Example sentences of "on which [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there is no ‘ right time ’ to induce nor any conclusive data on which to base a rational decision . |
| 2 | Pushing all the forceps to one side he almost ran from the room and reappeared shortly with a tray on which reposed a long chisel and a metal mallet . |
| 3 | The consciousness of absolute dependence , which he can also sometimes call simply , ‘ God-consciousness ’ , might at first sight seem a slender thread indeed on which to suspend a comprehensive statement of all the themes of Christian theology . |
| 4 | Catherine Crane wordlessly pointed to the back of the door of her office on which hung a neat suit . |
| 5 | Lithuania agreed as part of the agreement to construct housing for servicemen in Kaliningrad ( Russian territory separated from Russia proper by Lithuania ) in exchange for receiving hardware from the Baltic Fleet as a basis on which to form a Lithuanian navy . |
| 6 | It simply did not , and does not , offer a framework on which to hang a convincing story … the geographer , when he analyses the material properties of the man-environment systems , must base himself on the central functions of that system , rather than on the traditional divisions of physical geography . |
| 7 | Made from sterling silver and standing 30 inches high the cup weighs 325 ozs , has two handles and is topped with a lid on which sits a miniature football . |
| 8 | It was a lukewarm liquid on which floated a thin layer of fat and which contained in its suspicious-looking depths lumps of boiling beef , pieces of cauliflower and other assorted vegetables . |
| 9 | Break it to go round a planting bed , make a circle on which to stand a large plant pot or statue , or to give a paved area around a rotary clothes dryer . |
| 10 | The problems of criterion validity nicely illustrate the difficulty of finding any solid foundation on which to construct a psychometric measure . |
| 11 | But they have signally failed so far to build an intellectual constituency in wider circles of the kind that gave Thatcherism — which had little intellectual depth of its own — the basis on which to construct a new kind of politics . |
| 12 | She looked across to a bureau on which stood a framed certificate for TV Presenter of the Year Award . |
| 13 | Mildred decided to get to the chest of drawers , on which stood a small mirror , so that she could see just how small she was . |
| 14 | Nor is there much existing evidence , here or in other countries , on which to make a reasonable guess . |
| 15 | Is not that a terrible record on which to fight a general election , in which the Government will be defeated ? |
| 16 | Its two-hundred-foot-high tower is surmounted by a dome on which stands a golden Virgin holding aloft the Christ-child . |