Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was quite usual to see her standing there baking , one knee on a cushion placed on a stool , to ease the pain . |
| 2 | In an article on science fiction , Jean Baudrillard maintains that the traditional mode of the genre depended on a simulation of expansion that is no longer feasible in the contemporary world . |
| 3 | Staring at me through the branches of a twisted thorn was a tawny owl perched on a rock ledge . |
| 4 | Johan Cruyff , one foot perched on a football , regarded her with the same emotionless expression as the rest . |
| 5 | ‘ He got stuck — the stretcher caught on a rock . |
| 6 | A handbag placed on a seat becomes , visually , part of the molecular structure of that seat . |
| 7 | The success of these courses in influencing the quality of school and classroom practice depended on a number of factors , some of them — like the receptiveness of teachers attending them and the willingness of schools to encourage and accommodate change — beyond the control of the course providers . |
| 8 | Among his most celebrated images are ‘ The Meaning of Geneva ’ showing a dove speared onto a bayonet and ‘ As in the Middle Ages … so in the Third Reich ’ of a medieval sculpture of a figure broken on a wheel shown above a corpse twisted around a swastika . |
| 9 | ‘ Inside was a 200-page bound script written on a word processor and it was the most scary thing I 've ever seen , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Most early societies at the dawn of civilisation operated on a barter basis whereby goods were exchanged , i.e. traded , for goods . |
| 11 | The statute imposed on a woman seeking an abortion a 24-hour waiting period after she had received the information stipulated by the law . |
| 12 | A figure moved on a balcony above my head . |
| 13 | Talbot , J. in that case was required to decide the validity of a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission to use part of the ground floor of certain premises as ‘ an employment agency and for no other use . ’ |
| 14 | The result is that people at work , whether as individuals or as work teams , are no longer dependent on a centralised data processing department based on a mainframe or mini-computer . |
| 15 | These methods are based on a monoclonal antibody against 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine ( BrdU ) , which is confined to S phase cells , and a more broad assessment of proliferation based on an antibody against proliferating cell nuclear antigen ( PCNA , clone 19A2 ) . |
| 16 | The car landed on a railway line . |
| 17 | Further work is required to create a model practice based on a panel of rational prescribers with which general practitioners can compare their data . |
| 18 | Taylor found that a kangaroo hops at the same frequency at which gazelles of equal weight run or , for that matter , at which humans of equal weight bound on a pogo stick . |
| 19 | A foreign language , in contrast , carries the problem that there is virtually no evidence of capacity at the primary level — and a judgement or prediction based on an analogy with a proved capacity in a native language is open to doubt . |
| 20 | In a study based on a sample of male white-collar workers in firms employing over 500 people A. Stewart , K. Prandy and R.M. Blackburn argue that individual workers in the stratification system should be distinguished from the positions that they occupy . |
| 21 | A study based on a volunteer for a show-piece environmental project may turn out to have drawbacks , too . |
| 22 | Courses in the technologies and the professions may encourage action but , again , is it always action based on an awareness of the alternatives , their value positions and their social consequences ? |
| 23 | There is a Titanic bear based on a teddy which survived that disaster in 1912 and a Mister Whoppit bear which was the only object to re-surface when Donald Campbell 's boat disintegrated while he was trying to break the world water speed record on Lake Coniston in 1967 . |
| 24 | A measure of automation based on a computer and a punched-tape system was introduced and this helped cut costs and speed production . |
| 25 | Nine out of ten chocoholics are women and four out of ten hide the habit because they believe it interferes with their lives , according to research based on a study of 50 self-confessed addicts . |
| 26 | The greatest of 'em all , Abraham Lincoln , received a belated musical nod during 1968 , when songwriter Dick Holler linked the 16th President 's name to that of the Kennedy 's and Martin Luther King to provide Dion with a three million seller in ‘ Abraham , Martin And John ’ , while Ulysses Simpson Grant , the next Republican to be called to office in Lincoln 's wake , was hailed by Patrick Gilmore 's ‘ President Grant 's March ’ , which still gets played at the White House during various ceremonies , though far older is ‘ Hail To The Chief ’ , a ditty based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott , which was first played at the inauguration of James Knox Polk , in 1845 , and has been retained to announce the arrival of presidents ever since . |
| 27 | Again the action focused on a strike but this time the melodramatic story , in which all the trouble was precipitated by the boss 's nephews and a socially ambitious foreman promoted above his station , was so farcical as to almost sink the film without trace . |
| 28 | The sight of the boat grounded on a mud bank and him holding a rope , looking for a tow , is followed by a ‘ Man Wanted ’ notice going up back at base . |
| 29 | Figures 4.1 and 4.2 summarize this example , with the former depicting gross expenditure on the police force distributed on a line item/input basis and the latter distributing expenditure according to major programmes on an output basis . |
| 30 | Ltd. , Crown jewellers since 1,843 , this , including an eight-piece Abercorn kettle and tea set on a silver tray , was ordered by Lutyens and its cost of £280 was paid in cash by Sir Herbert Morgan . |