Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb base] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall see that in fact , Black British speakers focus on the broadest Creole variety , though they code switch between this and British English to an extent which varies from individual to individual and from situation to situation . |
| 2 | A Scottish Homes report on the preliminary findings says the survey found that 20.8 per cent of Scotland 's houses , or 423,000 , showed evidence of damp , serious condensation or mould either singly or in any combination . |
| 3 | Some poetic complaints survive on the concealing nature of this dress , designed to cover the tunic but to be worn beneath a cloak . |
| 4 | The Inner Kingdoms lie on the shores of the Inner Sea , and the Outer Kingdoms lie on the wild ocean shores and the island chains . |
| 5 | The ultimate composite materials capitalise on the inherent strength and lightness of reinforced resins by deploying them in a sandwich construction . |
| 6 | The following chapters expand on the practical application of reducing the ambiguity produced from a pattern recogniser . |
| 7 | Contemporary blueprints focus on the next three years , and their targets are modest , if not downright pessimistic . |
| 8 | Both blackish and Magellanic oystercatchers feed on the rocky reefs exposed by the ebb tide , while two-banded plovers and white-rumped sandpipers seek out little crustaceans and marine worms in the sand . |
| 9 | Six to eight diagonal transverse bands lie on the upper half of the body . |
| 10 | The resulting allocative decisions depend on the relative strengths of the political interests involved , the tactics they employ and on the chance influence of time and place . |
| 11 | Rugby Union : Black knights move on the Welsh pawns : Steve Bale predicts more of the same as rugby union 's champions , New Zealand , arrive on their tour today |
| 12 | Yet many theories based on black holes proceed on the tacit assumption that such objects exist in the Universe . |
| 13 | The first two display times up to 12.00 with AM/PM added to distinguish between morning and afternoon while the two international formats rely on the 24-hour clock . |
| 14 | With the scope to show large scale work — a group of Sussex based artists with national and international reputations focus on the human figure . |
| 15 | The short judgments proceed on the simple ground that the sheriff was not entitled to retain sums which he had no legal right to demand , but the sums were demanded in return for the rendering of a service , namely the issuing of warrants , so the case is capable of being rationalised on the basis that they were exacted colore officii , a concept which emerged more clearly in later cases . |
| 16 | He heeds neither motors nor tramways — the young man takes the notebook in his hands , opens its blue covers — the loose leaves fall on the warm pavement . |
| 17 | The tall hard-faced woman stood by the fire , watching the small flames flicker on the dying coals , and then , with a deliberate effort of will , she dismissed the thoughts and memories . |
| 18 | There was a thin silver ring of the type small girls wear on the fourth finger . |
| 19 | Slow footsteps approach on the other side of the door . |
| 20 | They left her alone with a great heavy belt strapped round her belly pressing her and making green and yellow lights wink on the huge machine by the bed , and she could n't move and her back was aching and they put a tube into her wrist and she could n't move and she began to panic . |
| 21 | Two level controls live on the front panel , each with a red and green triangular LED ; the green illuminates when the signal is -20dB below clipping while the red shows that clipping is actually taking place . |
| 22 | Full-time university preparatory programmes begin on the first Monday of January , April , July and October . |
| 23 | Lydia Becker , a leading Victorian feminist , compared the position of middle class women unfavourably with that of working class women : ‘ What I most desire , is to see married women of the middle classes stand on the same terms of equality as prevail in the working classes and the highest aristocracy . |
| 24 | Several rare ferns grow on the steep banks of the burn where it runs into the lake . |
| 25 | Recent studies rely on the one hand on techniques of transplanting tissues , or cells , or even individual genes , from one site to another , and on the other of identifying the genes concerned in particular processes . |
| 26 | Modern EEGs work on the same principle as the sprung mirror galvanometer — i.e. they are capable of measuring very fast changes in potential difference between the electrodes , but are relatively insensitive to slow changes . |
| 27 | The peacock , red admiral and small tortoiseshell all lay their eggs on nettles and the young caterpillars feed on the fresh new leaves . |
| 28 | Translucent , irregular , greyish-green to brownish spots appear on the mature leaves . |
| 29 | It took the country 100 days to form a government after the elections last November , when a surge of votes for maverick parties — the Greens on the left , and the Flemish nationalist Vlaams Blok on the far right — deprived the ruling coalition of its majority . |
| 30 | A number of units are already under offer and excellent opportunities exist on the remaining units . |