Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No political action may be undertaken or justified on the ground that it promotes an ideal of the good nor on the ground that it enables individuals to pursue an ideal of the good . |
| 2 | The common message , from many of the women or members of ethnic communities we spoke to , was , their need to be seen on the television screen or heard on the radio . |
| 3 | or drained on the reeds blowing |
| 4 | Samples can be hung on a rod , in slotted pockets or placed on a lectern . |
| 5 | When a book is opened , and either held in the hand or placed on a table , the front cover and hinge are immediately subjected to strain , especially if the volume is a thick and heavy one . |
| 6 | The image of the Swastika accompanying the Yagna is either drawn or formed on the ground . |
| 7 | But Caro could n't help feeling snubbed that her mother had not given the lettuce a little squeeze , to see how good and hearty it was , or commented on the size and perfect shape of the radishes . |
| 8 | This may be under a piece of tree bark , along a ledge of some kind or hidden on the ground among the undergrowth . |
| 9 | Apparently they neither walk nor swim , but spend their time either in the air or perched on a branch of a tree to roost . |
| 10 | Exclusively nocturnal birds , well adapted by their long wings and tail , large eyes and gape , and small bill and feet , to catch moths , beetles and other flying insect prey by night : seen by day only when flushed from the ground or perched on a branch ( normally horizontally along it ) , being well camouflaged by their mottled brown plumage . |
| 11 | Full compliance with environmental legislation remains a key , yet elusive , target and I regret that in 1992 ICI was prosecuted or fined on a number of occasions for accidental environmental infringements . |
| 12 | Any unobliterated postage or revenue stamp valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 13 | Any postage or revenue stamp that is not defaced valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 14 | A room status change can be initiated either by hotel staff entering a code manually on the bedroom telephone , or automatically by the Hotel Manager if , for example , a name is entered or deleted on the guest file . |
| 15 | The US was firmly even-handed , or frozen on the fence , firmness in another direction came from Begin who , in answer to reports that Israel was poised to attack in Lebanon , said there would be no war . |
| 16 | If an animal can be looked after or rescued on the Sabbath day , then it seems somewhat strange that a person in need could not be helped . |
| 17 | Children might recognise similarities between the house or flat in which they live and one illustrated in a book or noticed on a visit . |
| 18 | The C[atholic] C[urate] was sent out to patrol the roads and anybody found or seen on the roads had to give their names . |
| 19 | the rights attaching to shares issued or transferred on the exercise of options ; |
| 20 | Each year more than ten thousand children are killed or injured on the roads . |
| 21 | Marketing dogma of old had it that car buyers do n't want to hear about car safety , preferring not to dwell on the possibility of being killed or injured on the road . |
| 22 | Regan and Stewart ( 1982 ) had also earlier argued that they had insufficient legitimacy since members were neither elected or selected on the basis of expert knowledge , prerequisites of authority . |
| 23 | Now only a single motif could be seen , worn openly on chest or collar , on hems or in the form of jewellery , on pendants about the neck or emblazoned on a ring or brooch : the double-helix of heredity . |
| 24 | It can either be marked on each item or shown on a ticket or notice referring to the item and in close proximity to it . |
| 25 | Right Neff 's 5721.11 compact dishwasher can be build in or used on the worksurface . |
| 26 | ‘ In the United Kingdom ’ shall include investment advertisements issued outside the UK if they are directed at persons in the UK otherwise than in a newspaper etc published and principally circulated outside the UK or broadcast on a media primarily aimed outside the UK . |
| 27 | It could be a fixed amount ( it would obviously have to be something substantially higher than the DM500,000 limit per examination currently applicable to statutory examinations in Germany ) or based on a multiple of fees . |
| 28 | Support for firms is not just a matter of marginal servicing , nor should it be property-led or based on the notion of any jobs at any price . |
| 29 | For example , agricultural production might be organised on the basis of the master-slave relationship , as in Ancient Rome or in the southern states of the USA , or based on the lord serf relationship , as in feudal Europe , or on the capitalist-proletarian relationship , as in modern Western societies . |
| 30 | For Satarov there is a need to pass on the ‘ knowledge about or based on the data ’ ( ibid . ) . |