Example sentences of "[is] [verb] on the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The back foot is placed on the leeward side of the board with a number of factors ( such as the weight of the sailor and the length of the board ) determining where you place it . |
| 2 | Our brief is to report on the more fascinating aspects of this period of intense change — the meeting of consciousness and business ; the search for meaning in our information society ; the need to empower ourselves , discover a new global heart and become our own politics . |
| 3 | The new system means that each item of ware is made on the most suitable machine and also that anyone new to the department is quickly able to produce correctly . |
| 4 | ‘ Fashion now is not boring for me , because I can still have fun , even if the money is made on the more classical items , ’ concludes Smith . |
| 5 | ONE OF the most important lessons of game theory is that even if everyone is agreed on the most desirable course of action — for example , nuclear disarmament — a collection of individuals or nations acting independently may find it difficult to achieve the most desirable aims . |
| 6 | The language syllabus of Streamline is based on the carefully controlled introduction of new structures and vocabulary . |
| 7 | This is based on the very obvious observation that , if a record has been identified as being relevant , other records at adjacent class numbers may also be of interest ; thus the search can be developed by looking at the records associated with nearby class numbers . |
| 8 | The treatment of rhythmical hierarchy is based on the comparatively recent theory of metrical phonology . |
| 9 | Although it appears to be generally true that erosion is concentrated on the more exposed portions of the coast , one occasionally finds examples of marked marine erosion in extremely sheltered positions . |
| 10 | One view of marine erosion would regard it as active only in the early stages of cliff development ( A to C in Fig. 8.12 ) , while at later stages the energy of the waves is dissipated on the increasingly wide rock platform so that erosion at the base of the cliff becomes ineffective , a fact attested by the degradation of the cliff by agents of subaerial weathering ( D and E in Fig. 8.12 ) . |