Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rules change on Monday for disabled drivers using orange badge parking discs . |
| 2 | POLICE are braced for a traffic nightmare today as more than half a million sports fans converge on London for today 's marathon and the League Cup final . |
| 3 | The tranquil scene at Fen Farm will be shattered when thousands of dance music fans converge on Wavendon near MIlton Keynes . |
| 4 | Second-year units concentrate on America in the 20th century , and prepare students to undertake third and fourth-year interdisciplinary studies at a more demanding level . |
| 5 | It may be noted that savings depend on expectations concerning the interest rate in the next period . |
| 6 | According to Vince Aletti , writing in Rolling Stone in 1973 , some of the earliest records played in New York 's underground of ‘ juice bars , after-hours clubs , private lofts open on weekends to members only , floating groups of partygoers who take over the ballrooms of old hotels from midnight to dawn ’ were unusual imports from France and Spain . |
| 7 | We have more than 200 branches open on Saturdays from 9.30 am – 12.30 pm , so you can call in and discuss your needs if you ca n't manage it during the working week . |
| 8 | Organizations rely on conformity to both formal and informal group norms . |
| 9 | ICPI RECKON ON 5% OF GERMAN MARKET BY YEAR END |
| 10 | Adrian Britton , director for general practice , says that mortgage valuers rely on experts in specialised engineering tests . |
| 11 | The pictures go on display at leisure centres this week in a bid to encourage residents and businesses to reduce the city 's annual heating bill . |
| 12 | To some degree , these disputes turn on differences in the use of terms such as ‘ representation ’ and ‘ language ’ . |
| 13 | Walks start on doorstep of large 17th century cottage in a tiny National Trust village in a wood fringed vale . |
| 14 | He knows that it would be a real-terms increase on top of inflation . |
| 15 | The formal models concentrate on differences in endowments , which are endogenous , and on the role of random factors . |
| 16 | The continents and other landmasses perch on top of the plates , and consequently likewise move relative to each other . |
| 17 | The book will be necessary , says the publisher , for those whose jobs and even lives depend on knowledge of Britain 's weather . |
| 18 | Other criticisms focus on massaging of the data , in the form of simplification of ape utterances in their reporting , so as ( probably unwittingly ) to make them look more like human utterances than the hodge-podges they really are ; and re-analysis of unedited films of ‘ discussions ’ with the apes , showing just what a high proportion of the exchanges embody no more than unconscious cueing by the human experimenter , slavish imitation by the ape , or his redundant expansion and embroidery of their exchanges without commensurate amplification of information conveyed . |
| 19 | Picture an area in war-torn former Yugoslavia with a population suffering from malnutrition , lice , scabies , tuberculosis , water and food borne illness , and hepatitis B ; here rats flourish on piles of rubbish , dogs roam the streets notwithstanding the endemicity of rabies , and there is an influx of United Nations troops from countries in Africa and Asia with a high prevalence of HIV . |
| 20 | Semiconductors rely on gaps between the characteristic energy levels of electrons in the material ; while these remain large , currents can not flow . |
| 21 | The administrators rely on threats of dire consequences for the firm as a whole but generally are more committed to the firm ( having weak professional institutes — if any ) and are less marketable should they want to change jobs . |
| 22 | Trinkets and baubles go on show at Scotland 's finest jewellery exhibition . |
| 23 | Bankers agree on cure for Soviet economic ills |
| 24 | With so many urban areas on the coast it is not surprising that Herring Gulls nest on buildings in Sussex , and during the Operation Seafarer counts of 1969 between 106 and 131 pairs were found in the Hastings and St. Leonards district , and nests have more recently been recorded at Eastbourne , Brighton , and Worthing . |
| 25 | Robert Gordon lecturers vote on strike over redundancy |
| 26 | Since the government can not submit every decision to popular referendum , elected or appointed individuals act on behalf of larger constituencies . |
| 27 | LLANFYLLIN 'S 700th anniversary Charter celebrations begin on Thursday with an open air service at St Myllin 's Well , followed by the opening of the Floral Arts Exhibition at the Parish Church . |
| 28 | All African broadcasting stations rely on governments for a large proportion of their income , insufficient funds being raised either from advertising or the licence fee . |
| 29 | These are valuable skills which social workers use on behalf of clients and their families and sometimes on their own behalf . |
| 30 | Classes start on Friday at the Vicarage teenagers , 7-7.45pm , adults 8-9pm . |