Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb -s] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not surprising that the Home Office has commissioned research which focuses on the criminal justice process rather than wider child care concerns . |
| 2 | The subjective estimate could be based on pure hunch and guesswork at the end of period t - 1 , but in order to introduce a degree of empirical testability into the model it is normally assumed that is arrived at by some policy rule which includes on the right-hand side only those variables whose magnitudes are known at the end of the period t - 1 . |
| 3 | This light emulsion contains an ultra-fine powder ingredient which sits on the skin and alters the rate at which light bounces off it : the result is a complexion which refuses to look or act its age . |
| 4 | Where a lease creates a term of years which is expressed to run from some date earlier than that of the execution of the lease , the term created will be a term which begins on the date the lease is executed , and not the earlier date . |
| 5 | The emphasis on the needs and best interests of the child in legislation , plus the traditional , case-based , local government structure of accountability generate a model of practice which focuses on the individual child and family . |
| 6 | Caffeine is found in varying amounts in coffee ( and tea ) , and is a stimulant which acts on the nervous system . |
| 7 | He goes on to develop a theory of communicative action which focuses on the exchange of ideas and meanings in contrast to the exchange of goods . |
| 8 | Working in India in a film industry which thrives on the sexual exploitation of women , Dhanraj spoke of the impossibility of positing a desiring female subject . |
| 9 | In New York , exhibition space at the museum 's headquarters on Fifth Avenue has nearly doubled to 51,000 square feet , and a further 31,000 square feet has been provided through a downtown building which opens on the same day . |
| 10 | Alasdair MacCormick , who runs Law Practice Management , a consultancy which advises on the selection of computer systems , feels that knowing how computers work is not important . |
| 11 | That is what is wrong with narcissistic chat shows which create , then devour , media personalities who have not achieved anything in the real world ; or politics coverage which concentrates on the intra-party power struggles rather than the world to which the party hopes to appeal . |
| 12 | Another listed building is the fine windmill which stands on the hill above the village and makes an outstanding local landmark . |
| 13 | ‘ The Government is railroading through a new contract which depends on the comprehensive computerisation of practices . |
| 14 | There is also more overlapping , of a kind which insists on the notion of depth : a despairing woman on the far side of the statue from which the lesser Ajax is about to drag Cassandra to rape her ; hidden faces ( Priam 's and Aeneas 's — he is shown at one end , escaping with his father and son ) . |
| 15 | Hoggett and Hambleton ( 1987 ) argue that in seeking to make public services more user-centred two approaches are discernible : consumerism which focuses on the responsiveness of public services ( broadly the approach of the Major government ) and collective responses which emphasise the democratisation of services . |
| 16 | The division of labour is the division of expertise which depends on the shared assumption that almost all work needs special skills , that we do better to concentrate on our own skills , leaving others to their own , and that this arrangement is functional for the community . |
| 17 | There is an introductory intensive skills course which begins on the Monday before the first week of term . |
| 18 | a dust particle sticking to the printing plate or blanket which appears on the printed sheet as a dark spot surrounded by an halo . |
| 19 | GDA has worked throughout the year to find new and better ways of maximising Glasgow 's human resources — developing training provision which focuses on the needs of both individuals and companies within the city . |
| 20 | The Times , more restrained , came to the same conclusions : ‘ To most sensible , rational people , a verdict which depends on the evidence of a man like Mathews , in the circumstances in which he gave that evidence , can not be safe . ’ |
| 21 | The cleaning kit will also remove the build up of magnetic oxide which collects on the head . |
| 22 | Bryant 's 1983 article is one of the few pieces of work which touches on the subject , noting the number of selections made by seven public and academic libraries during an eight-week period in 1982 . |
| 23 | Fielding 's Joseph Andrews is another work which focuses on the hardships of the servant 's life , albeit with less moral ardour than Richardson 's novel . |
| 24 | the arrow which appears on the screen when a mouse is used is called a pointer . |
| 25 | The village association committee runs the village hall which stands on the field . |
| 26 | Through several stages , the subject moves to an increasing degree of separation which allows on the one hand for the development of greater variability and specificity , and on the other hand for the development of abstraction . |
| 27 | If it is upsetting to think that the education system now denies many children that voyage of discovery which begins on the muddy playing field , it is encouraging to learn that sport at club level is taking up the strain . |
| 28 | The walkers must go well prepared with anoraks and boots , since much of the rain which falls on the Pennines is absorbed into layers of squelchy peat on the high moorlands . |
| 29 | He lacks social adroitness , or any kind of personal magnetism , as he struggles to hold down a charmless job which depends on the goodwill of others . |
| 30 | Give them a scientific opinion which depends on the ability to divide a factor by two-thirds and what do you get from counsel ? |