Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previous studies have uncertain relevance to the outpatient setting as they either investigated subgroups of patients for example the elderly , or have reported on the findings in hospital inpatients . |
| 2 | Many have a serious addiction or illness and have lived on the streets for much of their lives . |
| 3 | Research has also indicated that many members of the upper strata owe their position primarily to the fact that they have been born into those strata and have capitalized on the advantages provided by their social background . |
| 4 | The majority of studies have been in urban areas and have focused on the activities of building societies and finance institutions in the private sector ( Ford 1975 ; Boddy 1976 ; P. R. Williams 1976 , 1978 ; Short 1978 ) , and on the activities of housing managers in the public sector ( Gray 1976a , 1976b ; Paris and Lambert 1979 ) . |
| 5 | She did slim down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again . |