Example sentences of "are [verb] on [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , 15 per cent of the 18–24-year-old population are enrolled on higher education courses . |
| 2 | The designers are drawing on broader influences : architecture , painting , and dance . |
| 3 | In the GDR , the ruling Socialist Unity Party 's politburo makes policies , and decisions of higher bodies are binding on lower ones . |
| 4 | The prime locations are found at a height of between 140 and 220 metres , below which , and north of the village , the vines are grown on flatter ground . |
| 5 | The miniature fins are known as thrusters and are used on smaller boards with wide tails to provide extra grip on the waves . |
| 6 | There is nothing at Aintree much shorter than 6 to 1 , whereas the two main parties in the General Election are offered on narrower terms . |
| 7 | ‘ Too many unit trusts are based on higher risk investments . |
| 8 | Insofar as advantages are claimed for genericism , they are based on wider issues than those arising from the specific client group . |
| 9 | UK library studies are based on smaller collections , although the rate of use , where known , remains generally low . |
| 10 | Traditionally , rain-fed terraces are constructed on steeper slopes in the Middle Mountains for the production of maize , millet and buckwheat . |
| 11 | The reason is the enormous pressures that the Government , through the funding councils , are imposing on higher education to take in ever more numbers without at the same time being concerned about quality . |
| 12 | If the Government are confident that quality will not be affected by the financial pressures that they are imposing on higher education to cut the inward resource year after year , the answer is to ensure that the inspectorate for higher education is wholly independent of the funding system and solely concerned with the issue of quality . |