Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb base] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some courses draw on the students ' own experience , usually in the workplace . |
| 2 | We may in such circumstances act on the instructions of the Board of Directors , provided we are sure they are mandated to act . |
| 3 | Three out of four of these accidents fix on the properties of individual men as decisive variables directing the course of events : had Churchill been a less charismatic politician Britain might have given up her fight against Germany ; had Franco permitted an assault on Gibraltar it would probably have fallen ; and if Mussolini had not ‘ taken it into his head ’ to invade Greece , Hitler would have moved into Russia . |
| 4 | Both of these examples rely on the rights of an innkeeper which we have considered above ; it is of course perfectly proper for the receptionist to call the police as an alternative measure . |
| 5 | Note that several churches stand on the perimeters of more than one circle and that a further circle has been drawn , centred on Gresford church , connecting the circle centres with two churches . |
| 6 | To prevent argument , most organisations decide on the rules of debate that they wish to adopt in meetings . |