Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it occurs on open land , bird species characteristic of open country are replaced by those which prefer the limited cover afforded by young trees and are in turn replaced , as the forest matures , by those species which are forest dwellers ( Bibby 1987 ) . |
| 2 | Its native habitat is southern Europe , where it grows on rocky hill and mountainsides , from the most inhospitable soil . |
| 3 | The Scarlet Ibis comes from forested wetlands of Central America , where it feeds on invertebrate animals containing the pigment carotene , which gives the birds their gorgeous plumage colour . |
| 4 | Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester . |
| 5 | mm yes get us at a much more er er effective role in reducing tariffs on manufactured goods than it has on agricultural goods and it 's only in this last round of G A T T talks , the Uruguay round that agriculture has been brought into the frame alright . |
| 6 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 7 | But he had been very kind to her the past few weeks , and she knew he was right , that the showing would be a fiasco if it went on this way . |
| 8 | If it passes on lower costs to its customers in the form of lower prices it may be open to the accusation of behaving in a predatory fashion . |
| 9 | If it worked on thirteen amps , that was all the proof needed . |
| 10 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 11 | That is because it touches on many aspects of life that are deeply important to us : |
| 12 | She switched to London Weekend because it went on all night and watched another film , then a comedy about a Los Angeles police precinct . |
| 13 | It was big but it was n't tall because it walked on four feet . |
| 14 | It is possibly the least effective method of change because it depends on two steps both of which are unnatural . |
| 15 | Braille is a particularly useful tool for probing predictions from different models because it depends on fine discrimination of raised dot patterns , and a rule system of contractions . |
| 16 | The centre piece of the act is the onymous toad , unique among the frogs and toads because it has lost the horny pads ( the so-called nuptial pads ) that grow on the male 's hands during the breeding season and because it mates on dry land rather than in water . |
| 17 | If it succeeds , it will be because it concentrates on achievable tasks . |
| 18 | In prosecutions for many other crimes , for instance assault , testimony varied more because it built on actual incidents . |
| 19 | Nevertheless it requires separate assessment , not least because it drew on certain areas of experience not directly dominated by the monarch . |
| 20 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 21 | Moreover , it is anything but unplanned since it depends on considerable state involvement , promotion , and subsidy . |
| 22 | General opinion in the markets now is that an unexpectedly high number of prime cattle could come through after it starts on 1 April . |
| 23 | How can I find out whether it runs on lead-free petrol ? |
| 24 | Eventually Duncan had managed to slew the aircraft round before it settled on all wheels on the runway . |
| 25 | Hailed as the weird and wonderful show that dared to be different , the media could n't lavish enough praise on David Lynch 's Twin Peaks when it debuted on American television in April . |
| 26 | Steven Spielberg 's much hyped dinosaur movie dubbed ’ Jaws with Claws ’ is expected to be a huge box office hit when it goes on general release this week . |
| 27 | But it tends to gloss over them when it draws on mainstream psychology . |
| 28 | When it opened on 1 September 1864 an extra junction was provided from the main line at Dalry to what became known as Coltbridge junction . |
| 29 | The Philips set is probably the best overall , though it comes on three CDs , and is therefore expensive , Hogwood 's is on two CDs and has Emma Kirkby terrifying the living daylights out of her listeners , while Nicholas McGegan provides the collector with an opportunity to hear all of Handel 's cuts and revisions in a series of cunningly prepared appendices . |
| 30 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |