Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two Castles Housing Association is working on plans to build a block of flats on the Court Arcade site in Darlington 's town centre . |
| 2 | The SNI deal is focused on Pyramid components and its Unix SVR4 implementation , not whole systems per se . |
| 3 | All the evidence that high ‘ fibre ’ intake reduces biliary cholesterol saturation is based on studies using wheat bran . |
| 4 | Today , each person with AIDS is surviving on average longer than two years , needing more care than ever before . |
| 5 | The First Wives Club is published on April 16 ( Heinemann , £14.99 ) |
| 6 | It 's the way it combines it with a ‘ look ’ as striking and individual as any on the road today , both inside and out : from the inverted half-moon headlights to the reprioritised facia with its straight-ahead warning light strip and digital speed , fuel and range display on the centre console ; from the impossibly sporting rake of the bonnet and windscreen to the way the rear seat is set on runners to offer the maximum degree of flexibility between legroom and luggage space . |
| 7 | The programme is based on evidence that chemicals are often sprayed when pests are not vulnerable and that the chemicals used can wipe out the natural enemies of the pest species . |
| 8 | The primary purpose of any public relations programme is to act on opinion . |
| 9 | ‘ CLOSE Up North ’ the BBC current affairs programme is screened on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm on BBC2 . |
| 10 | The European Fusion Programme is centred on Culham in Britain , home of JET , the Joint European Torus . |
| 11 | The Programme is focussed on world mineral resources , production , trade and use . |
| 12 | Thereafter , any money held by the travel agent is held on Club 18–30 's behalf . |
| 13 | If , however , the indictment is based on GBH with intent to resist arrest , " maliciously " is not superfluous . |
| 14 | Now erm all the gifts that you give at Confirmation the whole idea of Confirmation in well one of the main ideas of Confirmation is taking on board for yourself what your parents promised for you in baptism . |
| 15 | It is therefore very important that the WRVS helper , driver or the local Home Care Organiser at the Social Work Office , is informed when a recipient is going on holiday or attending hospital . |
| 16 | Complimentary tea is served on arrival . |
| 17 | Finally the research is based on information collected from the ASWs themselves . |
| 18 | The research is based on information about households available in the Family Expenditure Survey . |
| 19 | Research is based on archive material , especially in the Bodleian Library ( Conservative Research Department ) , Warwick University ( industrial organisations , including the Federation of British Industries ) , the Public Record Office and the House of Lords Record Office ( Empire Industries Association , Hannan and Beaverbrook papers ) . |
| 20 | Kohlberg 's research is based on questionnaires which demand a response to hypothetical and imaginary situations in which concrete detail is necessarily omitted . |
| 21 | Theoretical research is needed on methodology questions within several simple models . |
| 22 | The ACCA thinks that too much weight is placed on NEDs and that more emphasis should be given to other mechanisms , such as internal audit and control . |
| 23 | An average of forty per cent of the vote is spent on pay and pensions , which have to be held at comparable levels with their civilian equivalents if the principle of voluntary recruitment is to be sustained . |
| 24 | Secondly , at a time when social workers are particularly concerned to understand how race should influence their practice , it is unfortunate that the study is based on respondents all of whom were of ‘ white British origin , reflecting the populations from which they were sampled ’ . |
| 25 | Further information on structuring the interview is given on p. 94 in Chapter 5 . |
| 26 | The skilled interviewer has to establish a fine balance between being receptive — allowing the client to relax and talk freely — and being in control — so that the client is guided into talking about fruitful areas , and also that the interview is closed on time . |
| 27 | The car is collected on arrival at the overseas airport , and must be returned there at the end of your holiday . |
| 28 | The second type of rule is based on syntax , and checks for dependency relations such as ( in the case of a noun ) the presence of an associated definite article , personal pronoun , etc . |
| 29 | Where the head rent is based on rents received , so that the scheme is a side by side scheme , the landlord should be satisfied by a covenant by the tenant to do his best to keep the scheme fully let . |
| 30 | To record this guide-track , you set the tape to a start-mark and the tape recorder to record-pause ; the video tape is set on play-pause on the first frame of picture . |