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

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1 The tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April the following year , so the amount of tax you pay in any one year is calculated on the income you receive ( or are deemed to have received ) between these two dates .
2 A student 's weekly expenditure — which is calculated on the basis of the price of a basket of goods in May — amounts to £160.13 .
3 CGT for an individual is calculated on the basis that the first £6300 net gains are exempt , and gains over £6300 attract a tax rate of 30 per cent .
4 The economic effects of a service such as education are clearly impossible to quantify accurately , and attempts by economists to calculate returns on investment in education are laden with many assumptions and are unavoidably narrow in approach ; in particular , the financial return is calculated on the basis of a ratio between income and the cost of educational qualifications [ Blaug , 1965 ; Morris and Ziderman , 1971 ] .
5 GOVERNMENT STANDARD SPENDING GRANT : The amount of Standard Spending Grant ( Otherwise known as Revenue Support Grant ) for each area is calculated on the basis that ( subject to the effect of the safety net ) a standard level of service can broadly be provided everywhere in England for the same community charge — this year £278 .
6 The financial cost is calculated on the basis of both direct losses — as a result of reduced earnings for the timber and wood processing industries — and indirect ones in the form of the loss of the forests ' environmental and social benefits , such as their protection of soil and water resources and their tourism and amenity value .
7 The maximum permitted expenditure is calculated on the basis of a fixed sum plus a limited amount based on the number of electors : in an average-sized English county constituency in 1983 , the ceiling was approximately £4,700 ( just over $7,000 ) .
8 This figure is calculated on the assumption that an album retails for just under £7 .
9 ( Note that a rate of discount is calculated on the face value not the purchase price .
10 This is taken as the RPI value 8 months before issue and each coupon is adjusted on the basis of the inflation which occurred during the half-year which ended 8 months before the coupon is due to be paid .
11 In theory , at least , this will relieve the tremendous burden that is placed on the micro to both run the desktop publishing program and control the printer .
12 When this process is completed , the plate is ready for printing and is placed on the bed of the etching press .
13 With increase in overburden pressure , more stress is placed on the grain to grain contacts and compaction starts to proceed by chemical processes .
14 A Ward of Forbiddance spell is placed on the door .
15 In many cases it is easy to demonstrate that the tonic stress is placed on the word that is in some sense the ‘ most important ’ , as in : She went to Scotland
16 The focus is placed on the user 's information needs and overall searching behaviour in order to build a conceptual framework for qualitative research on the use and evaluation of online catalogues .
17 The patient is placed on the toilet or commode every two or three hours , and the carer carefully explains why each time .
18 Their year is split up equally between Woodwork , Metalwork and Log Book production and great stress is placed on the mastery of learning .
19 Once a child 's name is placed on the register an inter-agency child protection plan must be formulated and a key worker appointed with responsibility for implementing this plan .
20 If the child in question is placed on the Child Protection Register , review conferences must be held regularly to monitor the child 's safety and to review his or her registration .
21 As in a lot of one-design racing , class rules ensure that the emphasis is placed on the ability and performance of the crew : owners are not allowed to make modifications to their boats .
22 Emphasis is placed on the responsibility of individuals to provide for their own welfare needs and those of their dependants .
23 Matrix calculus is introduced via the Sylvester expansion theorem and considerable emphasis is placed on the matrix eigenvalue problem .
24 Yet , when frog surface layer is placed on the newt near the mouth region , suckers develop in just the right place even though , in evolution , newts and frogs separated millions of years ago .
25 Although much influence is placed on the individual , the family remains the most important social unit in Britain .
26 Party policy is based on the idea that the state should promote the well-being of the individual ; emphasis is placed on the development of education , health and welfare services .
27 Particular emphasis is placed on the development of interpersonal skills , self awareness , and the ability to seek and use information available in travel and tourism offices .
28 The LDDC negotiates with developers on a scheme-by-scheme basis to ensure that a proportion of dwellings is placed on the market at around £40,000 .
29 Cutlery for the first and main courses is placed on the outside , as for formal settings .
30 Fig 33 … and is placed on the mast below the boom .
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