Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm of more use to him , if I carry his letters faithfully , than all the statutes and limitations and restrictions they 've clapped on the Welsh trade . |
| 2 | It must be something that happens to men once they 've served on the Western Front . ’ |
| 3 | The producer of the video says preventing car crime is better than trying to cure it and they 've drawn on the real experiences of youngsters . |
| 4 | ‘ You say this is what they 've got on the other side ? ’ |
| 5 | This statement is drawn from a special report they have compiled on the medical aspects of dietary fibre . |
| 6 | They have called on the Northern Regional Health Authority to issue a categorical denial that it has any plans to merge 15 health care districts into six super districts . |
| 7 | They have concentrated on the newly-formed mass organizations — soviets , soldiers ' committees , trade unions , factory committees , peasant committees , Red Guards . |
| 8 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 9 | He will be aware of the recent increases in petrol prices and the effect that they have had on the entire day-to-day life of the country . |