Example sentences of "[is] [verb] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sort of choice available is explained on pages 125–131 , but a new refrigerator or fridge-freezer , the addition of a microwave oven , or purchase of a portable dishwasher if there is no room for a plumbed-in version , might make all the difference to your own work load . |
| 2 | This very specialized approach is explained on pp. 94–7 , but it is mentioned here because it sometimes uses a kind of experiment . |
| 3 | Heavy reliance is placed on sources set up for purposes other than monitoring population change , including the International Passenger Survey ( designed to estimate travellers ' spending patterns ) , the National Health Service Central Register and the electoral roll . |
| 4 | It is encouraging that a great deal of emphasis is placed on aspects of plan preparation , whether this be the research or the surveying , since knowing your facts is vital before organising action . |
| 5 | But the report concluded that undue emphasis is placed on inquiries about research experience in the mistaken belief that it is easier to assess a candidate 's research abilities . |
| 6 | Two windings ate provided and each winding ( phase ) is situated on four of the eight stator poles ; winding A is placed on poles 1,3,5,7 and winding B is on poles 2,4,6,8 . |
| 7 | If it is binding on individuals it has to be justified by considerations which bind them . |
| 8 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 9 | She 's financing on cars |
| 10 | The environmental panic is heaven for the high priests of advertising whose function it is to capitalize on fears and desires . |
| 11 | The full text of 's letter to principals and its accompanying paper is given on pages 2 , 3 and 4 . |
| 12 | The membership of The Executive during the year and retirals from it , due at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting , is given on pages 28 to 32 . |
| 13 | The membership of The Executive during the year and retirals from it , due at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting , is given on pages 28 to 32 . |
| 14 | The first of these issues is considered on pp. 188–92 as part of the discussion of the relations between the civil service and Parliament . |
| 15 | A very simple and effective thing for the teacher to do is to comment on errors , not as a complaint ( " You should know how to spell that word by now " ) but as praise for the attempt . |
| 16 | Where this is impossible , an alternative approach is to concentrate on studies of variation in breeding success within cohorts but , even here , problems will arise if breeding success is consistently related to longevity . |
| 17 | One of the major tasks as the Social Responsibility Officer , is to work on issues surrounding the Care in the Community regulations . |
| 18 | The same argument , that tools with a high use-value were not placed in graves , applies to tools associated with most crafts , such as agriculture , metal-working and textile manufacture , although the last-named is well-represented on settlements . |
| 19 | An extract from the General Regulations for Students is included on pages 24 & 25 of this guide . |
| 20 | Police driver describes how fast the car is going , how it 's driving on pavements . |
| 21 | He has been goaded by the obstacles to expansion and the punishing VAT rate of 18.6 per cent that is imposed on imports in his own country . |
| 22 | Unless there is personal identification and commitment , then there is no responsibility for making things work — one of the reasons for the generally poor attendance levels at meetings where governors present their annual report to parents is that the system is imposed on schools . |
| 23 | Lily Netsova , the Bulgarian Press attache in Britain , says the village of Veliko Turnovo is built on terraces across the slopes of a mountain . |
| 24 | I think er male society is built on women hatred ! |
| 25 | first , that much of our day-to-day conversation is built on messages and devices to do with status . |
| 26 | This is a ‘ leftover ’ from the P3 car from where this type of engine was fitted and this is where the temp gauge sender is sited on vehicles used for stationary running such as fire engines . |
| 27 | The same type of modification is seen on shrews ( it will be seen in Chapter 3 that evidence of digestion occurs earlier on vole teeth than on mice or shrews ) , and flaking and penetration of limb bones is also common ( Fig. 1.13 G-H ) . |
| 28 | Full details of our AH grading system and hotel selection with special offers is featured on pages 10–14 of this brochure . |
| 29 | They have to fight for their theories , and face failure when they fall — for no science is written on tablets of stone . |
| 30 | The new Air Quality Management Plan is the most comprehensive of its kind : not perhaps in its approach to tree conservation — the paper it is written on stacks three feet high — but in its determination to force producers and consumers to stop passing on their muck by law . |