Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider the recent experience of an Economist correspondent flying on an American-owned airline . |
| 2 | Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death . |
| 3 | The Buchan Meat chairman , Peter McKilligin , argued against change and urged the FASL board to concentrate on the scheme in existence . |
| 4 | Three methods were being tried : A benign substance called Hot Foot Gel painted on the top of transformers and similar equipment to produce a ‘ sinking ’ feeling for the Hoodies when they try to land ; Plastic strips with irregular plastic spikes fixed to the top of equipment to discourage the birds from landing in the first place ; Non-working poles incorporating ‘ alternative nesting pans ’ were erected at selected sites to encourage the crows to use them instead . |
| 5 | This is realized phonologically as a tone group , with the peak of prominence or tonic accent falling on the new element . |
| 6 | This continuous time model finds that the price of index futures depends on the volatility of returns on the index , as well as on the spot price , dividend yield , the risk-free rate of interest and the time to delivery . |
| 7 | Stulz , Wasserfallen and Stucki ( 1990 ) studied daily data on Swiss Market Index futures traded on an OTC market run by the Leu Bank from January to October 1989 . |
| 8 | Stulz , Wasserfallen and Stucki ( 1990 ) considered daily returns on Swiss Market Index futures traded on an OTC market run by the Leu Bank . |
| 9 | Good reads among the new releases include Dick Francis 's COMEBACK ( Pan , £4.99 ) , his 34th racing thriller and as pacy as ever , Danielle Steel 's NO GREATER LOVE ( Corgi , £4.99 ) about the Winfield family whose lives are changed forever the night the Titanic sinks , and Mary Stewart 's STORMY PETREL ( Coronet , £3.99 ) , an atmospheric suspense story set on a Hebridean island . |
| 10 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 11 | When the goat was made ready , Loopy Lil helped Dot up onto the little red-painted cart with the empty milk cans clattering on the wooden seat beside her , while Mrs Hollidaye took the leading-rein at the front . |
| 12 | Gryglewski et al ( 1978 ) incorporated collagen strips into extracorporeal circuits in animals and showed that prostacyclin brought about disaggregation of platelet aggregates formed on the collagen strips . |
| 13 | In 1979 the Australian clearinghouse USER appeared on the scene , and its philosophy is on lines similar to that of the USA and UK clearinghouses . |
| 14 | I have already said that the success of a Government 's defence policies depends on the conviction that those policies and their spokesmen carry in the eyes both of prospective opponents and of present friends . |
| 15 | However , the quality of placement outcomes of primary teachers is of the highest standard , with evidence of significant curriculum programmes based on the placement experience . |
| 16 | The decision to give tetanus immunisation depends on the patient 's immunity as well as the wound 's susceptibility to tetanus . |
| 17 | The ceasefire broke down within hours , however , and the Croatian Defence Ministry called on the population to mobilize for a " very long defensive campaign " . |
| 18 | Research summary To investigate , through a case study centered on a major commercial company , the organisational transformations taking place in commercial software development . |
| 19 | A Sunday Mirror exclusive linked to the television Crimewatch programme focused on a powerful attacker who was nicknamed ‘ Muscle Man ’ by detectives hunting him . |
| 20 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 21 | Milk advert based on the premise that hostile drinking straws were out to steal your milk . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if the flying fantasy is out of reach , there is always the wind sail , or windsock , you can make from scrap leftovers to erect on a mast as a bright locator for your base on the field . |
| 23 | This issue is currently at the centre of pedagogical discussions about language , since many teaching methods rest on the assumption that when children talk or write , they are also developing their ability to think . |
| 24 | Not until 1918 was universal manhood suffrage introduced on the basis of ( six months ' ) residence . |
| 25 | The number of articles , booklets and text books written on the subject of corporate finance is vast . |
| 26 | a powdering effect left on the surface of the paper after the ink has failed to dry satisfactorily due to a fault in printing . |
| 27 | Pieda 's report found that 56,000 jobs outside the Scotch whisky industry depend on the jobs of 15,000 employed directly by the big Scotch concerns . |
| 28 | ‘ All the same , ’ he said , when the spring buds burst on the seven trees that grew in Mafeking Street , along which Wendy had once half-run , half-walked , on her way to give birth to Apricot , ‘ it would be nice to be somewhere different , just for a time , just for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 29 | It was only the light from their own carriage lamps falling on the neglected driveway that told her they were approaching the house , and the salt smell that got stronger and stronger and seeped through the closed windows of the carriage . |
| 30 | However , such benefits depend on the investment returns achieved on the contributions to the endowment policy and there is no guarantee that these will match expectations . |