Example sentences of "[det] [be] [vb pp] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are based on classic recipes and some on contemporary flavours and foods ; some can be made almost entirely from the store-cupboard . |
| 2 | The majority of independent schools provide a highly academic mainstream education for pupils selected on the basis of ability ( usually through an entrance examination ) , but some are based on alternative philosophies of education , and others offer specialised provision : for example , for the musically gifted , for children with special needs , for children of foreign nationals , or for religious minorities . |
| 3 | Will this be based on historical precedent , or will a real effort be made to consider which investments in health care will give the best value for money ? |
| 4 | But how can this be shown on independent grounds , i.e. without presupposing the validity of the theory which one wishes to prove ? |
| 5 | Some were based on ideographic signs ( real characters , so-called ) which directly expressed ‘ things ’ or notions of ‘ things ’ . |
| 6 | For the rest , all railways had economic origins , even if some were based on known resources , while others were planned in the hope of creating new economic opportunity . |
| 7 | Some were based on historical fact — L'Incoronazione di Poppea , Giulio Cesare — but most were mythological . |
| 8 | A broad band of Corallian Limestone and Sand crosses the central part — northeast to south-west — and this is bounded on each side by Oxford Clay . |
| 9 | If this is repeated on several occasions , the government can either give up the proposal or take government time , have a short debate and then push the matter through . |
| 10 | Mr Tanner says : ‘ This is run on 14 IBM AS400 systems , all of which link into the mainframes . |
| 11 | Economic value — as this is based on future cash flows from the asset the economic value is likely to be reduced . |
| 12 | There are no sex reversed species and mammals have , if anything , exaggerated the fundamental differences er in sex , but I emphasise that this is based on quantitative factors , erm , there 's nothing qualitative about this . |
| 13 | Neurotics may appear to be concerned for others , but this is based on unconscious hostility towards someone , so that their concern that someone may die , or fall very ill unless some particular action of their own is done or not done , really masks an unconscious wish for their death : ‘ … the original wish that the loved person may die is replaced by a fear that he may die ’ . |
| 14 | This is based on those countries ' national legislations but applies only until an UNCLOS convention actually enters into force . |
| 15 | We have seen the same thing happen when the bus industry was deregulated and this is based on hard facts . ’ |
| 16 | We have seen the same thing happen when the bus industry was deregulated and this is based on hard facts . |
| 17 | Such economic transformations tend to undermine both the national independence of Third World countries , and the autonomy of women where this is based on some degree of control over land . |
| 18 | This is based on clinical signs , seasonality of infection and faecal egg counts , and if possible , post-mortem examination , when the characteristic lesions can be seen in the abomasum . |
| 19 | This is based on clinical signs , seasonal occurrence of disease and , if possible , lesions at post-mortem examination . |
| 20 | This is based on clinical signs and post-mortem examination . |
| 21 | This is based on clinical signs and the finding of eggs in the faeces . |
| 22 | This is based on enumerative classification , which is deeply rooted in the traditions of epidemiology and vital statistics . |
| 23 | This is set on one side to start again after emptying out your reward , the valuable compost . |
| 24 | However , some is based on serious research , like Micou ( 1985 ) on TNCs in the Third World , and Mertz ( 1984 ) . |
| 25 | This was made on 24 July , between cardinal Beaton , the earls of Huntly , Argyll , Lennox , Bothwell , Sutherland and Menteith , the bishops of Moray , Whithorn , Dunblane and Orkney , and thirty-six prominent lords and lairds . |
| 26 | This was followed on 13 July by another , similar in vein except that the demand was somewhat scaled down . |
| 27 | This was followed on 13 June 1992 by the following question and answer between Gill and the Foreign Secretary : . |
| 28 | On 2 January 1922 a decree issued by VTsIK ( the All-Union Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party ) arranged for the requisitioning of valuable articles from museums , and this was followed on 16 February by the more controversial decree on the seizure of Church treasures . |
| 29 | This was followed on 14 February 1717 by Pastorals , viz. The Bashful Swain : and Beauty and Simplicity . |
| 30 | This was followed on 1 July 1893 by the first all-corridor trains in the UK : three new trains of six coaches each , used on the West Coast route to Scotland , two in service and one in reserve . |