Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These public contests are firmly based on agreement as to the fundamental characteristics of the type of regime and economic system that is required for the country . |
| 2 | Calves are small at birth and Luing bulls are often used on lowland dairy herds for easy calving . |
| 3 | As there is only limited guidance in the Taxes Acts , these rules are largely based on Court decisions , and include a number of Revenue practices and extra-statutory concessions . |
| 4 | PRIMARY schools are increasingly relying on money from parents for a decent stock of books , according to government inspectors . |
| 5 | Schools are increasingly relying on money from parents to provide decent stocks of books , government inspectors report today . |
| 6 | The solutions were then put on ice for 10 min and the RNA was precipitated by the addition of 4 µl of 3 M potassium acetate and 3 volumes of ethanol . |
| 7 | Criticism of the Units is frequently based on research from the 1930 's and 40's , which demonstrated the severe impairment of psychological function and development in traditionally organized residential institutions . |
| 8 | Almost 1 million lone parents are now managing on benefit . |
| 9 | The soils are often developed on parent materials of moderately fine and fine texture . |
| 10 | Such a step might not involve a great deal of additional work in the legislative process , since Bills are already accompanied on presentation to Parliament by an Explanatory and Financial Memorandum , which is frequently well drafted and helpful . |
| 11 | Informed of the conspiracy , Franco 's reaction was , at first sight , surprising , but entirely in keeping with the behaviour of a man whose responses were always based on strategy , never on emotion . |
| 12 | He 's congratulated her for being so perceptive … but says the errors were actually made on purpose . |
| 13 | These texts were often inscribed on woodwork which had formed part of the old rood screens , reredoses , and triptychs ; this was the case at Binham Priory in Norfolk , where the medieval paintings of saints are now showing through the worn whitewash and black-letter Protestant text . |
| 14 | The jobless woman , whose parents have already had supervised access to the baby now with foster parents was further remanded on bail until May 28 . |
| 15 | A bird-watching hide with special features for disabled visitors was recently created on land adjoining ICI 's Hillhouse site in the UK . |
| 16 | Computerised records ensure that colours are perfectly matched on return visits . |
| 17 | During the second phase participants are also engaged on project work and study of research methodologies . |
| 18 | Stamford lies at the crossing of several ancient prehistoric trackways , and , as these tracks were often aligned on ley lines , it is likely that the site of Stamford is an energy power point in much the same way as Avebury or Glastonbury is . |
| 19 | Priority between applications is partly based on frequency of paid training in past and partly on use made of attendances on return , e.g. wrote good report , organised something similar here which worked or has stimulated others to develop the ideas expressed there ’ . |
| 20 | But a blind refusal to consider alternatives is negatively based on fear , ignorance , deeply embedded convictions or insularity . |
| 21 | The paintings are usually left on display for three months , then one or two are replaced . |
| 22 | Some of your Salzburg opera productions are also going on film , too ? |
| 23 | British Telecom directories and area codes are also based on service delivery and not on the existence of defined regions . |
| 24 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 25 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 26 | Until delivery of the goods to the beneficiary , his creditors and buyers can not ascertain whether the goods were actually loaded on board , or whether the freight was paid . |
| 27 | The CURDS regions are again based on population and employment size and commuting patterns , but they use different thresholds and , unlike MELAs , they exhaust the UK space . |
| 28 | What is clear is that public policies that come from outside and are imposed on inner-city populations are often based on prejudice and ignorance . |
| 29 | The following items were both found on pasture-land . |
| 30 | Some new crofts were eventually established on land purchased by the Government , mainly for ex-servicemen returned from the 1914–18 war , under the Land Settlement ( Scotland ) Act of 1919 . |