Example sentences of "[vb base] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The article was not a news report , however , but one of those background features that appear on the women 's pages of quality newspapers after some well-publicized court case . |
| 2 | Qualities that might generate and recoup excellent work in the classroom ( including , for instance , risk-taking , creativity , originality , the valuing of independence and initiative , a questioning and critical approach , etc. , none of which appear on the DES 's own list ) might not most endear new teachers to their colleagues ; and qualities like ‘ tidy appearance ’ that may be essential for staffroom acceptance may be relatively unimportant to children . |
| 3 | Then we report on the Group 's Drilling & Production Services activities in North America , which operate through Wood Group USA under the direction of Group director in Houston . |
| 4 | When Charlie returned , he instructed Pet , ‘ Run over the road and knock on the McDougalls ' door . |
| 5 | It would recognise the kind of behaviour pattern being presented , and build on the carer 's experience of the best way of coping . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it was amazing to hear John Bullock of the Independent say on the BBC 's Comment programme that the Friends of John McCarthy had actually altered British government policy on the Iran — Iraq War . |
| 7 | The Chicago Plan Commission , appointed by the mayor , has ultimate say on the MCA 's building permit . |
| 8 | The centre piece of the act is the onymous toad , unique among the frogs and toads because it has lost the horny pads ( the so-called nuptial pads ) that grow on the male 's hands during the breeding season and because it mates on dry land rather than in water . |
| 9 | The energy input to the world comes from the sun — plants grow on the sun 's energy by photosynthesis — herbivores feed directly on the plants , carnivores feed on the herbivores . |
| 10 | Both nationalized industries and local authorities publish a good deal of information on their various and diverse activities ( see chapters 8 and 10 ) In Type A nonprofit organizations the level of revenue raised is often regarded as indicative of the value that recipients place on an organization 's services . |
| 11 | Smoke on the Water E5/6 6b , Woman in Chains E4/5 6a and Rigging in the Frigging Arête E4 6a . |
| 12 | I think you said you put on a display erm did n't you ? |
| 13 | The , the Imperial Ai Airways had just er they had just received four big planes er which they put on the Paris er route . |
| 14 | Those operating an amplification system need to ensure that there is a proper balance between the sound of the musicians using it and those who speak on the church 's public address system , where there is one . |
| 15 | Yeah , well I do , believe me , I feel very s Mom , I gag on the way t |
| 16 | Before any system redesign is undertaken , we must first of all address the conceptual issues common to the different IR systems and focus on the user 's information needs and searching behaviour . |
| 17 | Melodic characteristics depend on a composer 's idiom , and in turn are chief elements in the formation of that idiom . |
| 18 | Reactions to stress to some extent depend on a child 's age . |
| 19 | Also , certain pleasant and useful skills — cycling or swimming , playing a musical instrument or dribbling a football — depend on a parent 's willingness to provide the equipment or access to the location , and if necessary find a suitable teacher . |
| 20 | However , the present winds on Venus are acting to increase the retrograde rate of spin , and thus the present rotation of Venus may be a balance between the tidal forces , which depend on the Sun 's gravitational field , and the winds , which depend on solar radiation . |
| 21 | This practice , borrowed from the United States , recognises that until shares are issued they confer no rights at all , and that the rights ultimately attached to them depend on the company 's decision at the time when they are issued . |
| 22 | POSC began life in November 1990 as a three year effort backed by $15m funding plus membership fees of up to $100,000 which depend on the organisation 's size . |
| 23 | They would be much more interested in holding period returns , which depend on the bond 's price when it is sold ( in relation to the purchase price ) and on the coupons received during the holding period . |
| 24 | The secret policemen made themselves so hated by ordinary Iraqis that they now depend on the president 's protection almost as much as he depends on theirs . |
| 25 | It should be apparent , first of all , that the relationships of equivalence described by Jakobson include at least two different types of structure ( see Todorov 1982 , Ch. 10 ) similarities of linguistic form immediately evident to the ear or eye ( in Saussurean terms , syntagmatic structures ) ; and groupings , according to grammatical and other classifications , which depend on the reader 's ability to categorize the different linguistic features of the text ( in Saussurean terms , paradigmatic ) . |
| 26 | Just as the statements of attainment reflect the experience and predilections of subject working groups , so the sequences in Profiles of Development depend on the authors ' underlying theory of teaching rather than any inexorable path of learning . |
| 27 | For example : Chat and squabble are both spoken and informal ; lecture and menu both inform ; prescription and warrant both depend on the sender 's office . |
| 28 | As a member in business , I look on the Institute 's failure to address the problem of conflicts between the two roles with concern . |
| 29 | DENNING L.J. : I look on the father 's letter as dealing with two things . |
| 30 | Haavikko 's world seems to be coldly fragile , eerie and wisplike ; there is the sound of other worlds as we stand on the mind 's shore and feel the spume on the windows of the soul . |