Example sentences of "that [vb base] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originating in Scandinavian mythology , elves are capricious sprites that dance on the grass , or sit in the leaves of trees and bask in the light of the full moon . |
| 2 | The , the back of the calendar card , the notes that make on the back of the calendar card , will be in sequential order , presumably . |
| 3 | If you do not have space for a build-in model beside or under the sink , there are portables available that sit on the worktop , where they can be connected to the taps and drains for washing . |
| 4 | ( As we shall see , it is members of the conflict theory camp that concentrate on the structure of these material constraints on behaviour . ) |
| 5 | The centre piece of the act is the onymous toad , unique among the frogs and toads because it has lost the horny pads ( the so-called nuptial pads ) that grow on the male 's hands during the breeding season and because it mates on dry land rather than in water . |
| 6 | The rare gases take very little part in life 's processes ; and we need not discuss water vapour at too great length , even though many desert animals and plants , and some epiphytes ( plants that grow on the surface of other plants ) derive much or most of their water from water that floats to them on the air . |
| 7 | The trouble is that phosphates act as nutrients for green plants and the minute algae that grow on the surface of slow-moving water . |
| 8 | They graze on the algae that grow on the coral . |
| 9 | Seal Sands is also an important staging post on the migration route of at least 11 species of waders , including the knot and redshank , which feed on the plants that grow on the marshes . |
| 10 | This ‘ fair shares ’ system ( which , with the proliferation of news channels , is surely nearing the end of its useful life ) encourages them to think not in terms of earning that place on the news , but rather in terms of keeping the broadcasters supplied with positive images . |
| 11 | The article was not a news report , however , but one of those background features that appear on the women 's pages of quality newspapers after some well-publicized court case . |
| 12 | MICHAEL ROBSON ca n't resist the new catfish that appear on the market . |
| 13 | Many of the vertebrates at either end of the world carry resident populations of feather lice , mites and other ecto-parasites that breed on the body ; nestbreeding fleas and ticks are understandably less prominent in high latitudes , where nest material is minimal . |
| 14 | All the tortured expressions that register on the face while the body is in the throes of an aerobic workout , so the theory runs , end up by leaving their mark in the form of — there 's no other word for it — wrinkles . |
| 15 | On Clifton Hill 's dining room ceiling , presently the student ‘ drawing room ’ , Ware has managed to keep Joseph Thomas confined to solid geometrical compartments but within these Thomas has set a stiff breeze blowing to animate the acanthus leaves and there is a saucy tilt to the fruit baskets that perch on the heads of his goddesses . |
| 16 | It looks extraordinarily like the bristle worms that abound on the reef . |
| 17 | The various vibration bands for a given molecule have distinct band envelopes that depend on the symmetries of the vibrations concerned , because the rotational selection rules are different for different vibrational symmetries . |
| 18 | But the real reason is almost certainly the devastating impact which selling the pots-and-pans business could have on Corning and other small towns that depend on the company for their prosperity . |
| 19 | Cases that depend on the result of this one will be left open , and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years ( p 103 ) . |
| 20 | Certain of these cash flows may be highly predictable , for example the outflows associated with fixed interest debt ; others may be very difficult to predict , for example those associated with fluctuating commodity prices or those that depend on the vagaries of consumer taste and fashion . |
| 21 | For the first time , money purchase schemes have been allowed to contract out ( i.e. pension schemes that depend on the outcome of investments rather than a formula based on contributions ) . |
| 22 | — effects that depend on the arrival time of words can be modelled , allowing ’ snapshots ’ to be taken during the processing of a sentence that induces a ’ cognitive double-take ’ ; |
| 23 | Psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that act on the brain to create psychological effects . |
| 24 | Conflict is thus blamed on bad management , lack of leadership , poor communication , or ‘ bloody-mindedness ’ on the part of individuals or interest groups that impinge on the organisation . |
| 25 | He had seen that look on the faces of mother ducks when they took their little flock down to the river for the first time . |
| 26 | Oh , I 've seen that look on the faces of People before . |
| 27 | We will see that happen on the site of Jericho in our fifth chapter . |
| 28 | I raised that matter on the Adjournment of the House . |
| 29 | Chicago is named after the Indian word for the wild onions that flourish on the banks of Lake Michigan — Checagou . |
| 30 | Instead of picking out creatures that are buried , they collect spire shells and crustaceans that lie on the surface and they find them by sight . |