Example sentences of "they [vb base] [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw , geographical conditions are of interest to historians because they put constraints on society . |
| 2 | Cranfield came more into the game as they put pressure on City 's defence . |
| 3 | Now , the important point about the rational expectations assumptions which lead to equation ( 3.42 ) is that they impose restrictions on equation ( 3.43b ) . |
| 4 | 2 of the biggest manufacturers of video games both say they print advice on epilepsy with their games . |
| 5 | They also exert a fascination very much of their own as they slither round circuses and brush through old city gates , flashing arcs of lightning as they switch tracks on winter nights . |
| 6 | They do emergencies on Radio Four , and it 's national . ’ |
| 7 | They have populations on average of around ten million . |
| 8 | They spend months on end continuously on the wing , feeding by catching insects in mid-air , mating by coupling high in the sky and tumbling downwards interlocked for hundreds of feet , and presumably even sleeping on the wing . |