Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pipe stands on 170 winners from more than 660 runs , a strike rate of 26 per cent . |
| 2 | It is hexagonal and stands on seven columns ; the central one has a base of human figures and animals while the others are supported on the backs of lions . |
| 3 | But his music lives on 35 years after his first hit . |
| 4 | In relation to Somalia and the present litigation , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has on three occasions responded to inquiries by solicitors and Mr. Richards has also conveyed to the court a further communication . |
| 5 | This happens on eight occasions in all ; on three occasions he is thinking about his father and on five occasions he is thinking about his mother . |
| 6 | It arrives on ten disks , not all of which are needed , and , being a Windows application , installs very easily . |
| 7 | All mail and newspapers arrive by air , and much of Alderney 's urgent and perishable freight arrives on three engines . |
| 8 | The absorption coefficient depends on four factors : the gas , the liquid , temperature , pressure . |
| 9 | The scanning and perception of an area , and thus a volume , depends on two activities . |
| 10 | Equitability depends on two things , the original equitability of the small mammal fauna and the degree of predator selectivity . |
| 11 | The persuasiveness of Berkeley 's argument about heat and pain depends on two things : ( i ) our readiness to distinguish between feeling heat and feeling hot , and ( ii ) our having the idea that if two things are called by the same name it must be because we suppose them to be like one another . |
| 12 | Meta-deduction depends on two components : an ability to make deductions , and an ability to construct reasoning strategies . |
| 13 | A range of pore sizes is fundamental to the success of this size fractionation procedure which depends on two processes . |
| 14 | The year-to-year change in total number in a population depends on two pairs of components : |
| 15 | The latter depends on two factors . |
| 16 | Survival of the host mistletoe depends on two factors : its age and the severity of hyperparasite attack . |
| 17 | The amount you receive depends on two factors : the number of years you have worked for the organisation plus the fraction of final pay on which the scheme is based , typically 1/60th . |
| 18 | The latter depends on two factors . |
| 19 | Now , the apparent brightness of a star depends on two factors : how much light it radiates ( its luminosity ) , and how far it is from us . |
| 20 | The determination of the effect of the rules made by regulatory bodies operating in the public law sphere on common law and equitable rights and duties depends on two factors : ( 1 ) whether the regulatory bodies have been given authority to make rules altering private law rights ; and ( 2 ) if there is such authority , whether they have in fact exercised it when making their rules . |
| 21 | Well this of course erm depends on two factors . |
| 22 | It is possibly the least effective method of change because it depends on two steps both of which are unnatural . |
| 23 | In the final analysis , Quelch and Hoff conclude , perhaps predictably , that the extent to which a standardised global product is practicable depends on two attributes : |
| 24 | Correlation between bidirectional reflectance and biomass depends on two relationships , the one between bidirectional reflectance and LAI and the one between LAI and biomass . |
| 25 | Whether or not we perceive an event in the world around us depends on three things . |
| 26 | How they do this depends on three things : their initial purpose , their potential audience , and the nature of the information they have . |
| 27 | How much you should allow depends on three factors : 1 . |
| 28 | Successful implementation of decisions , he says , depends on three factors : good motivation , high commitment to the action selected , and common expectations of what is required . |
| 29 | The decision to test recipients for prior immunity depends on three variables : 1 ) the cost of the vaccination ; 2 ) the cost of the screening tests ; and 3 ) the expected prevalence of serologic markers in the target population . |
| 30 | It is interesting to note that the local Party cell 's initial report for January , that is , prior to the central decree of 16 February on church valuables , already concentrates on two things — possible rifts within the Church , and the flow of ecclesiastical monies . |