Example sentences of "is [verb] on three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the best area in Britain for megalithic sites , and is surrounded on three sides by the sea . |
| 2 | A city of 3.2 million people , Rangoon is surrounded on three sides by water and dominated by the glistening gold stupa of the Shwedagon . |
| 3 | The ranch is surrounded on three sides by intensive arable agriculture , split into tiny small-holdings and , for the most part , being worked on land totally unsuitable for the purpose . |
| 4 | It dates from the eighteenth century and is built on three storeys , and , though no longer in commercial use , it is maintained as a working museum . |
| 5 | Holland is based on three divisions , France has four , America four , Australia two and there are also operating companies in Hong Kong and Japan . |
| 6 | He argued that Realism is based on three foundation stones , all to be found in the writings of Machiavelli . |
| 7 | This project is based on three premises : that more young economists , bound for industry , particularly consultancy , the civil service and the city , should have at least been apprenticed in research--hence , in part , the use of occasional research assistants rather than experienced professionals ; that applied economists should pay more attention to the views of non economists , and , in particular of practitioners in the fields they study , hence the emphasis on the flexibility required if we are to look at problems differently , or use different types of evidence ; and that more of us should build our models self consciously , with an eye to analytical convenience and ease of interpretation , considerations which would be less important were economics less inexact , since it might then make sense to seek the correct model , however difficult to analyse and understand . |
| 8 | The range is based on three lever shapes manufactured in stainless steel and brass . |
| 9 | … we want to create a socialist society which is based on three principles : equality and respect for human dignity ; sharing resources which are produced by our efforts ; work by everyone . ’ |
| 10 | The DOE 's air quality information , also published in newspaper and television weather reports , is based on three air pollutants . |
| 11 | The judicial review procedure in the High Court is based on three tests : illegality ; irrationality ; and/or procedural impropriety . |
| 12 | It is based on three words per second as the spoken word . |
| 13 | Obje objection site D thirty nine extends to some one point two five hectares and is bounded on three sides by hedgerows , trees and tracks , and on the south side by the boundary with existing property . |