Example sentences of "is [verb] on [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have done is to concentrate on two particular themes . |
| 2 | The Programme is to concentrate on six main themes : 1 ) Communication Ethics ; 2 ) The Right to Communicate ; 3 ) Communication and Religion ; 4 ) Communication , Culture and Change ; 5 ) Communication Education ; 6 ) Women 's Issues . |
| 3 | Our ability to deliver an effective service is built on four simple principles : |
| 4 | Stockholm , often called the Venice of the north , is built on 15 small islands , all linked by bridges . |
| 5 | The Teacher Placement Service is founded on four basic principles : |
| 6 | The Medicines Information Bill is founded on two main principles : that those who keep secrets should not have the last word on where secrecy begins and ends and that openness should be the rule and secrecy the exception . |
| 7 | The upper dentition is borne on two maxillary tooth-plates , each of which has several rows of teeth and is bisected by a deep longitudinal groove ( figure 1 ) . |
| 8 | Porosity nomenclature is based on two classic papers : Choquette & pray ( 1970 ) and Schmidt , McDonald & platt ( 1977 ) . |
| 9 | The best practice approach adopted by Lucas Automotive is based on two simple premises : that in any activity carried out by two or more groups of people , one group will be better at it than the others ; and that there will be real benefits to be achieved by the other groups learning from the experience of the ‘ best ’ group . |
| 10 | The Society 's action , initiated after taking advice from leading counsel , is based on two main grounds . |
| 11 | Etymologically , as Fromm reminds us ( 1973 : 189 ) , the English word is based on two Latin words , ad and gradior , with the combined sense of ‘ movement towards ’ . |
| 12 | It will only change when the psychology behind it has changed ; and this psychology is based on two die-hard principles which together constitute almost the last vestiges of his own Indian-ness . |
| 13 | Each of these tempting mince pies , quiches and sausage rolls is based on one easy , basic recipe |
| 14 | Nor can generalised criticism be justified if it is based on one isolated incident . |
| 15 | LTQ is based on five processual mechanisms : standards and measure-ment ; reward and recognition ; training ; communications ; and the use of senior management as role models for the process . |
| 16 | Marley 's Classico system is based on four individual blocks . |
| 17 | The course is based on eight self-contained case studies representing a realistic negotiation or decision-making meeting at managerial level . |
| 18 | The evidence for this statement is based on three separate observations . |
| 19 | The University is based on three main sites ( see maps on pages 140 to 142 ) . |
| 20 | In contrast to the poststructuralists , whose concern with actual literary texts is perfunctory or marginal , Bakhtin 's work is focused on two major European authors , Dostoevsky and Rabelais . |
| 21 | Research is concentrated on two specific areas , so that each receives in-depth survey and analysis . |
| 22 | HAL IS WORKING ON FOUR 64-BIT SPARC SYSTEM LINES |
| 23 | BP is working on three different types of solar cell : the conventional screen-printed cell , the high-efficiency laser-grooved cell ( Saturn ) , and the thin-film cell ( Apollo ) . |