Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that not the best discouragement to crime and an encouragement to those elderly people who fear being attacked on the streets ? |
| 2 | Large cuts in government funding have been justified on the grounds that those stand to benefit from ‘ near market ’ ( or readily exploitable ) research should pay for it ; government will fund the rest . |
| 3 | The materials which I designed myself as illustrative of a particular approach to teaching ( for example , Widdowson 1978 ; Allen and Widdowson 1973 ) , have been criticized on the grounds that they have not been subjected to evaluation and thereby given the seal of practical effectiveness ( Murphy 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Probably more management books have been written on the problems of planning , or strategic direction , or strategic analysis , or competitive advantage and how to assess it , than on any other subject . |
| 5 | Many poems have been written on the bowmen of Kent , the following being an extract from one of these . |
| 6 | Nonetheless cries of ‘ Kill them [ the Communists ] ’ have been heard on the fringes of the Leipzig demonstrations as protesters stormed the offices of the hated secret police . |
| 7 | John Dugdale , in his article on TV election coverage ( 3 April ) , writes that Sue Lawley was ‘ restricted to presenting Solve My Problem , and that women ‘ of proven competence ’ have been left on the margins of prestige programmes . |
| 8 | At each period new houses and streets have been added on the margins of the built-up area . |
| 9 | They have been criticised on the grounds that they may deny free speech , suppress significant literature or worthwhile criminological information , impinge upon copyright laws and have negligible effects upon those who actually profit from crime . |
| 10 | The recommendation , and its ultimate partial acceptance , have been criticised on the grounds that lack of legal advice at an early stage may simply lead to disputes later on , to be resolved with the support of legal aid , and that the cost savings were unlikely to be substantial . |
| 11 | Fabrics have been used on the walls in all the living areas . |
| 12 | But , curiously , although countless sociological , anthropological , psychological , and even psychiatric analyses have been published on the oddities of those peculiar vegetarians , no one had ever considered the reasons for our devotion to meat worthy of a major study — until now . |
| 13 | Steve Pope of Dereham , Norfolk , has been concentrating in recent times on improving the radio fit in Sugar and a number of boxes have been found on the shelves at the Museum 's store and restoration facility at Cardington . |
| 14 | Sadly there is little documentary evidence relating to early introductions to Britain , although it is claimed that the Romans brought the walnut and sweet chestnut while remains or myrtle , bay and rosemary have been found on the sites of Roman villas , suggesting that these Mediterranean shrubs were cultivated in their gardens . |
| 15 | While copyright cases have been won on the grounds that manuals , and other documents that go with software , have been copied , no one has yet been able to claim copyright on the syntax of a computer language . |
| 16 | The attractive small town of Zell am See is located on the shores of a lake in the heart of what is known as the Europa Sport Region . |