Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | N lapillus is widely distributed on rocky shores bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between ( approximately ) the 19 ° C summer isotherm and the — 1°C winter isotherm for oceanic waters ( Moore , 1936 ) , apart from areas of reduced salinity-such as the Baltic Sea . |
| 2 | It is nicely ringed on three sides by colourful high hills or else low mountains , and has a delightful old humpbacked bridge . |
| 3 | It is rather like the driver who is deep in thought about a domestic crisis ; his attention is highly concentrated on personal matters , yet another part of his consciousness manages to navigate the car safely through the traffic . |
| 4 | Exultation comes and goes , but here again for the while I suppose it has returned to me in preparation for that step back into the radiant arc of omnipotence which is only given on this earth to the narrator in or of a novel . |
| 5 | When you consider that the event is only played on this side of the Atlantic once every four years I do n't think that the decision-makers at the BBC did the event justice , particularly with all the hype which went before it . |
| 6 | One might speculate that an impending solution to the Northern Ireland problem would split off from the clerical leadership those groups for whom the present position is only accepted on pragmatic grounds . |
| 7 | This is only charged on British residents , so if you are in the position of being able to realise a gain , it is advisable to wait until you acquire non-resident status a UK |
| 8 | The indication is serious because , with leaves not able to work properly , the carbohydrate energy food supply is not being elaborated and the entire plant is only firing on one cylinder . |
| 9 | Simple quilting or through stitching is only used on cheaper bags which are intended for summer use only . |
| 10 | Usually , proctoscopy is only performed on known gonorrhoea contacts and these make up only a small proportion of female patients seen in the clinic . |
| 11 | Small entrepreneurs in Japan hold tenaciously to the ideals of self-help and dedication to the work ethic , but it is not at all clear that their presence in the small firm sector is entirely based on free choice . |
| 12 | Its formation is not completely understood but the fact that it is better developed on loose stones than on rock pavements and that there is frequently a well-developed band extending from an inch or two below the surface to just above the ground surface , suggests deposition from solutions derived from the soil by capillary action . |
| 13 | ‘ Rationalisation of school provision is necessary , however painful at the time , and I would encourage all education authorities to continue their efforts to ensure that taxpayers ’ money is better spent on other aspects of our education service , ’ said the minister . |
| 14 | refers to the arrangement of pages on a printed sheet , which when the sheet is finally printed on both sides , folded and trimmed , will place the pages in their correct order . |
| 15 | The current organisation and management of many areas of scientific activity , and of institutions dependant on such activity , is generally based on two assumptions . |
| 16 | Conflict is thus blamed on bad management , lack of leadership , poor communication , or ‘ bloody-mindedness ’ on the part of individuals or interest groups that impinge on the organisation . |
| 17 | Only this time , the opponents of culling would be armed with more evidence that such a cull is not justified on scientific grounds . |
| 18 | The management fee will be one-half per cent on the investment each year that the profit or yield is not realized on that investment . |
| 19 | Is he aware that that drug is not grown on some poppy field in South America but that 98 per cent . |
| 20 | The point is not lost on developing countries : if the rich countries think the strategy beneficial , there must be something in it for them too . |
| 21 | Men get sent back from specialist posts to uniform duties as a punishment and the strength of this metaphorical move downwards or backwards ( you can never move ‘ up ’ or ‘ forwards ’ into uniform ) is not lost on young officers . |
| 22 | The decision of the Divisional Court in the Manchester Corporation case is not binding on this court and , although it may in the event have reached a conclusion with which I would now agree , I find the reasoning by which that conclusion was reached wholly unconvincing . |
| 23 | Further , it is not binding on this court . |
| 24 | The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances . |
| 25 | The ‘ technocratic consciousness ’ that takes the place of the old bourgeois ideology is not based on collective repression . |
| 26 | So it would seem that even a defence may be an abuse of process if it is not based on private rights . |
| 27 | The reader who wishes to recap on why the Keynesian treatment of the theory of labour supply is not based on irrational behaviour is referred to Chapter 5 , the section entitled ‘ Wage stickiness and money illusion ’ . |
| 28 | The method of sampling , however , is not based on random chance , and no quantification of statistical sampling error is possible . |
| 29 | It is not based on military criteria , and it will do nothing whatever for Scotland . ’ |
| 30 | Windows 3.0 users will not have the Midi-Mapper and Drivers Icons , and the 386 Enhanced icon is not displayed on 80286 machines . |