Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all have shortcomings which I will not go into on this occasion , but which make them inappropriate models on which to slip the garments of orthodox doctrines of Atonement and the Trinity . |
| 2 | Make me some cheese on toast , there 's a dear . |
| 3 | I want my red hat on , I want my red hat on , I want my red hat on |
| 4 | In the sphere of aesthetics , Lessing , Herder , and , a generation later , Friedrich Schlegel not only base their diverse theories on material or formulations put into currency by Winckelmann , but might be said to owe to him , as Schlegel put it , " the very idea of a history of art " , conceived as the development of a series of individual works towards a perfect beauty . |
| 5 | The Argentines base their whole preparation on the last month of pre-World Cup training . |
| 6 | The Argentines base their whole preparation on the last month of pre-World Cup training . |
| 7 | Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself . |
| 8 | ‘ Developing nations place their greatest hopes on the actualisation of their human resource potential . |
| 9 | Lords of the manor would either flatten the encroaching village and build a new one some distance away , or build their new house on a different site in pastoral isolation . |
| 10 | If ordinary children build their linguistic abilities on antecedent social and cognitive abilities , these may , in fact , be necessary prerequisites for the emergence of language . |
| 11 | Replace their top slices on the slant and arrange them in a serving dish . |
| 12 | Oh , and send her some flowers on my behalf , usual wording . ’ |
| 13 | Place your right hand on your partner 's right shoulder and slide your hand firmly all the way up to the neck . |
| 14 | When you have finished this move , place your right hand on your stomach and the left hand on top of your right hand . |
| 15 | When you have finished , place your right hand on your right kidney and your left hand on your left kidney . |
| 16 | If you place your other hand on your hip as you practise this exercise you 'll actually feel the muscles in your bottom working . |
| 17 | 2 Place your other hand on your elbow , keeping both arms relaxed and your head held high . |
| 18 | Place your other arm on the floor for support and lift your leg up in the air in a scissors action . |
| 19 | Lean forward and place your opposite elbow on the knee to lightly touch it . |
| 20 | Place your left hand on his or her forehead or , if you prefer , support the head by letting it rest in your left hand . |
| 21 | Standing with your feet together , place your left hand on your stomach . |
| 22 | Place your left hand on the side of your neck and place the coin in your right hand . |
| 23 | Place your left hand on your hip . |
| 24 | We base our gravest decisions on a complex system of conceptions , most of which presuppose the confidence that we will not be betrayed . |
| 25 | The chronicles , which provide our only evidence on the first phases of the settlements , speak about grants of land to live in , of seats of habitation , and about the division of territory . |
| 26 | Similar arguments for the need for flexibility were given by employers in the entertainments industry who recruit their seasonal staff on open-ended contracts and , more particularly , by employers In the holiday camps sector . |
| 27 | To remove those doubts and declare its own policy on proposed rescues , the Agency distinguished two possible objectives : the restoration of the failed undertaking to viability , or the preservation of a number of particular jobs . |
| 28 | Within the TSB system , models are available to help managers : test the effect on manpower of changes in systems and working methods ; evaluate the effects of changes such as alteration in hours of work , holiday entitlement , sickness patterns and incidence of training ; test the effect of changes in personnel policies such as recruitment , promotion , retirement , grading , career development ; analyse wastage and evaluate its likely effect on staffing : plan recruitment and training in the most cost effective way . |
| 29 | Mongooses go further and rub their anal pouches on the same marking spot . |
| 30 | A couple of guys think they can stake it out and wait for me , rub their filthy fingers on my clothes , piss in my bathroom , and I 'm supposed to ignore it . |