Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the dealers clearly had their eyes cocked on the coming Biennale des Antiquaires , and were holding back their best pieces . |
| 2 | Field changes are not allowed in the first term of Stage I but may be sought on the appropriate M101 form thereafter ( Figure 4.6 ) . |
| 3 | In Switzerland 15% will be levied on the first SFr70,000 and in Hong Kong 15% on the first HK$400,000 . |
| 4 | Is the Minister suggesting that , because a claim is made on a printed pro forma , it is less valid than other claims ? |
| 5 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |
| 6 | In fact the Ripon bypass is actually shown on the other s on the on the other side of Ripon the bypass is actually er located . |
| 7 | The government wanted it broadcast on the new UHF/625 lines frequency ( the rest of TV was on VHF/405 lines ) . |
| 8 | In response to a question in Parliament in 1984 , figures based on a 10 per cent sample were given of the comparative success rates of different types of representation . |
| 9 | However , Grundy ( 1986 ) , using data from the OPCS Longitudinal Study which is based on a 1 per cent sample of the 1971 Census linked to records from the 1981 Census , reports a similar pattern . |
| 10 | Features of the new Constitution included the expansion of the National Assembly from 99 to 108 members , to be equally divided between Christians and Moslems ( thereby abolishing the existing system based on a 6:5 Christian:Moslem ratio ) . |
| 11 | Of the 99 deputies elected in 1972 , only 67 remained in the current Assembly , which was based on a 6:5 Christian:Moslem ratio ( although Christians were in a minority within the population as a whole ) . |
| 12 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 13 | SYDNEY ( Reuter ) — Australia 's airline pilots said they were withdrawing the 30 per cent pay claim at the heart of a dispute that has disrupted domestic air services and were seeking instead an unspecified rise based on a 25 per cent increase in productivity . |
| 14 | At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period . |
| 15 | Until relatively recently , oligopoly theory was typically presented as a collection of models each based on a particular ad hoc set of assumptions about firms ' perceptions of their rivals ' reactions to their own choices of prices or outputs . |
| 16 | Elster 's critique of functionalism is largely based on the latter 's absence of an ‘ explanatory mechanism ’ between the structure at issue and its reproduction-enabling effects . |
| 17 | Based on the eight erm present District Councils . |
| 18 | Still waiting for the ever-imminent T9000 Transputer , London-based Parsys Ltd has announced details of a new interim range of parallel supercomputers , the SN8000 series , based on the latest 30MHz T805 Transputer and , for the first time , the Intel Corp 80860 RISC ; the new vector-boosted machines follow the proposed architecture of the SN9000 , which in turn reflects the design of the GP MIMD Esprit consortium 's Concerto machine . |
| 19 | The 320SLi is based on the low-power 20MHz Intel 386SL processor . |
| 20 | Many cards are based on the excellent S3 chip . |
| 21 | Electronic News hears that Stratus Computer Inc is readying new Intel Corp i860-based fault tolerant systems for introduction later in the year : Stratus currently offers two uniprocessor machines , and will likely bring out its first multi-processor , based on the faster i860XP part . |
| 22 | ‘ We would have been happy to let the variable premium scheme that expired in April 1989 run forever , but the CAP reforms focused on a 30 per cent reduction in cereal prices over three years and the commission decided it was necessary to compensate beef farmers feeding cattle on grass , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , the future of the Open Software Foundation 's Motif graphical user interface is a subject that 's concerning IXI , as well as some other corners of the independent software vendor community who 's businesses are focused on the emerging de facto industry standard , OSF 's major success to date . |
| 24 | Suspension on all models now follows the trend set on the previous V-6 — independent double wishbones and torsion bars up front ; links and coils behind . |
| 25 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 26 | Ward was leaning forward , his gaze fixed on the Argentinian 's face . |
| 27 | Of course , prices may appear to be more sticky than they actually are , for there are many ways of changing the ‘ price ’ of a good without changing the amount of ‘ s printed on the good 's label . |
| 28 | The O2+ object database is now supported on the Rios-based DPX/20 Unix systems . |
| 29 | The O2+ object database is now supported on the Rios-based DPX/20 Unix systems . |
| 30 | Special focus is put on the 1974 B&H success and the NatWest finals of '82 and '91 , which brought tears of joy and anguish respectively . |