Example sentences of "is [verb] on two [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have done is to concentrate on two particular themes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Porosity nomenclature is based on two classic papers : Choquette & pray ( 1970 ) and Schmidt , McDonald & platt ( 1977 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Society 's action , initiated after taking advice from leading counsel , is based on two main grounds . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Research is concentrated on two specific areas , so that each receives in-depth survey and analysis . |