Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the plague of 1603 rumours were fathered on him and John Dee [ q.v. ] to the effect that its future course depended on the imminent fall of a planet to earth . |
| 2 | In many respects the purchasing and contracting arrangements have strengthened the power of the locality to decide , mainly because of the reliance placed on the technical judgements of the caring professions . |
| 3 | That Parliament relied on the Ministerial statements is shown by the fact that the matter was never raised again after the discussions in Committee , that amendments were consequentially withdrawn and that no relevant amendment was made which could affect the correctness of the minister 's statement . |
| 4 | Dewlike drops of moisture formed on the dry grass , and rose upward through the air as if powered by the jolts in our chest . |
| 5 | These figures are of course calculated on the nursing agency rates . |
| 6 | Billy resignedly followed his friend up the gently rising slope of the car park situated on the left hand side of the building . |
| 7 | In a ‘ thank-you ’ letter , Finance Administrator Roy Butt said the Hospice relied on the public sector for funding and it appreciated the Centre 's and support . |
| 8 | Léonie perched on the cold wet edge of the white bath and leaned forwards . |
| 9 | Gustave did n't understand this , could n't see that my talent depended on the swift moment , the sudden feeling , the unexpected meeting : on life , that 's what I 'm saying . |
| 10 | The specific complex formed on the single stranded oligonucleotide was competed by the homologous double stranded species ( WT ) but not by the double stranded AP1 consensus sequence within the PPT promoter . |
| 11 | One of the early residents was a shepherd , who worked for the farmer who owned the farm on the hill behind the building , and the stock grazed on the open fields . |
| 12 | Although John 's percentage cut depended on the total amount collected , it was known that he never harassed tax debtors , indeed , anyone with genuine difficulty in paying was likely to be entertained to lunch at Henrietta Villa by the sympathetic Comptroller . |
| 13 | Unable to return to his seat , too scared even to hide in the toilets , he had hovered in the shadows by the door for a long time until he spotted Sweetheart climbing from a car parked on the other side of the street . |
| 14 | Tension crackled on the cold air . |
| 15 | St Valentine , incidentally , was a Roman priest martyred on the Flaminian Way during Claudius 's time . |
| 16 | The Tyne Tees Television weekly current affairs programme Briefing reported on the desperate shortage of long-term foster parents throughout the North-East . |
| 17 | To the conventional , whether professional cooks or serious gourmets , this sort of thing was at best perverse and eccentric , at worst a blasphemous crime committed on the sacred body politic of la cuisine française . |
| 18 | Thus alerted , a sub-committee of the North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association met on the following morning and resolved that the danger could only be met by " a central organization of owners for the purpose of protecting their interests against the unreasonable demands and actions of trade unions or combinations affecting such interests " . |
| 19 | The brooch shown on the previous page , consisting of an opal heart suspended from a pair of wings , is also attributed to Burne-Jones . |
| 20 | Reflex : A fabric used on the outer of some sleeping bags . |
| 21 | In the photograph shown on the facing page , I used some silverweed and thalictrum leaves , as the long thin leaf shape of the silverweed contrasts nicely with the smaller dainty groups of thalictrum . |
| 22 | They closed into a scrum and after much teeth-sucking and muttering announced that they 'd like to have a new biopsy performed on the splendid , raised node on my thigh . |
| 23 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 24 | Many of the benefits that come from brisk walking are due to the CV effect — the effect produced on the cardiovascular ( CV ) system . |
| 25 | Parents who have read this book and find themselves in agreement with the concept of a religion based on the Created God will realise that ritual has no part in it . |
| 26 | Featuring high-rise suspension , a roof rack and a spare wheel mounted on the rear hatch , the RV-4 is otherwise the same as the road-burning RZ-4 . |
| 27 | The Princess of Wales has no GCVO yet , though she was admitted to the Royal Family Order ( the small ribbon brooch worn on the left shoulder ) soon after her marriage ( before November 1981 ) . |
| 28 | A small Immediate Reaction Force based on the existing Allied Command Europe ( ACE ) Mobile Force , capable of being activated at short notice , would also be retained . |
| 29 | Hirschhorn ( 1984 ) similarly argues that , while modern manufacturing systems involve little manual work , the need for employee autonomy and problem-solving skills is enhanced , and that work reorganization based on the socio-technical systems design approach is more effective . |
| 30 | However things turn out the geography of football based on the Industrial Revolution seems likely to change in favour of a small ‘ super league ’ which will take high earnings from a ‘ live ’ national TV audience . |