Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] on [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 50 names are engraved on three granite tablets . |
| 2 | The inner chamber is designed so that up to four volunteers can be accommodated in modest comfort ( though , as already mentioned , free-running experiments are performed on one volunteer only ) . |
| 3 | NB : Tax and insurance are based on one quarter at 1989 prices and three quarters at 1990 prices , all amounts are based on 80% apportioned to the business . ) |
| 4 | ( By ‘ lateralisation ’ here we mean that the functions are based on one side — usually the left — rather than the other . ) |
| 5 | Many arguments are based on one side lumping and the other splitting . |
| 6 | If the washers are sliced on one side at an angle , they are even better for retention of a cross-spar joint . |
| 7 | And I 'm singing on one track , I think , in the background … very quietly ! |
| 8 | I 'm standing on one hip , propped up like a nonchalant horse on a summer 's day , making heavy work of waiting for him . |
| 9 | Trainees are focussed on one skill at a time , in a step by step programme . |
| 10 | These are put on one side for his evening rehearsal with a native music group . |
| 11 | An understandable desire on the part of model proprietors to produce forecasts and assess their accuracy as quickly as possible leads to a situation in which relationships are estimated on one vintage of data but assessed on another . |
| 12 | All ledgers are kept on one database , and are automatically updated when new information is added . |
| 13 | You can prove this for yourself : stand with one leg off the ground so that you are balanced on one leg , and then just close your eyes . |
| 14 | This item was introduced to encourage knitter who do not have colour changers to try out jacquard knitting but can be used to hold yarn when knitting simple stripes or any colour patterns where yarns are changed on one side of the work only . |