Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then said that the program would not have been patentable had it been stored on a floppy disk . |
| 2 | Against the Hegelian synthesis of all kinds of history within the same developmental schema , Bachelard argued that the history of science can not be assimilated into the progressive evolutionary form commonly ascribed to other kinds of human history , and nor can it be mapped on a one-to-one basis against the history of its age . |
| 3 | We strongly suggest that if this preparation is to be attempted it be done on a small scale and the reaction mixture be checked for unreduced bis(2-azidoethyl)ether before removal of chloroform and distillation of the diamine . |
| 4 | Will it be assessed on a daily basis as the amount of council tax will be ? |
| 5 | If it were imposed on a narrow range of products , would it not encourage substitution ( from plastics to glass , for instance ) ? |
| 6 | Details of it were stored on a floppy disk . |
| 7 | To cure spin out the aim is to try and spread the sideways force of the sail along the rails of the board , rather than it being concentrated on the straining skeg . |
| 8 | We 're putting in electronic fax , also image processing , and we 've built a system of information accessing called ‘ folders ’ that will let us get any type of document from anywhere around the world , whether it 's stored on an ordinary disk , optical storage device or whatever . ’ |
| 9 | If it 's drifting on the far side it will be up to the roof . |
| 10 | It 's staying on the dual carriageway , well I went round Steven 's to see if he thought to tow it round mine cos the already been on my back once oh no he said I 've only just walked in from work I 'm having my tea then I 'm going to bed he said , there 's no way I 'm towing no motor for the he said , just f off ! |
| 11 | ‘ If we give a hard message it 's based on a good knowledge of their world . |
| 12 | It 's based on a radical restructuring of the company into more independent business divisions , unified by common social , economic and environmental goals . |
| 13 | It 's based on the two fingered symbol of peace , and although it was originally designed for lead guitars I eventually scaled it up to use on my basses ; it 's one of the features that makes them instantly recognisable . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's based on the 16th century Book of Hours where monks recorded events of the year , except we 're just covering one day . |
| 15 | It 's based on the short story by Henry James ; a young Governness arrives at a remote country house to look after 2 young children who turn out to be possessed by the ghosts of two dead servants . |
| 16 | Underneath the skin , it 's based on the old floor pan and mechanicals , but it does look better , has more performance , rides more comfortably and boasts better brakes . |
| 17 | Chrysler went to GM-owned Lotus to help develop its first multi-valve engine , although it 's based on an existing Chrysler four . |
| 18 | Critics say it 's encroaching on the green belt and would devastate local villages . |
| 19 | Silicon Graphics says it 's working on a proprietary set of benchmarks that it 'll share with others in the fall . |
| 20 | Indeed , it says it 's working on an Asynchronous Transfer Mode SBus adaptor board , also expected by the end of the year , for use in Sparcsystem 1 , 2 , and 10 workstations : occupying a single SBus slot , it will support the Local SONET Synchronous Optical Network 155Mbps Physical Layer as defined by the Asynchronous Transfer Mode Forum . |
| 21 | Now it 's been so successful , it 's opening on a permanent basis . |
| 22 | It is situated on the Eastern outskirts of a large industrial city , with a fairly high level of children from different ethnic origins . |
| 23 | It sets up an ideal world of nature , which is nevertheless represented as attainable reality ( to use a formula of Schiller 's ) In other words , it is constructed on the false premise that man is archetypally good and naturally artistic ( witness the absurd convention of the eternally virtuous hero forever bursting effortlessly into song ) . |
| 24 | It is calculated on the original cost of the assets at the following rates : |
| 25 | It is calculated on the original cost of the assets at the following rates : |
| 26 | It is based on a one-dimensional analysis which assumes the fibres to carry tensile stresses — that are uniform across their cross-section , and the matrix to support no tensile loads , but shear only . |
| 27 | It is based on a selected group of Arab states — although the non-Arab states in the region are potentially the most powerful and have always displayed a powerful awareness of their regional role . |
| 28 | This is a colourful cake that is relatively simple to make as it is based on a flat rectangular sponge cake . |
| 29 | But it is based on a reasonable argument ; and the strong blue shift seen in the early stages of explosion justifies the adjective ‘ white ’ . |
| 30 | It is based on a cross-referential data model to support automation . |