Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way to it enters the obvious breach between Beinn Eighe and Liathach , reached from the top of the pass , a rough path climbing alongside the descending stream and then curving around the side of Sail Mhor , an outlier of Beinn Eighe , to the lip of the corrie and a sudden revelation of mural precipices on a grand scale . |
| 2 | The one-time King of Crime sleeps on a thin mattress on the floor , next to a stainless-steel toilet . |
| 3 | Built mainly of wood , the rectangular boarded body of this type of mill turns on a central post to face the wind . |
| 4 | Another , and different , outline of Scotland appears on a vellum portolan , or sea-chart , which also depicts the fjorded coastline of Norway , including the famous whirlpool , Maelstrom , together with the south-east coast of Spitsbergen . |
| 5 | Putting the question this way makes clear that a justification in terms of wealth relies on a trade-off : corporate decision-making power should be accepted as the price of efficient wealth creation . |
| 6 | Certain aspects of environmental monitoring have long been carried out by the private sector , notably that of crop states on a world-wide basis . |
| 7 | ( Adorno 's ingenious but unpersuasive attempt to rescue Beethoven from these contradictory circumstances of reproduction relies on a post facto construction of the ‘ real ’ Beethoven : ‘ unity has become clear only today and largely through the efforts of later production in music ’ ( Adorno 1978b : 149 ) . ) |
| 8 | The problem is that , as we have seen , the Marxist theory of society depends on a contradiction between conflicting principles and on a conflict between different classes . |
| 9 | The Douglas castle of Morton stands on a promontory , protected on three sides by a small loch . |
| 10 | By plotting the position of stray finds on a map , it is often possible to pinpoint the archaeological site from which they came . |
| 11 | In essence , the art of thatching relies on a good eye for lines . |
| 12 | Whether or not Aldershot need to take up Swindon 's offer of hospitality depends on a high court hearing on Wednesday . |
| 13 | Amidst the shifting currents of today 's financial markets , Bank of America stands on a solid foundation of experience . |
| 14 | It is interesting that the story of Legion ends on a note of discipleship . |
| 15 | Conversely , as Callinicos implicitly recognizes , the problem with contemporary politics for the left is that the dialectic of class depends on a historicist History and vice versa ; any failure of the former necessarily also involves a waning of the latter . |
| 16 | The choice of implementation depends on a number of factors : |
| 17 | Indeed , the very existence of power relies on a multiplicity of points of resistance which play the role of ‘ adversary , target , support or handle in power relations ’ . |