Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least outwardly then , Soviet authorities insist on a linkage between Socialism and stability , and deny any tension between them . |
| 2 | For example , Wright , describing the language behaviour of young black residents of Birmingham , talks of " recreolisation " , whereby speakers focus on a norm maximally distinct ( or nearly so ) from the Standard . |
| 3 | Melodic characteristics depend on a composer 's idiom , and in turn are chief elements in the formation of that idiom . |
| 4 | Current computers rely on a selection of memory devices . |
| 5 | This is a step I did n't really want to take as the text books and scientific articles indicate that the fry feed on a mucus secretion on the parents flanks which is necessary to their health . |
| 6 | If the parties agree on a procedure and the expert does not , the parties should appoint another expert . |
| 7 | Crime exists , but rape is rare , and murder and theft exist on a minute scale compared to the urban crimes of the twentieth century . |
| 8 | Many of these schools exist on a shoe-string and lack a library , books and all kinds of teaching aids , especially for practical subjects . |
| 9 | The swing-door dividing the buffet from the kitchen contains a central , circular pink-tinted window and , as I gaze through it at the catering staff , my eyes fall on a cross between Fassbinder 's Querelle and one of Hieronymus Bosch 's more frightening paintings . |
| 10 | The purpose-built craft complex houses fourteen workshops where craftsmen work on a variety of fine crafts . |
| 11 | David first tried a cod bait on a size 10/0 hook and wire trace after a shark attacked a cod being brought aboard Clair Calder 's Scrabster-based charter boat Karen . |
| 12 | Spurs wait on a fitness test on Nayim . |
| 13 | if two or more artists collaborate on a project then each can own a separate copyright if the contributions are distinct , or they may own joint copyright int he work if this is not the case . |
| 14 | Garvey 's clarification requests depend on a contingency pair analysis in which the second speaker comments on the utterance of the first speaker by asking for a measure of clarification . |
| 15 | Surtees started racing bikes in 1950 and had his first win at Brands Hatch on a Vincent in 1951 when only 17 . |
| 16 | His parents sleep on a setee in the living room . |
| 17 | In the 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci film , Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider as Paul and Jeanne embark on a series of erotic encounters in an apartment , agreeing never to reveal their names to each other , in order to keep their relationship anonymous and exclusively physical . |
| 18 | As with the free ion , the inter-electronic effects depend on a number of complicated integrals ; these can be expressed in terms of Racah parameters , but B and C do not have the same values as they have for the free ion . |
| 19 | These mountains stand on a watershed between east and west and determined walkers blessed with unfailing energy will find a way from one side to the other much easier th , n is apparent on the approach . |
| 20 | The factual circumstances that can arise are infinite and the judges rely on a mixture of legal principle , policy and common sense to guide them through the maze . |
| 21 | Credit card companies operate on a commission basis . |
| 22 | In or about February 1983 , I received a message via my branch director that the deputy Director-General of MI5 was prepared to consider favourably an application from me for a telephone intercept on a member of the Communist Party within C.N.D. John Cox , a Vice-President of C.N.D. , was selected since he was well known as a member of the Communist Party and had been involved in C.N.D. practically since its inception . |
| 23 | For all parts of the gybe proceed on a trial and error basis with different arcs of turn , different back foot placements and in particular changes in the timing . |
| 24 | X-rays of wavelength impinge on a crystal at an angle of incidence 8 . |
| 25 | Governments depend on a network of unacknowledged female support to survive . |
| 26 | ‘ Imagine if Mike picked up the paper and read ‘ Wife lops husband 's head off with a fish slice on a Sunday afternoon ’ and found out it was us . ’ |
| 27 | COOKSTOWN Magistrates Court was told yesterday that a farmer forged his deceased mother-in-laws name on a cheque to pay his electricity bill . |
| 28 | Coventry draw on a touch of genius |
| 29 | Tilne — some organisations operate on a shift system so the structure is based around a particular shift . |
| 30 | Licensed dealers trade on a scale that is only limited by their own resources . |