Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same reasoning does not apply where the money is sent by a stranger , in which case it can only be accepted on the terms upon which it is sent . |
| 2 | Today it is possible to experience places and events which even thirty years ago could only be seen on the pages of geography textbooks . |
| 3 | Huge cuts in EPA 's research Funds ( down by nearly 50 per cent since Reagan took office ) can perhaps be justified on the grounds that , in hard times , scientific priorities can be temporarily reshuffled with little or no long-term damage . |
| 4 | The sense of urgency conveyed by the ‘ Look out ’ indicates the expectation that the pram , complete with baby , will fall over the cliff and perhaps be dashed on the rocks beneath and it is further assumed that this will be-deleterious for the baby . |
| 5 | To count such comments as these as indicative of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with housework may perhaps be criticized on the grounds that what these women are talking about is not the housework situation , but marriage . |
| 6 | In fact , almost every type of tree has a species of Eriophyes associated with it , and the galls they produce can usually be found on the leaves even after they have fallen . |
| 7 | The phrase " mobile , lucid and continent " can still be heard on the lips of Officers-in-Charge who remember when this was the case . |
| 8 | This , one of the dominant plants of the undrained Fens , can still be seen on the roofs of some of the houses between Ely and Newmarket . |
| 9 | This general policy could always be justified on the grounds of efficiency and cost-effectiveness , enabling parental choice to be denied under section 6(3) ( a ) ( compliance would prejudice ‘ efficient education or … efficient use of resources ’ ) . |
| 10 | In particular , slings should always be used on the tops of climbs to avoid any erosion due to rope friction , and no climbing or abseiling should be undertaken in big boots . |
| 11 | It may be that the ban will in due course be struck down , or at least restricted in its scope by the European Court : a total prohibition on television and radio appearances by representatives of a lawful political organisation , for example where they are elected local councillors speaking about domestic issues , can hardly be justified on the grounds of national security or the prevention of public disorder . |
| 12 | But clearly there is a point beyond which restrictions can not reasonably be imposed on the grounds of good neighbourliness without payment of compensation — and ‘ general considerations of regional or national policy require so great a restriction on the landowner 's use of his land as to amount to a taking away from him of a proprietary interest in the land ’ . |
| 13 | Similar patterns could also be observed on the coaches to away matches . |
| 14 | Work to improve co-ordination may also be done on the arms and legs . |
| 15 | Evidence of the lipstick could also be seen on the butts of several cigarettes which lay crushed in a large ashtray on the table . |
| 16 | If time permitted , separate releases might also be written on the firms which had already agreed to go to Tadchester . |
| 17 | The tape can also be draped on the branches of apple trees , or among bush fruit such as raspberry canes . |
| 18 | Any other information that you wish to include for your own reference such as tension dial settings , type , colour and brand of yarns for example , can also be entered on the TENSIONS screen . |
| 19 | In reality this can rarely be achieved on the mountains . |
| 20 | Most brachiopods were attached to the substrate by a stalk , and the hole through which the stalk entered the shell can often be seen on the fossils . |
| 21 | However , there were even more terrible signs of this supposedly new streak of violent irritability to be found among the youth of working-class neighbourhoods , which could not even be justified on the grounds of over-enthusiastic jingo patriotism . |
| 22 | Indeed , when Bernard Bergonzi complains of the uniformity of the novels he is obliged as a reviewer to read , he gives as a sample situation a scenario that could well be based on The Languages of Love : ‘ a very sensitive , rather neurotic girl , living in an Earls Court bedsitter and having sexual difficulties ’ ( 1979:24 ) . |
| 23 | After taking account of relationships between the various firms in the list , we 're left with a core number which can almost be counted on the fingers of one hand . |
| 24 | Above-average yields can sometimes be spotted on the convertibles of companies that are going through a bad patch , and these more risky recovery situations appeal to speculators . |
| 25 | Where the amount of payments required by a debt instrument is contingent on uncertain future events , for example changes in an index , finance costs should initially be based on the circumstances at the date of issue . |