Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the omission of a default premium from the no-arbitrage condition is probably of little consequence for futures traded on established and well-regulated exchanges . |
| 2 | Concern centres on the likely shortage of buyers for projects funded on short-term development finance from the banks . |
| 3 | Pigs ' skin is used for skin grafts on severe burns , and to test X-rays . |
| 4 | For research focused on formal aspects of code switching , much of the interest lies in the process whereby two widely divergent grammatical systems are made compatible in such a way that switching is possible between them : hence researchers in this area have mainly concentrated on pairs of languages that have no more than chance ( or universal ) similarities . |
| 5 | One Lubavitch rabbi in Stoke Newington organises gifts and loans — often running into thousands of pounds — for congregants fallen on hard times . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that he will press for harmonisation based on alcoholic strength , or at least some mechanism for capping the rate on spirits ? |
| 7 | Explain it , absolutely Now so that 's about words based on geographical variations or regional variations within the country er er something to be avoided but what about in the industry you 're in . |
| 8 | X/Open in turn explained the inner working of its fast track process : a specification that 's very clean and well written takes at least six months , changes after review tack on another 10 weeks . |
| 9 | X/Open in turn explained the inner working of its fast track process : a specification that 's very clean and well-written takes at least six months , changes after review tack on another 10 weeks . |
| 10 | In the long run , this situation is bad for Britain 's industry , Maddock argues , because the technology gap is growing all the time between companies working on advanced defence electronics ( in which Britain leads the world ) and these struggling to retain some of the consumer electronics business . |
| 11 | an original term for work printed on one side of a large sheet of paper . |
| 12 | This is of the form A-BC ( which would be meaningless at levels of more general affinity , and is excluded by the homogeneity of style at the unitary level ) , where some of the mosaicists responsible for mosaic A worked on B , and some of the mosaicists responsible for B worked on 6 , but where few mosaicists worked on both A and C. At each step in such a " distributed relationship " some craftsmen are " lost " . |
| 13 | At the meeting Japan proposed that the annual PMC be made a regular forum for dialogue focused on regional security issues . |
| 14 | Proposals for syllabuses based on this reduced notion of communication also illustrate how the potential for change inherent in new ideas is stifled by assimilation into established patterns of thinking . |
| 15 | The behaviour of states depends on domestic political processes . |
| 16 | Qaddafi writes about constraints , compulsion , oppression , but as characteristics of states based on political rather than on social ( ‘ natural ’ ) bonds . |
| 17 | In other words the issue is whether there has been a gradual process of change based on clear continuities with the past or an accumulation of changes in a relatively short space of time which has fundamentally altered the structures of the UK state . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue . |
| 19 | They are a stark contrast to the derelict steelyards of Sheffield , where there 's nothing left but acres of scrap lying on flattened ground , or the old factories , which look either like the workhouse or satanic hangars . |
| 20 | The terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki concluded on 17 April included Japanese possession of Formosa , the Pescadores Islands and the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria , the opening by China of four more treaty ports and the payment to Japan of a sizeable indemnity . |
| 21 | He fears that groups of workers might become the subject of discrimination based on inherited traits . |
| 22 | Nevertheless the pursuit of policies based on national self-interest led to competitive depreciation and the introduction of tariffs and other trade restrictions . |
| 23 | The first relevant principle to be derived from the ticket cases in the case of contracts placed on standard terms and conditions is that , if the party whom it is sought to bind knows that there is a set of standard terms which the other party intends should apply to the contract , and he enters into the contract on this basis , he will be bound by them . |
| 24 | This is however , not always practical , and in the absence of a change in the law through statute , the battle of the forms will continue to be a feature of the formation of contracts placed on standard terms and conditions . |
| 25 | But the government of Shamir insists on Israeli soldiers , at great risk , policing the area and protecting the Jewish settlers there — fanatical characters who , according to the soldiers , do not work . |
| 26 | Their protagonists argue that the law of murder is so important socially that derogation from the principle of maximum certainty should be allowed in favour of more accurate labelling by the courts ; opponents argue that the principle of maximum certainty is needed here specifically to reduce the risk of verdicts based on discriminatory or irrelevant factors , such as distaste for the defendant 's background , allegiance , or other activities . |
| 27 | The Ministry of Defence objected on three grounds : the increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill ; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster ; and the cost of the British share would have to come out of the already overstretched Defence budget . |
| 28 | The three businesses comprise 60.9%-owned San Diego-based subsidiary GTI Corp , which makes magnetic components for the local area network market ; UK-based Zetex , a specialist analogue semiconductor manufacturer for the data storage market ; and Trend , which has now completely moved out of defence to concentrate on dedicated telecommunications test equipment . |
| 29 | The inhabitants of Antwerp surrendered on 10 October . |
| 30 | It will also meet with resistance from some of the groups that stand to gain from such policies because of the grip that the ideology of inequality has on British society . |