Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb base] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The connections between pins 4 and 6 and the battery negative line keep the unused inputs which exist on the 4013 at Logic O and prevent false operation .
2 The tentacle scales which arise on the lateral arm plate or on the abradial part portion of the pore furthest from the mid-line of the arm are counted , i.e. L4–5 .
3 R. F. V. Heuston summarises this by saying that there is a distinction between the rules which govern on the one hand the composition and the procedure and , on the other hand , the area of power , of a sovereign legislature .
4 ROBERT SAM ANSON 's ‘ The Man Who Shot JFK ’ ( February ) was the first of many articles I read on the same subject — but I kept returning to his time and time again .
5 It is important to prioritize and target areas which reflect on the key areas of the operation .
6 Thus progression means not so much going from before to after , as from the more immediate to the more remote circumstances which impinge on the central character 's consciousness .
7 The dorsal abductors which originate on the upper lateral part of the epicranium and insert each on an apodeme connected with the outer , basal region of the mandible .
8 Italian food has a reputation for being a dieter 's foe — but that is largely the fault of all-you-can-eat pasta pig-out places which pile on the Bolognese sauce .
9 Yet , as in Graham Greene 's Brighton Rock , the fallen Catholic is in the end somehow right , and the virtuous atheist less so , for if Gael 's concept of the soul represents a higher spiritual plane and poetic vision , it also is coupled with neurosis , prescience , and telepathic powers which verge on the absurd .
10 ‘ Now is your opportunity to put to me any questions you have on the detailed implications for the people of the World of the Council 's decisions . ’
11 Both schools of thought contain writers of diverse views , but to oversimplify , the former broadly can be characterized as writers who focus on the economic behaviour of members of households and families as the key to understanding family relationships and how they change .
12 The case for re-thinking what we mean by practice and its relation with theory has been made at an abstract level by writers who draw on the two very different philosophical traditions which contest the dichotomy , Marxism with its concept of praxis , and the American pragmatists who direct our attention to the consequences of our actions .
13 To change their properties you click on the right mouse button .
14 All of our businesses have maintained or improved their market shares as managers we concentrate on the full year rather on either half and because of our seasonal bias er , those of you who 've been , er , to our interim presentations before er , will remember that without fail I tell you our results at the half-way stage are not a clear guide to the outcome of the year as a whole .
15 It is presented as proof of the success of her softer approach to all those Frogs , Krauts and Wops who live on the other side the English Channel .
16 Any comments you have on the general amenity of cottage would be useful .
17 By obstructing it , BR said tonight , they 're endangering the lives of a hundred and seventy thousand passengers who travel on the Great Western every day .
18 Theoretical studies and laboratory experiments have indicated that lunar dust could be mobilized by electrical forces which on the Moon could arise from electrically charged particles which impinge on the lunar surface .
19 Personally I 'd rather buy a pack of cards and play the game for real , or buy one of those magazines you find on the top shelf of the newsagents .
20 Your article on the Zambian food riots was accurate ( NI 189 ) : I have just returned from visiting friends who live on the Zambian Copperbelt and it was a shock to compare the well-provisioned tourist hotels with the half-empty shops in the city of Ndola .
21 You did ask a question earlier on and I think the the erm behind the question was the suggestion that erm the Local Authority Councillors we have on the governing bodies are a terrible interfering lot of bigots erm and erm surprisingly you might like to know that they 're not really .
22 Supermarkets and stores which open on the seventh day are doing a roaring trade .
23 Consequently , syllabuses and teachers ' guides which depend on the full official time allocation for their completion , and many do , are doomed to failure , whereas a shorter and more manageable core , with optional and enrichment materials for better endowed schools and better teachers would ensure that minimum content was taught .
24 Having realised that conservation is always likely to fall victim to local poverty , great efforts are being made to set up small-scale sustainable industries which depend on the long-term well-being of the rainforest and other natural ecosystems .
25 There are various hand pumps which work on the same principle .
26 Irrigation is necessary to sustain the crops which grow on the fertile , loess-covered lowlands of one of Europe 's richest grain-growing regions .
27 The pond water crowfoot has broad-lobed leaves which float on the still surface , in addition to dissected underwater foliage .
28 As suppliers base the price of the maintenance services they offer on the retail value of their kit — generally between 8% and 10% of costs — this trend will have a negative impact on suppliers ' profits .
29 Each day each of us sheds 50 million skin cells which rise on the warm air produced by the body and then fall to the ground forming a trail like a microscopic paper chase .
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