Example sentences of "to be [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community Charge was to be based not on the household , but on the individual . |
| 2 | His argument seemed to be based fearlessly on the refusal to recognise what is already public knowledge about our plans . |
| 3 | Study of the distribution of the British population has to be based largely on the census , an amazingly rich and flexible source of data but capable of providing us with only occasional , if regular , views of what is happening . |
| 4 | These comments do not seem to be based primarily on the notion of standardization as a process ( J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) that might have been beginning to have an effect about this time : they present the standard language as a coherent entity — a variety , like any other variety . |
| 5 | In the absence of a reliable test , the diagnosis of candidiasis has to be based solely on the symptoms reported . |
| 6 | this is erm , this is going to be exhibited here on the twenty third of July , ok , erm , two , two of Gaugin 's pictures , this is one of them , and several other artists er of the same period , and I think this is going to be the only venue in , in England , I do n't think there coming , sort of worth seeing , but unfortunately I shall miss it cos I 'm , I wo n't be here , erm this is a poster of |
| 7 | They can be used to trace the outlines and details of objects or shapes from books , for transferring your own free-hand designs , and for geometric shapes that need to be repeated exactly on the cake or icing . |
| 8 | More important than either of these , it was due to be run again on the Saturday afternoon in front of Bobby Anscombe . |
| 9 | The pristine Gondola has just emerged from the new paint-shop , opened in 1922 , and is about to be moved sideways on the traverser . |
| 10 | It would therefore appear that where , for example , a solicitor on behalf of his client commences a personal injury action which includes a claim for damages of less than £50,000 by way of writ in the High Court , the proceedings are bound to be struck out on the basis that the solicitor ought to have known of the provision contained in art 5(1) of the 1991 Order . |
| 11 | Perched on the hillsides are typical old Provençal villages , some , like Oppéde-le-Vieux , crumbling , haunted , half-deserted , others like Bonnieux with a flourishing modern village built below the old one , and up beyond Apt , through the dramatic stretch of ochre-mining country , the strange red-gold village of Roussillon appears to be toppling precariously on the edge of a craggy cliff . |
| 12 | The problem is that the early lists of historic buildings were done at such a pace that they had to be assessed largely on the basis of their exteriors . |
| 13 | While one might expect eventual decisions to be made purely on the merits of the case , earlier evidence indicates that some objections are more likely to succeed in influencing decision-makers than others . |
| 14 | The nuances are often quite subtle , but the following example shows how the press is trying to construct a sex maniac , while the police seem to be thinking more on the lines of an abductor without sexual assault necessarily being involved . |
| 15 | He 's to be deported tonight on the British Airways flight to London . |
| 16 | Indeed every second customer is probably just like me , but the charade is going to be played out on the basis that I am being difficult . |
| 17 | But before it does , the Daily Mirror , along with Carry On creators Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas , has been looking back at some of the funniest moments ever to be played out on the big screen . |
| 18 | Although the light was still clear , Hawkbit was not to be seen anywhere on the upland . |
| 19 | Too often , it was remembered only when some chore required to be done as on the night when William Black arrested the men on the covert operation and someone was wanted to allay with a concocted story any suspicions which might be forming in the mind of Seán McNamee . |
| 20 | He seems to be cashing in on the goodwill of those who regret the party 's ‘ new start ’ last month when it renamed itself the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) . |
| 21 | We were a long way from Orange , isolated in the farmhouse , and we knew how unpleasant the next month was going to be depended entirely on the whims of the staff . |
| 22 | Competence has to be demonstrated actually on the job in all situations in which customers are involved . |
| 23 | It is recommended that hose-reels should be provided when appropriate and sited so as to be able to be deployed effectively on the lower levels of all racked or stacked materials and to provide consistent cover to the floor area of the building . |
| 24 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 25 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 26 | On may 3 it had caused sufficient problems to be pushed home on the last train of the day from Wroxham . |
| 27 | Naturally , such allegations will rarely be made , although the defence of " justification " requires them to be proven only on the balance of probabilities , and not on the higher criminal standard , " beyond reasonable doubt " . |
| 28 | Around 300 workers are employed at the Yarm Road site and another 40 jobs are to be created shortly on the back of a telepoint service launch by the company . |
| 29 | Mike needs to be filled in on the latest developments . ’ |
| 30 | British Rail is at the moment testing automatic train protection , and the Chiltern line has a pilot scheme which , if successful , will enable ATP to be implemented elsewhere on the network . |