Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mood of that enquiry was romantically scientific , so to speak , impelled by a search for technicality based on a confident assumption that science had provided the arts with a lasting model of analytical objectivity . |
| 2 | In 1954 work began on the deserted Das Island to build a base for personnel working on a mobile drilling platform in the Arabian Gulf . |
| 3 | The company is also hoping for permission to develop on a nearby abbatoir site . |
| 4 | By now the tendency for manufacturers to concentrate on a single site was apparent , and many of the smaller mills , such as Inchbrook , fell into disuse . |
| 5 | Two years ago the Chartered Institute of Building embarked on a five-year Strategic Plan to develop a more influential role in the building industry in both the United Kingdom and overseas . |
| 6 | Instead , the naked corpse of Hauser lay on a central table , the chest cavity spread open , and several organs glistening purply on gleaming dishes to either side . |
| 7 | Thus a valuation or any other kind of decision made on an erroneous principle should fall with proof that the principle is erroneous . |
| 8 | ‘ You played it for her , you can play it for me ’ : MacWeek expects Apple Computer Inc this month to announce a software only information server code-named Bogart that simplifies and accelerates text search and retrieval ; the thing will use agent technology to enable users to perform English-language queries with Boolean operators and proximity searches of text stored on a central server or on CD-ROMs and will deliver ‘ smart relevance ’ search results , ranked by pertinence to the user 's query ; searches can reportedly occur on demand or at user-specified time intervals . |
| 9 | These general classifications , of course with some cases of overlap , take us some way in the analysis of groups based on a single art or on two or three related arts . |
| 10 | The quality of vector maps is substantially lower than that of maps produced on a specialized device such as a high-resolution screen ( Section 4.2.2.1 ) or a pen-plotter ( Section 4.2.2.3 ) , but the dot-matrix printer is both cheap and widely-available . |
| 11 | Because of pressure from the business community in the US , many local governments are providing more of this kind of information ; indeed there are examples of reports including a set of fund accounts and a set of accounts based on a proprietary view . |
| 12 | Individual differences are obviously a consequence of the particular past experience of each person who has thereby acquired a unique set of skills based on a natural endowment which was also unique . |
| 13 | Britain 's Courtaulds and Hoechst of Germany agreed on a joint venture that will merge their viscose and acrylic-fibres businesses in Europe . |
| 14 | This phenomenon can be used to increase the number of animals mating on a particular day . |
| 15 | The way to it enters the obvious breach between Beinn Eighe and Liathach , reached from the top of the pass , a rough path climbing alongside the descending stream and then curving around the side of Sail Mhor , an outlier of Beinn Eighe , to the lip of the corrie and a sudden revelation of mural precipices on a grand scale . |
| 16 | A number of partial explanations have been put forward — the persistence of the calculations of calendars based on a solar year starting 1 January , and the popular association of the date with ‘ New Year ’ . |
| 17 | The one-time King of Crime sleeps on a thin mattress on the floor , next to a stainless-steel toilet . |
| 18 | By 1235 , the whole question of forgery stood on a new moral and legal footing , and the corporate ambitions of the monks fell to the ground in a blaze of scandal . |
| 19 | A team at the University of Dundee reported on a neural computer that checks cervical smears containing up to 200,000 cells and decides whether they are abnormal or not with 96 per cent accuracy . |
| 20 | There are other processes ( or what some might regard as ‘ tricks ’ ) the investigator can use , for instance establishing the effectiveness of wheel braking on a slippery runway by means of the longitudinal acceleration recording . |
| 21 | A Landsat TM image of Leicestershire recorded on a cloud-free day in July 1984 constitutes the basic data source . |
| 22 | Moreover , these market figures only take account of multi-media delivered on a stand-alone optical disc platform . |
| 23 | **Represents percentage of vote won on a proportional basis on individual party lists . |
| 24 | Built mainly of wood , the rectangular boarded body of this type of mill turns on a central post to face the wind . |
| 25 | There was a stand of bronze inlaid with silver , looted perhaps from a rich merchant 's house , and a cut of marble propped on an empty brazier and supporting the physician 's jars and boxes and bottles . |
| 26 | His situation was not unlike Forester 's in that he was cold , sleeping badly and eating out of tins warmed on a small portable stove . |
| 27 | A tangle of wires lay on a nearby seat and I noticed some of the studio equipment in a small alcove in one corner . |
| 28 | There were even reports from some respondents of panic buying on an old-fashioned scale . |
| 29 | Unix Labs ' lawyers claim that the judge came to an incorrect conclusion of law based on an incorrect understanding of the facts over whether 32V Unix should have carried a copyright notice or not . |
| 30 | USL claims the judge came to an incorrect conclusion of law based on an incorrect understanding of the facts over whether 32V Unix should have carried a copyright notice or not . |