Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The projected deficit reduction depended on government revenue rising 22 per cent in 1989 , and on spending increasing by only 15 per cent . |
| 2 | If partnerships do begin to question the established pillars of the secondary school curriculum they will certainly need to face the constraint placed on curriculum development by the National Curriculum and examination systems which dictate subject content . |
| 3 | Religion stands on tip toe in our land |
| 4 | Indeed , while it is not the brief of this chapter to comment on state pension provision , it must be remarked that in the early 1960s , as subsequently , it was chiefly the low level of state provision which made the presence or absence of entitlement to occupational pension benefits so crucial to many household budgets , not least to lone female households . |
| 5 | With circulation built on war memoir serializ-ations , resources went into ‘ investigative journalism ’ . |
| 6 | Action threatened on council job cuts |
| 7 | The research concentrates on consumer expenditure and in this context includes both theoretical and empirical elements . |
| 8 | However , he says , he has been misquoted and his work suppressed by publicly supported scientists who are supposed to follow all research leads on predator control . |
| 9 | Viking makes a rare outing into the world of science fiction , though William Gibson is a writer with a strong mainstream following : Virtual Light ( £14.99 ) is set in a none-too-distant future where , according to Gibson , we can look forward to a new form of virtual reality , the virtual light of the title , and a religion based on Cable TV — shades of Philip K Dick here . |
| 10 | The Primary Education Improvement Project in Northern Nigeria has produced a programme for the lower classes where more formal subject-based lessons were planned to cover about half the teaching time , but complemented by a carefully planned activities programme based on group work . |
| 11 | It allows the development of practice based on classroom research . |
| 12 | While the stock of yet another carrier soared on buyout speculation , a fatal crash at New York 's La Guardia Airport , again brought lax airline safety to public attention . |
| 13 | They resented its reluctance to accept that the opinion of a psychologist based on test evidence was more valid than the opinion of the man in the street — or on the jury — based on observation , and they were annoyed that the court failed to recognise that the tests involved were as confidential as those carried out by any other medical practitioner . |
| 14 | We therefore applied these techniques to archival tissues containing sarcoid granulomas and further investigated the viability of this widely available tissue source in research based on polymerase chain reaction techniques . |
| 15 | In conclusion , we have demonstrated the presence of M tuberculosis DNA in sarcoid lung and lymph tissue and shown that archival specimens seem to be suitable for research based on polymerase chain reaction techniques . |
| 16 | At Paradise Park , a sort of bird zoo near Penzance , a barn owl chick hatched on Christmas Day last year . |
| 17 | The fact that a practitioner has a copy of the Blue Book ( which contains the Institute 's regulations and guidance notes on investment business ) on his shelf does not necessarily mean that he has read and understood it , and in some firms the Institute 's Investment Business Gazettes ( which announce changes to regulations and other requirements , and provide a general round-up of developments likely to affect authorised firms ) are filed away unread if they are kept at all . |
| 18 | Some government departments ( such as the Department of Health ) publish guidance notes on option appraisal . |
| 19 | - A letter appears in a national newspaper expressing disbelief that the writer has already spotted the first penny-for-the-guy collector/Christmas tree/artificial snow sprayed on shop window/Valentine cards on sale . |
| 20 | Jail term increased on baby batterer |
| 21 | Soldier impaled on fence post tells how he survived . |
| 22 | The investment hinges on market research currently being conducted among existing and prospective customers as to whether they favour an upgraded ATP or an entirely new aircraft . |
| 23 | The research focuses on community credit unions . |
| 24 | Chemical thermodynamics focuses on energy transfer during chemical reactions and on the work done by chemical systems . |
| 25 | The Completion Confirmed on Date space on all the forms should be completed with the current date before a form is returned to the lexicographers . |
| 26 | If satisfied that everything has been completed successfully then it should be dated in the Completion Confirmed on Date section of the form . |
| 27 | when the form has been actioned and completed , the form should be dated in the Completion Confirmed on Date section of the form |
| 28 | Like the effect of programme scheduling on TV audience sizes , a story put on the front page was much more likely to be read than something buried inside , and ‘ page traffic ’ figures show slightly higher noting of items on right-hand than left-hand pages . |
| 29 | However , little is known about the effects that environmental change and its local perception have on fertility behaviour , and debates about population and environmental change have generally not absorbed recent research in the social demography of Africa . |
| 30 | What effect does the size of the record key have on index size ? |