Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bird pollinators include unspecialized nectar eaters , which opportunistically visit many different kinds of flower , generally small ones , and specialized nectar eaters , which concentrate on a few kinds of flower , mainly larger ones . |
| 2 | First , those firms with in-house architects , which insist on a standard formula without consideration of local conditions . |
| 3 | What I 've got , is I 've got four of these directional speakers , there 's two up and two on here and then two big bass ones which sit on a floor back there . |
| 4 | Methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which relay on a single channel of communication . |
| 5 | We studied the operations required by those dominant data-types which act on a complete word : fixed and floating-point binary arithmetic , and logical values . |
| 6 | This may be no more than a judgement of which line on a graduated scale a movable needle is nearest to . |
| 7 | The true food enthusiast will appreciate the ‘ cameos ’ which focus on a variety of subjects such as the new generation of farmhouse-produced cheeses and how they are made , while the delightful drawings and colour photographs will whet the appetite . |
| 8 | Their fears — which focus on a stretch of the old London Road — have led to calls for action and improvements . |
| 9 | In the past year the CGR has developed a number of new applications of transgenic and genome technology which focus on a small number of areas of interest . |
| 10 | The more micro-based studies , which focus on a particular expenditure programme or transfer policy , often offer a more tractable research problem , but these are inevitably open to the criticism that they are very partial in nature , giving no real insight into whether government intervention is narrowing or widening the extent of overall economic inequality ( assuming we can agree how to measure it ! ) . |
| 11 | Blaise Pascal , of Pascal 's triangle , extended the theorem to : If a hexagon is inscribed in a circle , the pairs of opposite sides intersect , respectively , in three points which lie on a straight line . |
| 12 | An example of one category of UFO , which some researchers have pinpointed , is of objects with an ovoid shape from 1 to 3 metres in diameter , which rotate on a vertical axis , close to the ground , and which appear to emit a wide range of electromagnetic radiation . |
| 13 | It differs from ordinary hammer drills ( which operate on a ratchet/percussion mechanism ) because it is operated by an electro-pneumatic mechanism . |
| 14 | The Commission have more recently proposed a Directive on establishing European works councils that provides for informing and consulting employees within certain sized undertakings which operate on a Community-wide scale [ see pp. 45–6 ] . |
| 15 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 16 | Nevertheless teaching methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which rely on a single channel of communication . |
| 17 | Under the 1950 Shops Act the council has a duty to prosecute shops which trade on a Sunday . |
| 18 | But it is difficult to predict the stages at which progress on a job should be formally monitored . |
| 19 | references to articles or books which expand on a topic |
| 20 | In comparison with the other two passages , this one has a rather low frequency of nouns ( 4 ) ; moreover , over half of these nouns are abstract ( 20 ) , referring to entities which exist on a social or psychological plane : effort , subject , terms , money , feelings and aristocracy all occur in the first sentence . |
| 21 | Working with , while at the same time competing against other schools , raises questions about management which bear on a point made by Rutter et al. |
| 22 | This reflects a need to place greater weight on broadly based sales taxes , rather than on excise duties which bear on a comparatively narrow range of goods . |
| 23 | It may , however , be a useful tool where certain establishments ( e.g. a local club or bar ) hold overcrowded late-night ‘ parties ’ which occur on a regular basis and are a nuisance to occupiers in the residential area where the establishment is situated . |
| 24 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |