Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe Boycott has not been asked because his approach to coaching Test players conflicts with the contract with sponsors Whittingdale , who insist on paid coaches wearing sponsored equipment and sticking to rigid schedules . |
| 2 | So , whilst in the foregoing passage repressed homosexuality is construed as a cause of a violent and neurotic racism , elsewhere Fanon regards manifest homosexuality as an effect of the same neurotic racism , though now in a masochistic rather than a sadistic form , and especially the masochistic relation of the white man to the black man : ‘ There are , for instance , men who go to ‘ houses ' ’ in order to be beaten by negroes ; passive homosexuals who insist on black partners ' ( pp. 158 , 156 , 177 ) . |
| 3 | For all those who sit on European committees , the CAP is the main criticism that we have of the Community 's work . |
| 4 | Mr Solarz 's knack for generating publicity , his network of contacts in Asia , his influence with the administration and his reputation for knowing what he is talking about — rare enough among congressmen who spout on foreign affairs — give him clout . |
| 5 | Development can continue , but alongside conservation , so that those who depend on natural resources can continue to do so . |
| 6 | It 's different for Michael Roberts and Steve Cauthen who ride on British licences . |
| 7 | I am sure the passengers who travel on these trains from Edinburgh to Glasgow and to Aberdeen and Inverness would like more room for themselves and their luggage . |
| 8 | In much the same way his reference to the rundown , dirty and potentially dangerous state of public transport would strike a chord with commuters who use our shoddy and dilapidated railways or who drive on potholed roads . |
| 9 | who strut on scarlet feet |
| 10 | Vegetarians who rely on large quantities of leafy vegetables may be consuming unsafe levels of nitrates , according to a new analysis by Friends of the Earth , based on government studies . |
| 11 | Gold shares , though far dearer than they recently were , are still attractive to some who reckon on rising prices . |
| 12 | Antineutrons are expected by some particle physicists , who believe on theoretical grounds that neutrons could change into antineutrons on their way from the Sun to the Earth . |
| 13 | It eats into savings and hurts those who live on fixed incomes . |
| 14 | This is clearly indicated by the natural slenderness of those among the Third World societies who live on plentiful supplies of foods high in fibre content . |
| 15 | Those who live on basic pensions have little spare cash for the continuation or commencement of the leisure activities or social contacts discussed above . |
| 16 | Liberal Democrats will alter the licensing conditions for water companies to extend this to groups of domestic consumers who live on large estates and in sheltered housing complexes . |
| 17 | In the deliberately uneven text , there are Japanese Americans who reflect on inter-ethnic rivalries , Mexican Americans who opine that Hispanics are the ‘ new niggers ’ and African American lawyers dismayed over the inability or unwillingness of young blacks to speak standard English . |
| 18 | Erm now , something that puzzled me for quite a long time when I started out doing philosophy of language er one or two years ago erm frequently you hear claims or we hear claims to the effect that this is a logical form of this sentence or this is the structure of this sentence , or this is the semantic structure of this sentence and I was never quite sure what that actually meant erm it 's partly because apart from Davidson , erm a lot of people who write on these issues do n't actually tell you what the background theory is and exactly what the point of the assignment of structured sentences is supposed to be , erm however after thinking about it for a while , I 've arrived at the following following general view there are at least three rather different enterprises er which might lead you to assign sentence structure and er one needs to figure out the relations between them . |
| 19 | They can claim to represent local public opinion ; such a claim can not be made by those who serve on public bodies as a result of government nomination . |
| 20 | Some like to avoid the worst of city centre traffic , while those who work on tidal rivers have to time their sampling to coincide with low water , since many discharges are only accessible then . |