Example sentences of "be [verb] on an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Table 1.3 figures for the trade balance in manufactured goods are given on an intra- and extra-basis for the four major industrial countries in the EC . |
| 2 | Sterling eurobonds , which are a part of the international eurobond market described in Chapter 5 below , are normally issued as bearer securities and are usually unsecured but with a negative pledge ; they are listed on an exchange but not necessarily the London Stock Exchange and they pay interest gross . |
| 3 | These forms of disability representation naturalise the exclusion of disabled people from societies which are organised on an ability to gain employment and these representations are the target of non-disabled people for the ridding of their fears over their own ‘ able-bodied ’ decline , mortality or loss of power . |
| 4 | Selahattin Ozberk , who had been booked on an afternoon flight from Heathrow to Istanbul , will now be sent back next Tuesday evening unless another country can be found to accept him . |
| 5 | To date advanced courses have been designed on an input model with emphasis being on the content . |
| 6 | 4.2 The terms of Emancipation are proclaimed on an estate in Moscow province in 1861 . |
| 7 | In fact , the first Labour government which took office in January 1924 , after Baldwin had been defeated on an amendment to the Address , lasted until October , when the new government in turn was defeated on a Liberal amendment to a Conservative motion which MacDonald chose to regard as a matter of confidence ; and the Conservatives rather than the Liberals were to be the beneficiaries of MacDonald 's fall . |
| 8 | The annual estimates are presented on an input , line-item basis with some brief analysis of programmes in the accompanying white paper . |
| 9 | On Dec. 25 the Iranian government issued a vigorous protest against the arrest , which had been made on an Interpol warrant issued in Paris . |
| 10 | The meaning is that a ruling has been made on an enquiry into " rings " developing in the art world . |
| 11 | The reference to Murphy suggests that a sentence of four years would have been upheld on an appeal by the offenders . |
| 12 | ‘ Not knowing my name seems to worry you , ’ he murmured , ‘ and , while I 'm sure you 're putting on an act , I 'll repeat the information I 'm sure you already know . |
| 13 | These are , these sounds are measured on an instrument called a sound level meter . |
| 14 | The roots of tall standing trees can often present problems when the trees are growing on an embankment . |
| 15 | Perhaps you are going on an outing or meeting a friend . |
| 16 | This is the other way : you fix the expenditure first , and you hope afterwards ; and if it does n't come off ( which it is unlikely to , if you are gambling on an improbability ) , then the result is the monetisation of debt with the consequences which we know . |
| 17 | They are based on an assessment of relationships between different parts of the state apparatus . |
| 18 | Here we can see a rather different perspective on the human alienation which Lukács describes ; in Foucault 's account , Marxism 's attempt to reproduce the totality in itself falls within the terms of his argument by which totalizing theories of history are based on an anxiety derived from the break-up of its unity . |
| 19 | An important premise of this book is that people 's actions are socially constrained , although not socially determined ; people make decisions which are based on an awareness of the potentialities and limitations of certain courses of action . |
| 20 | Curran et al. 's statements are based on an analysis of figures for the years 1927 and 1937 . |
| 21 | The results are based on an intention to treat analysis . |
| 22 | The inspector 's calculations are based on an assumption that the property is available throughout the year , although s 145(1) of the Act states that emoluments are chargeable where living accommodation is provided in any period . |
| 23 | These models are based on an assumption that in solving complex problems about , for example , marriage , people use fairly simple set of principles , which may or may not be consistent , and which interact in any given situation ; their priority fixed by this situation . |
| 24 | But mutual aid organisations which have proliferated over recent decades are based on an assumption that practical and highly specific emotional support after the event , and from new social relationships , is helpful . |
| 25 | The assumptions are based on an end 1993 FTSE 100 level of 3,000 at best and a positive stance on the US dollar . |
| 26 | Which are based on an example one of the only two example of York made medieval pewter in Yorkshire museums . |
| 27 | The 31-year-old victim 's wife , who had been drifting on an anchor line 10ft below their charter boat , was uninjured . |
| 28 | In a statement issued on Feb. 7 , 1990 , however , it said that some $2,000 million had been spent on an operation which had been halted in mid-September for climatic reasons . |
| 29 | For example , the effects of transactions or events can be recognized on an accrual basis ( that is , when the transactions or events take place ) , or on a cash basis ( that is , when cash is received or paid ) . |
| 30 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |