Example sentences of "[vb base] on the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
| 2 | Effectively , you agree with a bank that on , say , 1 January you will pay the bank interest on a notional principal calculated using a fixed interest rate reflecting the current yield curve ; the bank will pay you interest on the same notional principal at whatever interest rate pertains on 1 January . |
| 3 | They walk on the two middle ones ; the outside ones hardly ever touch the ground . |
| 4 | Essential oils also act on the central nervous system — some will relax ( chamomile , lavender ) , others will stimulate ( rosemary , basil ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall also be reviewing the way we get independent advice , so that the public will be able to see absolutely clearly that I act on the best possible evidence , without fear or favour . ’ |
| 6 | Thus did the twin figureheads of the British establishment ( the crown and and its conscience ) speak on the two central political issues of the day . |
| 7 | They stress the need for an organization to build financial resilience , i.e. focus on the necessary financial structure and other factors needed to help it live through adverse times . |
| 8 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
| 9 | We shall see that in fact , Black British speakers focus on the broadest Creole variety , though they code switch between this and British English to an extent which varies from individual to individual and from situation to situation . |
| 10 | Contemporary blueprints focus on the next three years , and their targets are modest , if not downright pessimistic . |
| 11 | As a result of all this they realised that to complete the measurements on the range of electrodes and to see how they depend on the other experimental conditions would take nearly three years . |
| 12 | Consequently , syllabuses and teachers ' guides which depend on the full official time allocation for their completion , and many do , are doomed to failure , whereas a shorter and more manageable core , with optional and enrichment materials for better endowed schools and better teachers would ensure that minimum content was taught . |
| 13 | Since coalification and oil and gas generation depend on the same diagenetic factors , namely temperature and heating time , coalification data can be matched with stages of oil and gas maturation . |
| 14 | So for example if you finish on the thirty first of August , on the first of September the lump sum should be paid into your account . |
| 15 | Ah eh no I finish on the twenty fifth . |
| 16 | It was not that Jarvis was asking much rent , in fact no estate agent would have believed what he was asking , but the whole point of letting bits of the school was to get enough for him to live on , indeed to get to Cairo and ride on the new 42.5 kilometre , 33-station ENR . |
| 17 | By obstructing it , BR said tonight , they 're endangering the lives of a hundred and seventy thousand passengers who travel on the Great Western every day . |
| 18 | If you , if you look at the figures er for that male age fifty , and add on the twenty three , that 's seventy three . |
| 19 | It is estimated that by the first decade of next century , only 20 per cent of the peat soils now present on the 561 square kilometres marked by the soil map of the Ely district will remain . |
| 20 | Set on the beautiful sandy beach at Negambo , the modern Browns Beach Hotel is notable for its cuisine and entertainment . |
| 21 | The peacock , red admiral and small tortoiseshell all lay their eggs on nettles and the young caterpillars feed on the fresh new leaves . |
| 22 | The procedures operate on the lowest recognizable entities ; these being the most general description of points , lines , arcs , curves , text , etc . |
| 23 | Dishwashing etc. machines : Despite being used for a variety of functions , including cleaning crockery , bottles , trays , crates and numerous other items , these machines all operate on the same general principle . |
| 24 | Saintfield Heritage Society — talk on the first recorded invasion of Ulster , Saintfield Library 8.15pm . |
| 25 | First , parametric significance tests of hypotheses involving price changes ( or returns ) rely on the variable concerned following some tabulated distribution such as the normal distribution . |
| 26 | Major importers and exporters rely on the Cast Blue Box System to help boost productivity . |
| 27 | The dorsal abductors which originate on the upper lateral part of the epicranium and insert each on an apodeme connected with the outer , basal region of the mandible . |
| 28 | Briefly , the available evidence shows that the benefit they confer on the various socio-economic groups changes according to government policies and they do not always give greater benefits to those living in council accommodation , as is often assumed . |
| 29 | The executive committee of the SFA decide on the final four at the end of the season ; but , if Celtic are ignored , it will be a sadness . |
| 30 | NOTE ON THE MULTI-NATIONAL LEGAL PRACTICE RULES 1991 , WITH EXTRACTS FROM CURRENT RULES |