Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scapula of the male differs on an average from that of the female , in size , proportions and shape . |
| 2 | If a driver drives on a highway without due care for other users it is foreseeable that some of the other users of the highway will be pregnant women and that a child en ventre sa mère may be injured . |
| 3 | Papert builds on a far older European tradition of cognitive psychology . |
| 4 | Esquire Goes on a Date |
| 5 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 6 | DIRECTOR Roman Polanski turns on the shock treatment in the passionate but quite perverse BITTER MOON ( Cert 18 ; West End ) . |
| 7 | My mum goes on a Sunday ? |
| 8 | The self-supporting framework builds on the children 's existing collective resources : their knowledge and experience , their social relationships , their capacity to support and stimulate one another through shared interests and concerns . |
| 9 | Symbolically the owl sits on an Evil Eye that has been pierced by a spear , suggesting that the owl 's own ‘ Evil Eye ’ has been incapacitated by the mobbing display . |
| 10 | The male sits on a favoured perch and when this is visited by a rival he sidles up to the intruder . |
| 11 | The male sits on the nest , but at the moment he appears to be out getting a meal . |
| 12 | Not the other respectable brigade , and indeed in Eden End , the whole play turns on the jealousy of the sister , who remained at home . |
| 13 | Sixteen per cent of the budget goes on the care of the mentally ill and mentally handicapped . |
| 14 | Almost 40 per cent of the country 's budget goes on the 57,000-strong civil service . |
| 15 | Hospitals close , trains stop , radar goes on the blink , satellites spin wordlessly in space , and for everyone dialling long distance or local calls , the pips announce that time is finally up . |
| 16 | His briefcase bulges on the table , full of slides and biopsy reports , medical histories and letters from Dr McKenzie and Professor Sikora , as well as his own carefully compiled notes . |
| 17 | One part turns on the other and sees it as worthless , leading to the self-reproaches and relentless self-criticism of melancholics . |
| 18 | By using arcs struck about the assembly points and passing through the other attachment points on the intermediate link , the member may be Positioned initially to a chosen point on the locus of point P ( see Figure 7.42 ) and then rotated to generate an attachment point on the locus of point Q ( link C ) . |
| 19 | I do not feel it necessary to add anything about the numerous authorities referred to in the learned arguments addressed to us , because the decision turns on a question of fact , whether the consideration for the promise is proved as pleaded . |
| 20 | and souvenir crosses on the mantelpiece |
| 21 | The building sits on a awkward site on the left bank of the Seine . |
| 22 | Our paradigm capitalizes on the observation that visually presented letters are transformed into a phonological code and access the articulatory loop , through the subvocal rehearsal system , even when there is no direct auditory stimulation . |
| 23 | On the death of father or mother the guardianship devolves on the surviving spouse ; but either can by deed or will appoint guardians to act with the survivor . |
| 24 | So , with it at the front the board lies on the water flat , and with it back the tail digs in . |
| 25 | The disqualification stands on the proposition that , where there is no market so that the user can not by taking his custom elsewhere , discipline the provider , it is wrong to adopt any form which creates a right and duty to use the monopoly so as to satisfy the interests of an exclusive group of owners , as against those of the users . |
| 26 | But the book does explore the emotional effect that this major change has on a small boy 's life in a clever and very unusual way . |
| 27 | Back room stage so small the performers have to rest their mike stands on the floor in front . |
| 28 | They need to be the product of shared work between head , governors , staff and , as far as possible , parents , but the main responsibility lies on the head . |
| 29 | Although there have been some useful television series , most television coverage focusses on the sensational , and some major documentaries and plays have compounded the fears and misunderstandings of the public rather than alleviate them . |
| 30 | Their case lies on the counter like a mussel , |