Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kevin Scully , senior vice-president of Global Systems and Technology , says : ‘ What we have can be described as a centralised database with applications that are decentralised on a global basis . |
| 2 | 4.2 From January 1990 , new book acquisitions have been catalogued on a compute database which allows more extensive search facilities than is possible using the card indexes ; eg. truncated word search on title or series title , and using boolean operators to join search terms . |
| 3 | 1982 ) is a revised version of a well-established North American test which has been restandardised on a sample of British children . |
| 4 | NI contributions are calculated on a payment-by-payment basis according to the earnings period . |
| 5 | Fees for longer or shorter courses are calculated on a pro rata basis . |
| 6 | Redundancy payments are calculated on a sliding-scale according to age , so the cheapest workers to dismiss are the youngest workers and/or those with the shortest service . |
| 7 | However , it should be noted that P/E ratios are calculated on a ‘ net ’ distribution basis in which EPS is calculated after taxation and without relief from advanced corporation tax . |
| 8 | For trousers , socks and shoes , the garments are placed on a stool slightly to the side of the patient . |
| 9 | Then the patient 's arms are placed on a table in front of him with the hands flat and fingers spread open . |
| 10 | ROADS : Almost every week traffic restrictions are placed on a new section of the motorway network , reducing the number of lanes open to traffic from three , to two , or even one . |
| 11 | Water drops are placed on a thin piece of polished silicone pointing slightly uphill and coated with a water repellent of increasingly lessening effect as the coating goes uphill . |
| 12 | It means that if you are placed on a YTS programme through Compact , you have a real job . |
| 13 | The chicks are placed on a surface scattered with a mix of food grains and pebbles of about the same size and colour of the food . |
| 14 | In the ‘ Shadomaster ’ , samples are placed on a viewing stage and illuminated from above with a quartz-halogen projection lamp and a condenser . |
| 15 | Samples are placed on a glass tray supported on an X-Y bearing carriage . |
| 16 | The performances are given on a floating stage in the lake , and the audience is accommodated in an open-air auditorium on the shore . |
| 17 | The majority of middle market transactions are completed on a low profile , negotiated basis often involving a mixture of individual and corporate participants . |
| 18 | The earliest area of crofts may have been situated on a bluff west of the church , while an extended area was later laid out to the north around a triangular green , with an earlier Norman manor house going out of use at the same time . |
| 19 | Hailed as the current ‘ big thing ’ for a fair while , the ‘ Indie/dance crossover ’ has been immortalised on a K-tel style compilation , put together by DJ Gary Crowley . |
| 20 | Hailed as the current ‘ big thing ’ for a fair while , the ‘ Indie/dance crossover ’ has been immortalised on a K-tel style compilation , put together by DJ Gary Crowley . |
| 21 | Even the short tunnels on this part of the line are treated on a grand scale . |
| 22 | During normal operation of LIFESPAN , the requests for offlining modules are queued on a first-come-first-served basis . |
| 23 | However , the Directive does not apply to holdings in open-ended investment companies or other collective investment undertakings ; nor does it apply to holdings in companies incorporated outside the EC , although such companies which are listed on a stock exchange in a member state must make a public announcement of changes in major holdings of which they become aware ( even though there is no actual notification requirement ) . |
| 24 | All the adopter 's names are listed on a ‘ thank-you ’ plaque next to the animal 's enclosure . |
| 25 | The other investments are listed on a recognised stock exchange . |
| 26 | I have asked Service Quality Development for some simple ‘ do 's and dont 's ’ in handling complaints and these are listed on a ‘ flyer ’ in this issue . |
| 27 | Each of these are listed on a separate line after the error message . |
| 28 | Each of these are listed on a separate line after the error message . |
| 29 | Each of these are listed on a separate line after the error message . |
| 30 | Each of these are listed on a separate line after the error message . |