuitable for the purpose . |
| 22 | Speed as well as accuracy of decision will be recorded , and the results will reveal whether recognition is based on particular views of the face . |
| 23 | Their Botanomancy range is based on elementary herbalism and offers top to toe treats such as Smaragadine , £4.75/500ml , a shower gel made of nettles , roses , peppermint and orange peel , and Fagner 's , £3.25/200ml , a foot lotion perfumed with violets . |
| 24 | Hollyhocks is a collection of cosmetics designed specifically for the man who does n't need a macho image — the whole range is based on English country garden flowers . |
| 25 | The range is based on three lever shapes manufactured in stainless steel and brass . |
| 26 | The rest of the Yugo range is based on old Fiats from the 1970s , but the Sana is a completely new design . |
| 27 | The metric measurement of volume or capacity is based on cubic centimetres. 1000 cubic centimetres = 1 litre . |
| 28 | Each member 's PRS earnings depends on how much money the society collects and how often a member 's work is played on PRS-licenced media and premises . |
| 29 | Our breathing work is based on selected Yoga positions , chosen for their particular relevance to the Medau system , and although this relationship is important , the positions are taught differently , the aim being to influence the breath in an indirect way , undisturbed by directions to breathe in or out at certain moments . |
| 30 | Along with other women performance artists in the early 1970s , as well as those in the 1990s , Jonas ' work is based on autobiographical material and narrative . |