Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [noun sg] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No yeah I I mean I 've sold I 've sold advertising on the medical practice booklets but er |
| 2 | You 've found success on the small screen with a series of supermarket commercials . |
| 3 | Other Soviet writers have reacted against the stress on the military nature of the colonial process evoked by terms such as pokorenie ( subjugation ) or zavoevanie ( conquest ) , and instead have placed emphasis on the peaceful and progressive nature of the Russian presence , using more neutral vocabulary such as prisoedinenie ( annexation ) or osvoenie ( assimilation ) of the new territory . |
| 4 | Thus , provided that the parties have reached agreement on the essential aspects of a transaction , a court will generally treat their agreement as legally binding , especially where one of the parties has acted on the assumption that there is a binding contract ( see Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 ; Foley v Classique Coaches Ltd [ 1934 ] 2 KB 1 ) . |
| 5 | Those who have spent time on the big metropolitan councils seem to feel it most acutely . |
| 6 | The rise since 1900 in the proportion of elderly people in Britain , the reduction in the labour force participation of this elderly population , and the heavy reliance of retired people on state pensions and other benefits , together have focused attention on the current economic problems of an ageing population . |
| 7 | Government policies from 1979 have focused attention on the private sector . |
| 8 | Q I have found information on the African Lungfish very limited , so any information would be appreciated . |
| 9 | I have concentrated attention on the undramatic failures of laws which are not unjust or immoral authoritatively to bind everyone to whom they are meant to apply . |