Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resistivity surveying is based on the principle that underground features such as masonry walls have a high resistance to an electric current , whereas filled-in features , such as ditches or pits , have a lower resistance . |
| 2 | The rated current of a stepping motor winding is assessed on the basis of the maximum allowable temperature rise when the winding is continuously excited . |
| 3 | All your accounts remain separate , but the amount of interest you earn is based on the family 's total . |
| 4 | Successive visits by Motherwell and Airdrie have seen attendances recorded at 3,370 and 3,079 respectively ; clearly insufficient numbers to maintain the running of a full-time outfit at Dens Park , let alone allow the investment manager Simon Stainrod says is required on the playing staff . |
| 5 | Moreover , it is of greatest benefit to the top-rate taxpayers , as the relief granted is based on the taxpayer 's marginal ( ie highest ) rate of taxation . |
| 6 | The system which was adopted is based on the chart shown in Figure 4.6 . |
| 7 | The language syllabus of Streamline is based on the carefully controlled introduction of new structures and vocabulary . |
| 8 | This same lateral braced bridling is found on the flexible Parafoils or Stratoscoop types . |
| 9 | This inability of the court to intervene is founded on the fact that the applicable law is not the common law of England but a peculiar or domestic law of which the visitor is the sole judge . |
| 10 | One approach to control is based on the susceptibility of the L3 to desiccation and on the fact that a major route of infection is percutaneous . |
| 11 | The reasoning which follows is based on the opinion , already inseparable from what has been said , that appropriation is a neutral expression and does not convey the sense of taking property for oneself without the owner 's authority . |
| 12 | The account of them which follows is based on the print of the Bill which is dated 19th February 1975 . |
| 13 | Much of the analysis which follows is based on the models used in Emerson et al. |
| 14 | Where this is the case the applicant must file at court : ( a ) a written request for leave setting out the reasons for the application ; and ( b ) a draft of the application for which leave is sought on the appropriate form , with sufficient copies for service on all respondents ( FPCR , r3(1) ; FPR , r4.3(1) ) . |
| 15 | The restructuring that we are seeing is mirrored on the continent . |
| 16 | The lexicon that has been developed is based on the vocabulary of a learners dictionary ( the OALDCE ) and supplemented by words from the LOB corpus . |
| 17 | But the one we 're using is done on the Xerox . |
| 18 | On death , the premiums cease , the sum assured is paid on the living assurance or the Covermaster Plan , living expense is reduced , the widow could work or remarry , a potential answers . |
| 19 | Third , with effect from 6 April 1992 , a supplementary charge to tax is imposed on the capital benefits UK residents enjoy . |
| 20 | The attractive small town of Zell am See is located on the shores of a lake in the heart of what is known as the Europa Sport Region . |