Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of this information is summarized in the present chapter , and emphasis is placed here on the sources of the pellet/scat samples and their specific points of interest . |
| 2 | I suggested that they had more than likely received a stern lecture in lieu of a death sentence ; in the world of Arabs , blame for unsanctioned sex is placed wholly on the shoulders of the female . |
| 3 | The 1963 Hovertram is seen here on an Illuminations tour at Little Bispham loop , its northerly terminal . |
| 4 | It is featured proudly on the cheeseboards of several temples of gastronomy , and richly deserves much wider acclaim . |
| 5 | Various provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988 ( ERA ) , particularly those relating to LMS ( under which a school 's funding is based largely on the numbers and ages of its pupils ) and more open enrolment , are aimed at creating a climate of heightened competition between schools for pupils , and the present study will be conducted within this new context . |
| 6 | MY APPROACH TO colour mixing is based firmly on the processes that take place within the paint film when colours are combined . |
| 7 | Our classification is based solely on the speaker-variables of age , sex and area , and on contextual styles , and this is regarded as a procedure whereby we can establish the internal linguistic norms of the community . |
| 8 | His discussion is based mainly on the results of field experiments , and he concludes that spiders are limited in numbers by food supplies , yet do not compete with each for food or limit the population sizes of their prey . |
| 9 | Guinness plays a key role in the Irish economy where an immense contribution is made each year ; for instance , over IR£200 million is spent annually on the wages and salaries bill for its 3,000 employees up and down the country , along with the purchase of home grown raw materials and other requirements for its operations in the Republic . |
| 10 | Again she prays and for three days and three nights she is swept through cold northern seas until she is cast ashore on the sands of Culleross on the north side of our Solway Firth . |
| 11 | 's criminal record , along with five million others , is stored here on the police national computer , based at Hendon . |
| 12 | He is illuminating both on the causes of the Arab-Israeli divide and on the competition within the Islamic world between two poles of development : the secular democracy adopted by Turkey under Ataturk and the Islamic state introduced by Khomeini in Iran . |