Example sentences of "they [vb base] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There they sit on reserved seats in the Commons , Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition , only metres away from their government counterparts , knowing they could do so much better . |
| 2 | In the legal context , we need to feel that the prohibitions of laws , in the way they are defined and in the way they are applied , are justifiable and influence us all equally ( or , again , if they do not , that they discriminate on acceptable grounds ) . |
| 3 | If we allow for the expectations of individuals and the values ( valency ) they place on certain outcomes or rewards , then we can propose that the degree to which they will release energy in the pursuit of their goals is a function of their expectations about likely outcomes and the importance they place on those outcomes or rewards : |
| 4 | The motivation to perform is seen as a function of the beliefs that individuals have concerning future rewards multiplied by the value they place on those rewards . |
| 5 | If we allow for the expectations of individuals and the values ( valency ) they place on certain outcomes or rewards , then we can propose that the degree to which they will release energy in the pursuit of their goals is a function of their expectations about likely outcomes and the importance they place on those outcomes or rewards : |
| 6 | They squat on ragged patches of grass like abandoned containers , painted bright colours , stuffed with more than anyone could want of Do-It-Yourself Equipment , Garden Furniture or , in one case , pure Leather . |
| 7 | They focus on general directives and priorities , set targets and leave detailed planning and administration to subordinates . |
| 8 | Historians study social change and they focus on particular events for their data . |
| 9 | Like the views of their predecessors in classical Marxist thought , modern functionalist views do not regard it as useful or necessary to demonstrate the precise mechanisms by which state policy responds to structural imperatives ; instead they focus on macro-social issues and trends . |
| 10 | They focus on three propositions : |
| 11 | They focus on social strata rather than social inequality in general . |
| 12 | They depend on annual profits — less 25 per cent voluntary tax — from the Duchy 's 130,000 acres of farmland , which came to £2,176,798 last year . |
| 13 | They depend on many factors , and it is not possible to give a full account of them here ; you will find details in Refs [ 17 ] and [ 18 ] . |
| 14 | They depend on skilled workers , modern machinery and electric power , rather than on being near to raw materials , coal mines or markets . |
| 15 | They depend on larger companies for a market niche , and often provide low-paid and insecure jobs . |
| 16 | The public , as clients , equally base their attitudes to the quality of the services they receive on subjective assessments that are more than a little conditioned by their individual social attitudes . |
| 17 | R and L also commute on the cube because they act on different pieces , but F and R do not commute , so the commutator [ F , R ] creates a terrible mess ( Figure 8 ) . |
| 18 | They put on new acts if they are called direct and are sent a rough demo tape . |
| 19 | They put on separate roadshows as they appeared at the same event for the first time since Mr Major 's statement in the House of Commons . |
| 20 | Claudia called for champagne and someone else suggested they put on some records and dance in the hall . |
| 21 | In 1982 BBC1 's ‘ Nationwide ’ covered Gay News ' tenth birthday , but in general the sharp end of factual programming has only given space to gay issues when they impinge on heterosexual concerns . |
| 22 | In addition they draw on all kinds of background information they may have about that particular situation . |
| 23 | Pop videos themselves are consistently reactionary in their sexual imagery ( and this is an aspect of the cooption of new pop to which I will return ) if only because they draw on visual conventions of masculinity and femininity ( taken from cinema history and television commercials ) that are much more coherent than pop 's adolescent ambiguities . |
| 24 | The records typically understate the concentration of wealth , for they rely on individual declarations which are manipulated and presented so as to minimise apparent wealth holdings . |
| 25 | They extend ( and over-extend ) the words they can produce ; they rely on deictic terms like that ; and they use general purpose verbs like do and go . |
| 26 | A problem sometimes associated with salespeople who have worked for the same company for many years is that they rely on established customers to provide repeat orders rather than actively seeking new business . |
| 27 | They rely on many forms of protective behaviour , but the wearing of armour is not one of them . |
| 28 | There is a lot of work involved in looking after domesticated horses because they rely on human beings for all their food and water . |
| 29 | After all , the exporters are not living in a vacuum : they rely on domestic producers for many of their materials , power , transport , and other services . |
| 30 | People need rules in order to live and work together efficiently , and they need to be protected when they rely on those rules . |