Example sentences of "[conj] is [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE can see from the definition of a tackle that : ‘ If the ball carrier is on one knee , or both knees , or is sitting on the ground or is on top of another player who is on the ground , the ball carrier is deemed to have been brought to ground ’ . |
| 2 | The NI has always been sceptical about the value of government-to-government overseas aid , which too easily finds its way into the pockets of an elite or is wasted on the wrong kind of project . |
| 3 | Nothing in the logic of the situation requires that it should always be the theory that is rejected on the occasion of a clash with observation . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing in this Act shall be construed as enabling any court to make an order that is binding on the Crown or on any person in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown . |
| 5 | The other key aspects of teaching that it is useful to record are the level of demand that is placed on the pupil(s) at each stage and the amount of guidance that the teacher provides . |
| 6 | In theory , at least , this will relieve the tremendous burden that is placed on the micro to both run the desktop publishing program and control the printer . |
| 7 | Fig 2 is the main part , played twice through , and Fig 3 is the thirds harmony that is played on the repeat . |
| 8 | Well I understand that you get fifteen , it 's just that I 've got a lot of customer where I got business that is depending on the kind of insurance that we give them , based on what our |
| 9 | Focus — clinical directorates offer a management structure that is based on the delivery of a given service to a group of clients . |
| 10 | The difference is that with understanding , the semantic processing must eventually involve translation of the natural language input into an internal language with a semantics that is based on the knowledge representation structure of the system in question . |
| 11 | The little information that is given on the performance of mature students is not very useful . |
| 12 | Any commercial organization that is quoted on the Stock Exchange is supposed to publish a statement of its financial affairs annually , and these can provide a wealth of information for sociologists who are interested in economic affairs . |
| 13 | Everyone has heard that the mustard giants make their money from the amount of the condiment that is left on the sides of our plates . |
| 14 | I turn now to the information that is held on the national computer about which the hon. Gentleman asked a number of questions . |
| 15 | The vendor should be entitled to any interest that is earned on the balance and should receive either weekly or monthly statements from the purchaser or from the bank . |
| 16 | The NCR 3450-UP is designed to enable users to add any standard feature that is released on the NCR 3450-MP unit , and supports all the software for it . |
| 17 | This has happened recently with the peppered moth , a speckled species that is camouflaged on the lichen-covered tree-trunks where it normally lives . |
| 18 | the assumption that only enquiry into literature that is founded on the state of the art in sociology or other adjacent disciplines is valid , the rest being impressionist and subjective . |
| 19 | Because scientificity is achieved through a break with common-sense forms of thinking , termed ‘ epistemological obstacles ’ , Bachelard , like Lévi-Strauss and Althusser after him , argues that any philosophy such as existentialism that is founded on the basis of the truth of the experience of the knowing subject is bound to involve illusory or ideological forms of thought . |
| 20 | OWNERS of motor vehicles are sitting ducks for avaricious chancellors who already screw them for far more cash in fuel and vehicle tax than is spent on the roads . |
| 21 | By contrast the Sergeant Major has already finished , and is jogging on the spot with an air of contempt for the rest of us mere mortals . |
| 22 | It is , however , the work of the remaining Russians that intrigues even more and most notably the Surrealist Home and the Sky : the Life of Plants , which is a kind of film-set by the Moscow-born Igor Orlov and the Form and Continuity by Nikolai Ovtchinnikov , who welcomes us to the show and is illustrated on the front page . |
| 23 | Blue Planet has taken five years to complete and is made on the Imax ( largest screen ) format . |
| 24 | Fig 33 … and is placed on the mast below the boom . |
| 25 | When this process is completed , the plate is ready for printing and is placed on the bed of the etching press . |
| 26 | The singer shares the same acoustic environment and is placed on the same arc as the strings to produce a completely natural effect overall . |
| 27 | The DTI ( ITSU-ITD6A ) was a founder member and is represented on the Interim Action Board by Harry Ivey and on the Business Strategy Forum by George Sidney . |
| 28 | Bull comes in for Beardsley , Thomas replaces McMahon in midfield and is joined on the right by his Arsenal team-mate Rocastle . |
| 29 | Portfolio M is the market and has a value of 1.0 and is situated on the ray OZ by definition . |
| 30 | The dome is protected by a timber roof and is tiled on the exterior . |