Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you 're concentrating on three sites : Belmodes , Rose Hilaire 's flat , and my house in Mouncy Street ? ’ |
| 2 | The 50 names are engraved on three granite tablets . |
| 3 | Relative tail lengths are based on three specimens per species of the sex with the longest tail ( males in 13 species ; females in one hummingbird showing reversed sexual dimorphism ) . |
| 4 | It had not occurred to him that there would be a place underground where he would be exposed on three sides . |
| 5 | Even in Jakarta 's sixteen-storey Kartika Plaza hotel the fruit may only be consumed on three floors specially set aside for it . |
| 6 | A complex of swimming-pools , splash pools and towering chutes was to be built on three sides of her home , with a vast car park to the front . |
| 7 | The network will be built on three levels : city , regional and national . |
| 8 | The Careers Service should be involved on three levels : First , the Careers Service may use its in-depth knowledge of demographic and employment trends to advise on likely areas where employment opportunities may occur , and on any skill gaps which might properly be addressed at schools or colleges . |
| 9 | We 're , working on an hotel project I think and we 're up to week thirteen on the programme and I think you might be able to see on week thirteen and given the information we 've got at the moment as well , it means we 're gon na be working on three floors at once so it was the first thing to identify . |
| 10 | But you can see , you can see already that the production rate is no where near good enough to meet the programme and if it 's only on the first part of the seventh floor , bearing in mind we 've got to be working on three floors at the same time , we 're only on the first part of the seventh floor and already we 've got overlaps on day Granted , it 's a major problem . |
| 11 | The arcades were broken on three sides by vaulted gateways , and on the fourth , the principal axis , by a red sandstone mosque . |
| 12 | Over 2400 JS pensioners gathered together for the 45th JS Veterans Reunions on March 29 , April 5 and 26 — the event being organised on three days for the second time due to the large number of participants from all corners of the country . |
| 13 | Courtaulds paints are being used on three 25-metre trawlers built by Chantier Naval du Pacifique Sud in record time . |
| 14 | Retrospectively , socialist realism is being condemned on three counts : first , artistically , since the imposition of party dogma in the artistic field is viewed as creatively debilitating ; secondly , theoretically , since the subordination of cultural theory and practice to current political expediency is viewed as methodologically crude and inadequate ; thirdly , politically , since the exploitation of cultural activity to serve reprehensible Stalinist strategic objectives is viewed as morally unacceptable . |
| 15 | All first year pupils in the schools were included and were assessed on three occasions ( 4538 before teaching ( 1988 ) , 3930 immediately after teaching ( 1989 ) , 3786 at one year follow up ( 1990 ) ) . |
| 16 | Verdicts of accidental death have been recorded on three language students killed in a coach crash . |
| 17 | It is the best area in Britain for megalithic sites , and is surrounded on three sides by the sea . |
| 18 | A city of 3.2 million people , Rangoon is surrounded on three sides by water and dominated by the glistening gold stupa of the Shwedagon . |
| 19 | The ranch is surrounded on three sides by intensive arable agriculture , split into tiny small-holdings and , for the most part , being worked on land totally unsuitable for the purpose . |
| 20 | It dates from the eighteenth century and is built on three storeys , and , though no longer in commercial use , it is maintained as a working museum . |
| 21 | Holland is based on three divisions , France has four , America four , Australia two and there are also operating companies in Hong Kong and Japan . |
| 22 | He argued that Realism is based on three foundation stones , all to be found in the writings of Machiavelli . |
| 23 | This project is based on three premises : that more young economists , bound for industry , particularly consultancy , the civil service and the city , should have at least been apprenticed in research--hence , in part , the use of occasional research assistants rather than experienced professionals ; that applied economists should pay more attention to the views of non economists , and , in particular of practitioners in the fields they study , hence the emphasis on the flexibility required if we are to look at problems differently , or use different types of evidence ; and that more of us should build our models self consciously , with an eye to analytical convenience and ease of interpretation , considerations which would be less important were economics less inexact , since it might then make sense to seek the correct model , however difficult to analyse and understand . |
| 24 | The range is based on three lever shapes manufactured in stainless steel and brass . |
| 25 | … we want to create a socialist society which is based on three principles : equality and respect for human dignity ; sharing resources which are produced by our efforts ; work by everyone . ’ |
| 26 | The DOE 's air quality information , also published in newspaper and television weather reports , is based on three air pollutants . |
| 27 | The judicial review procedure in the High Court is based on three tests : illegality ; irrationality ; and/or procedural impropriety . |
| 28 | It is based on three words per second as the spoken word . |
| 29 | Obje objection site D thirty nine extends to some one point two five hectares and is bounded on three sides by hedgerows , trees and tracks , and on the south side by the boundary with existing property . |
| 30 | The basic study instrument was a self administered questionnaire which was completed on three occasions by all pupils . |