Example sentences of "[adj] on [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The correct equations to use are those of thermoelasticity , although in most cases the use of the equations of elasticity is justifiable on the grounds of simplicity . |
| 2 | One would think , in some Christian churches , that the Devil is entirely concerned with tripping-up the faithful on a day to day basis and has nothing to do with racism , class hatred , war , ecological disaster , and political oppression ( see chapter nine ) . |
| 3 | We remain high on the Department of Education and Science 's recommended list . |
| 4 | The session starts around 2pm when the old faithfuls sit back and wallow in nostalgia as they listen to their favourite bands and singers Chick Henderson is always high on the list of course or dance to the records , spinning at 78rpm . |
| 5 | Another destination high on the list of weekend retreats is the Algarve . |
| 6 | On completion of timber treatment or chemical damp coursing the contractor will normally issue a long-term guarantee , but the number of unqualified contractors offering these guarantees for timber treatment and dampcoursing has increased rapidly and this section of the building industry is high on the list of Company failures . |
| 7 | Poisoning comes high on the list of accident cases , especially to children , and all toxic substances should be kept labelled and carefully stored in a safe place , preferably a specific cupboard in the kitchen , bathroom , garage or garden shed . |
| 8 | It is said that as route 30 was high on the list for trolleybus conversion , the rails on the new bridge were laid in shallow troughs , from which they could easily be removed , when the tram route was abandoned . |
| 9 | This may throw more light on the mechanism of action of the alcoholic beverages on the gastric mucosa and possibly on other organs . |
| 10 | As it was , I believe my judgement proved quite sound on the question of timing ; the fact that things turned out as they did is entirely attributable to an error of judgement in another direction altogether . |
| 11 | Schein ( 1987 ) is very detailed on the relationship between culture and leadership . |
| 12 | She radiated warmth and we chatted easily on the ride back to the flat , then sat shoeless on the floor in front of the gas-fire , swapping husband humour and sipping coffee . |
| 13 | In the third place , even in its own terms , the concept of history as a continuous development , a progressive totalization of totalizations , is dependent on a notion of chronology which assumes a synchronic homogeneous notion of time . |
| 14 | To say they were worshipped would be overstating the case but , as in so many cultures where people are dependent on an animal for existence ( the Plains Indian and the buffalo , for example ) , the forerunners of the modern Koi were respected at the same time they were exploited . |
| 15 | First , incorporation itself was a privilege in the sense that it was an advantage that was not available to all , being dependent on an exercise of state discretion by way of the grant of a royal charter or a specific act of Parliament . |
| 16 | Nearly any public gathering , and certainly any meeting to resolve a dispute , will begin and end with statements by elders stressing the interdependence of the group , recalling past aid given and received by individuals , emphasizing that each is dependent on the others for survival , asserting that the band is really a group of siblings , and so on ( see Robarchek 1986a for discussion of additional cultural expressions of this complex ) . |
| 17 | It is normally placed at the point where sexual arousal is dependent on the element of pain ( inflicted or received ) , but it is not hard to see the variety of ways in which either sadistic or masochistic tendency of any marked degree can affect life-style and relationships even without its overt expression . |
| 18 | Peasants were dependent on the government for protection , and the garrisons could not survive without foodstuffs produced by the peasants . |
| 19 | The principle will also be dependent on the development of technology to allow people to once again work in the forests , near the resource . |
| 20 | What mattered to Marx and Engels was therefore not so much the specific history which had produced these concepts , but the fact that they had a history at all , that the concepts were dependent on the type of society and economy in which they occurred . |
| 21 | Levels of hardness vary considerably from one geographical area to another and are very much dependent on the type of water flows . |
| 22 | On the other hand , the life of a coin is determined by quite different criteria , dependent on the type of coin . |
| 23 | The size of the paper is dependent on the type of plotter used ; a drum plotter has a continuous paper feed ( like a tractor-feed printer ) with the pen position in the x-direction being controlled by the movement of the entire pen assembly at right-angles to the direction of paper movement . |
| 24 | Several different DNA transfection methods are currently used that have varying efficiencies dependent on the type of cell and its growth status . |
| 25 | The small business class becomes dependent on the bureaucracy for credit , advice and protection . |
| 26 | Moreover , as the war continued , the government was increasingly dependent on the support of union officials and the status of trade unions rose to a level which had previously appeared inconceivable . |
| 27 | A government in Madrid dependent on the support of Convergence and Union could be arm-twisted into giving the Catalan country a still bigger slice of autonomy . |
| 28 | John uses a V-groove cutter , so the width of the flute is variable to a certain degree , dependent on the depth of cut . |
| 29 | Differentiating cells have in some cases shown a reduction in vitamin D receptor expression ( for example HT-29 cells ) , and the modulation of receptor expression may be dependent on the state of differentiation . |
| 30 | I agree that most of us need work — but I would point out that it is partly because when you 're unemployed and dependent on the state for support , you do n't have enough money to use your leisure time in the way you might want to . |