Example sentences of "they [vb base] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relevance of these animal models is difficult to assess , as by using carcinogens such as 1,2 dimethylhydrazine ( DMH ) they concentrate on the final development of the tumour and not on the previous initiating stages of this long multistage process . |
| 2 | They concentrate on the present situation and the reaction of society and show little interest in the criminal 's background , although labelling theory does not argue that all that is involved in making someone a criminal is to call them one . |
| 3 | To be critical , the JD 's Japanese pickups are certainly less powerful than the Signature 's and , overall , they err on the empty-sounding side — a hint of extra mid-range would n't go amiss . |
| 4 | They pop up and over it , and when they land on the other side and they slow down a bit . |
| 5 | They land on the volcanic planet of Tigus only to discover it is not the Daleks but their old foe from 1066 , the Time Meddling Monk . |
| 6 | With respect to desire , they insist on the equal value of products of the hunt and products of the garden . |
| 7 | The signatures of Mark Rainsford and Arthur Guinness as they appear on the famous lease of 1759 . |
| 8 | But more than 2000 were made and they appear on the second hand market from time to time . |
| 9 | First , through registration , the terms and conditions of the asset sale agreement and all related agreements can be inspected by a third party as they appear on the public register . |
| 10 | Difficulties occur whether they focus on the monetary base or on a wider range of liquid assets , and whether they impose statutory ratios or allow banks to determine their own prudent ratios . |
| 11 | They focus on the central parent-child bond , but at one generation removed and with a substantial difference in age between the two parties . |
| 12 | Yields on investment projects are notoriously difficult to estimate since they depend on the future demand for the firm 's products . |
| 13 | Dividend payments are not fixed , and they are much more difficult to estimate as they depend on the overall performance of the firm . |
| 14 | Research enables people to be aware of different ways of conceiving of the familiar world and , if they act on the new conception , to alter or extend their customary ideas and practices . |
| 15 | They reside on the same device , or pseudo-device , as the Process Directory . |
| 16 | They lie on the eastern margin of the North Atlantic craton and form the North-west Foreland ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 17 | They seem to ignore the caves in their tank and they lie on the open gravel at night . |
| 18 | This is something which they manage on the first day , and then never repeat . |
| 19 | But these later pieces are of most use for the light they shed on the earlier development . |
| 20 | The corporation was sustaining appalling production losses and Finniston wrote to each of the trade unions suggesting that they meet on the neutral territory of a Heathrow hotel . |
| 21 | They rarely study natural events , and only in so far as they impinge on the human world . |
| 22 | While DCSLs do not appear actually to veto specific requests , the advice they give on the relative quality of alternative publications — through direct comment to the teacher responsible for submitting the school 's list — can be persuasive . |
| 23 | At the annual general meeting ( AGM ) they vote on the annual report and on the appointment of all directors . |
| 24 | They drive on the wrong side of the road for some considerable distance which actually amazes me , I 'm sitting there lawfully in the queue and someone comes whizzing by on the right er without any sight of the traffic coming the other way , er interestingly we did have the police er have had the police up there monitoring the situation . |
| 25 | The notes are not backed by any collateral ; rather , they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation . |
| 26 | As suppliers base the price of the maintenance services they offer on the retail value of their kit — generally between 8% and 10% of costs — this trend will have a negative impact on suppliers ' profits . |
| 27 | The Pentland Hills are viewed increasingly as an area with high recreational potential , lying as they do on the very doorstep of Edinburgh . |
| 28 | They , they 're just not getting back right now , I do n't know if it 's just to be sensitive to her or whether it 's just because , you know , they 're gon na see each o I mean they live on the same road , they 'll probably see each other this weekend . |
| 29 | The categories were : prospective ( popular and general reader guides to the subject ) ; instructional and structural ( for mastery of the principal elements of the subject ) ; bibliography and reference ; interdisciplinary and specialist ( related fields of knowledge as they bear on the main subject , as in history and sociology ) ; critical and projective ( research , innovatory thought ) . |
| 30 | On Dartmoor , they exist on the open moorland , demarcating not only parishes but also areas of grazing attached to particular villages . |