Example sentences of "which is [vb pp] on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Insulin is packaged inside β cells as the precursor proinsulin , which is cleaved on secretion into C peptide and insulin .
2 The generation of knowledge from practical activity is the basis of science in contrast to ideology which is based on speculation , ideas generating ideas :
3 The play , which is based on Byron 's poetry , arrives in London after being staged in Russia , Israel and Los Angeles .
4 In relation to nationalised industries , it is commonplace to vest in a particular Minister of the Crown a power to issue general directives as to the running of the industry in question but this is again nothing more than a matter of organisational preference ; not , of course a preference which is a matter of caprice but which is based on notions of the best procedures to attain the objective in view .
5 Evaluation , which is based on attempts to measure the realization of pre-specified goals and objectives , must , in this case be multi-faceted , concerned with library use and information skills , attitudes to libraries , effects of various instructional programmes , and use of a given library or information resources .
6 Er all I can say chairman is that the County Council is is working within the approved structure plan strategy which is based on restraint , based primarily on housing restraint but I think that 's what the County Council has done in its er employment land proposals is to set certain parameters which appear to us to really reasonably meet requirements of this authority 's resident population .
7 You are creating a system within the countryside which is based on inequality .
8 Hence the course 's educational philosophy which is based on students ' needs , experiential and facilitative in teaching methods with a strong emphasis on developing autonomy , self-reliance and self- confidence towards professional competence .
9 Carlsbad , California-based Stac Electronics Inc is meeting the challenge of the built-in data compression in MS-DOS 6.0 , formally launched by Microsoft Corp yesterday with its own new Stacker 3.1 for Windows and MS-DOS : the company says the new version achieves new levels of safety and ease of use by taking advantage of special operating system features available for the first time in MS-DOS 6.0 ; when loaded , it replaces Microsoft 's DoubleSpace , and integrates the Stacker LZS compression into the operating system , and Stac claims that unlike DoubleSpace , which is based on data compression technology licensed from Vertisoft Systems Inc , $150 Stacker 3.1 is also fully compatible with earlier MS-DOSes .
10 The sensitivities of fitness to changes in survival and fertility at different ages are explained in Box 1 , and illustrated by Fig. 1 , which is based on data from lines of Drosophila selected for early or late reproduction .
11 This is a very large issue mostly beyond the scope of this book except to note that ergonomics is an exemplar of a style of thinking which is based on characteristics of people .
12 This argument , which is based on grounds of natural justice and procedural fairness , is resisted by counsel for the Secretary of State , partly because the statutory structure does not require that the information should be given and partly in reliance on the decision of this court in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 .
13 Rival US magazine Ad Week put McCann-Erickson in top place in its survey , which is based on billings : Ad Age 's billings table puts Y&R in top position , with McCann in fourth place .
14 I am grateful for what the hon. Gentleman has said , because it enables me to explain that proposals for a local income tax relating it to ability to pay have been rejected in Committee and on Report , so we are now in the business of trying to improve this unfair tax which is based on property .
15 The importance of The increasing importance of market segmentation market segmentation as a marketing tool can in part be explained by : market fragmentation ; the development of retailer power ( which is based on concentration , and on the relative advantage obtained from centralised bulk buying ) ; the development of volume based markets for commodity-type products ( such as plant baked bread ) .
16 The church is to be distinctive from the rest of the world ; people around us are familiar with a way of life where rank and wealth matter , and people want to achieve what they think matters — only to find that it does n't satisfy them ; God 's people are to have a way of life which is based on equality in God 's sight , and not be measured in terms of social standing .
17 The only other major commodity which is based on lump sum rates regardless of quantities used , is water and the Water Companies are slowly moving over to a metered system in order to improve the discipline of use .
18 The answer to this impasse lies in a third way of knowing , one which is based on presuppositions .
19 For this procedure a diagram was used which shows the relation between vitrinite reflectance and relative depth ( Fig. 2 ) and which is based on measurements of vitrinite reflectance in 45 deep boreholes of western Germany .
20 I mean we , we clearly do not have a socialist society even at the end of land reform as we , as we 've seen in a sense we 've created a , a private enterprise system which is based on equalities within capitalism .
21 Compensation for illness and injury ( follow-up studies ) Investigators : Dr P W J Bartrip , P Fenn , H Genn Two follow-up studies have been completed : the social history of the workmen 's compensation system 1897-1948 ; and the study of out-of-court settlements in personal injury claims , which is based on interviews with lawyers and insurance officers .
22 Insignia has labelled the product features of souped-up anti-WABI SoftPC ‘ SoftWindows ’ , which is based on Bristol Technology 's Red Baron technology .
23 Insignia has labelled the product features of souped up anti-WABI SoftPC ‘ SoftWindows ’ which is based on Bristol Technology 's Red Baron technology .
24 Close inspection of Figure 3.3 , which is based on Wood 's simulation , show 's that two conditions have to be satisfied for this sort of result to emerge .
25 And thirdly they argue that a model formulated by Japanese scientists to estimate the numbers of sperm whales , which is based on age of whale at sexual maturity , offers better evidence about whale stocks than the model developed by the International Institute for Economic Development , which uses length of whale ; yet the Japanese model does not fit the data as well as the IIED model .
26 This is the time everyone gathers for a special dinner , which is based on fish , and in keeping with Italian tradition eel is cooked and served in many homes .
27 The the two , initially there are two studies which will look into numbers , one of those is a top downs study which is based on scenarios and will look at erm a variety of different situations around the world from an analytical point of view .
28 Some of the emphasis which is placed on general and mass trends in modern history arises from a sort of optical illusion , because we have so much more information about the general nature and working of recent societies than we have for earlier periods .
29 In Hickstead Ulster showjumper Jessica Chesney from Cullybackey , and Crossmaglen 's James Kernan will compete in the Grand Prix event which is televised on BBC .
30 The open tramroad is laid in light-railway track , known as bullhead , which is mounted on chairs and sleepers .
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