Example sentences of "is [vb pp] on [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , the grant-related expenditure ( GRE ) , is calculated on similar levels of service to be provided by all local authorities . |
| 2 | The site of Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District is an example , where the plateau on which it is sited is surrounded on all sides by mountain peaks . |
| 3 | The village of Villedommange is surrounded on all sides by vineyards which are a continuation northwards of the slopes of Écueil and Sacy . |
| 4 | The fact that the country is surrounded on all sides by South Africa is ‘ not a bad thing ’ : it enables 50,000 Lesothan men to work in South African mines , returning with their ‘ pockets bursting with rands ’ . |
| 5 | It is thus characteristic of traditional mytho-history that the real world of experience is surrounded on all sides by another world of the imagination which is inhabited by superhuman gods on the one hand and by sub-human unnatural monsters on the other : dog-headed men , men with tails , Amazonian women , cannibals , giants . |
| 6 | The town , known to have had the status of a vicus , is surrounded on all sides by numerous kiln sites and workshops which are everywhere interspersed with agricultural features and a number of substantial extra-mural houses or villas . |
| 7 | Today , the mill stands on the site of a busy gravel pit , and is surrounded on several sides by large mounds of gravel . |
| 8 | It is the best area in Britain for megalithic sites , and is surrounded on three sides by the sea . |
| 9 | A city of 3.2 million people , Rangoon is surrounded on three sides by water and dominated by the glistening gold stupa of the Shwedagon . |
| 10 | The ranch is surrounded on three sides by intensive arable agriculture , split into tiny small-holdings and , for the most part , being worked on land totally unsuitable for the purpose . |
| 11 | According to Miller , Galanter & Pribram ( 1960 ) , behaviour is organised on several levels of complexity . |
| 12 | Disinfection is omitted on non-critical surfaces in which case the intermediate rinse becomes the final rinse . |
| 13 | Patriarchal religion is built on many millennia of repressed fear of the power of female bodily processes . |
| 14 | The city of Prague is built on both sides of the beautiful river Vltava . |
| 15 | I hope that that is accepted on both sides of the House . |
| 16 | Music for the celesta is written on two staves like that for the piano . |
| 17 | Rather , information is sought on broad patterns of variation across a wide social range in the urban community . |
| 18 | The effect of the Selby coalfield erm is felt on specific areas of land . |
| 19 | Put it well into the lower part of the flame so that soot is deposited on both sides of the strip . |
| 20 | Yeah erm the amount of police necessary for each area is based on all sorts of statistics , and for the statis statistics that we have for this area , we have or the chief constable 's decided that he 'll allocate a hundred and two police officers to police this area , which we find adequate . |
| 21 | This whole tune is based on two elements of Will Lee 's plan : playing with the kick , filling around that and creating a melodic hook that shines . |
| 22 | The calculation of loss per share is based on 708,790,691 shares for 1992 being the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year ended 31 December 1992 ( 1991 : 708,759,748 ) . |
| 23 | This valuation is based on quoted companies of a broadly comparable nature to [ name ] of [ specify ] times historic earnings and [ specify ] times prospective earnings . |
| 24 | The provision for taxation is based on best estimates of the liability at completion . |
| 25 | The provision for taxation is based on best estimates of the liability at completion . |
| 26 | The individual 's interpretation of a situation is based on personal beliefs about communication competence — one 's own and the other person 's — and these beliefs affect how the individual relates to others , and how others relate to the individual . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) CPRW 's Director , Dr Neil Caldwell , said , ‘ The case we will present to the inquiry is based on nine years of research . |
| 28 | More than 450 eyes have so far been treated but the study is based on 79 patients with the longest experience of the treatment . |
| 29 | Certainly added visual information helps lip-reading , but , since Cued Speech is based on spoken phonemes to which deaf children may not have access , it is difficult to see how it affects language development as a whole . |
| 30 | It is based on three words per second as the spoken word . |