Example sentences of "[pers pn] operates on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operational effect is rather narrow ; it operates on a limited group of people who are in a state of physical decline . |
| 2 | Despite this market 's importance to the existence and operational efficiency of the ECM , it operates on a very informal and unregulated basis . |
| 3 | Like LOEX it operates on a subscription-fee basis , but unlike LOEX it has a relatively small catchment number of libraries which might subscribe , and because of this its ability to maintain itself as a self-financing clearinghouse is in question . |
| 4 | It 's tempting , when fitting a permanent substitute for the battery , to rewire the existing on-off switch so that it operates on the mains supply to the transformer primary . |
| 5 | The Open Software Foundation Research Company , which does advanced development of things like the microkernel , is apparently left unscathed because it operates on a different funding model . |
| 6 | It operates on notions of an observer ( views ) and the observable ( data ) . |
| 7 | The OSF Research Company , which does advanced development like the microkernel , is apparently unscathed because it operates on a different funding model . |
| 8 | It operates on the same lines as the rest of the prison , with the same rules and system of privileges and punishments . |
| 9 | It operates on behalf of the regional electricity companies ( RECs ) in buying and transmitting power to them . |
| 10 | It operates on the principle of " one person , one vote , " but there is now some dispute as to its legitimacy and that of the government it produces on the grounds that the principle of " one person , one vote , one value " has not been fully realized . |
| 11 | It operates on the rear wheels only , by applying the brakes to the spinning or slipping wheel and transferring torque to the other side of the axle . |
| 12 | The question of democracy is a very difficult one and it operates on different levels . |
| 13 | He operates on site for only two days per week . |
| 14 | Because he is of the establishment — yet , like Greene , he operates on the margins ; because he is outwardly well presented and benign yet at the same time frequently boiling with rage ; because he writes a crystalline yet subtly dandified prose which does n't give up secrets easily . |