Example sentences of "[verb] been built on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been built on a solid bedrock of good dogs and breeding control , with a strong emphasis on mentality . |
| 2 | The general layout and fine pavements give the site all the appearance of a rich villa , but it has been built on a levelled shelf of tufa , through which flow vigorous streams from nearby springs . |
| 3 | However , the bulk of new housing has been built on a straightforward commercial basis and corresponds to the developments of the 1930s . |
| 4 | Fothergill says his company 's reputation has been built on a philosophy that views a lift as more than a metal cabin ; rather something which can add value to a building . |
| 5 | After all , a couple 's lives may have been built on a lot of separateness . |
| 6 | It had been built on a piece of glebe land behind the church , with a narrow drive running up beside the churchyard wall , separating it from the lane , isolating it from other houses . |
| 7 | It seems evident that the structure had been built on a shelf cut into the steep hill slope and a terrace added on the north side . |
| 8 | Defries hardly noticed the lakes and the vegetation : she was studying the strange complex of structures that had been built on a vast slab of rock in the centre of the fertile valley . |
| 9 | She found herself unable to speak with the fear that clutched at her , the worrying possibility that her whole life had been built on a lie . |
| 10 | The houses had been built on a concrete raft on an infilled site . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been built on a cover-up . |