Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The model is his picture of what is going on outside him and it is essentially an hypothesis based on the available evidence . |
| 2 | Interference between boxes is checked using an algorithm based on the four states of Interference ; remoteness , touching , interfering , and enclosed ( see Figure 6.6 ) . |
| 3 | In this sense the wartime consensus was an illusion based on the extrapolation of wartime solidarity into peacetime and on the fact that all that was required was the maintenance of full employment , not its creation anew . |
| 4 | Continental climates become increasingly maritime or ‘ oceanic ’ westwards , an effect superimposed on the expected effect of increasing latitude . |
| 5 | All too often , lighting is an afterthought superimposed on the final decoration instead of being planned from the start . |
| 6 | The dual system was an anomaly based on the Ausgleich or ‘ Compromise ’ of 1867 which guaranteed the independence of both Austria and Hungary except in certain matters of common concern ( see p. 202 ) . |
| 7 | Class can be inherited but it is an inheritance based on the market . |
| 8 | Much of Britain 's prosperity is founded on exploitation of colonial territories , an exploitation based on the assumption that black people were inferior . |
| 9 | An orangetip settled on the mauve-white petals of lady 's smock ( or cuckoo flower ) . |
| 10 | An exercise based on the material in the first four parts . |
| 11 | In a society which has fully internalized the consequences of the Einsteinian revolution and its off-shoots , an epistemology based on the postulates of classical scientific models is unable to cope with social structures formed according to this new way of thinking . |
| 12 | As a result I have had to conclude it will be quite difficult to include an article based on the interesting paper you wrote for the branch , in the next edition . |
| 13 | One rectangular building straddled the compound fence with an annexe attached on the inside from which there did not appear to be access to the compound . |
| 14 | The secularization of Church lands in 1764 was the completion of a process begun early in the century by Peter I. The system of government which Catherine perfected , an autocracy based on the support of the landowning class , was entirely Russian . |
| 15 | In an album deal at IRS , we would make the band an offer based on the percentage royalty points which we thought were appropriate , having worked out a budget to make a record . |
| 16 | He also became recorder of York , an appointment made on the king 's recommendation but probably owing more to Gloucester . |
| 17 | He also became recorder of York , an appointment made on the king 's recommendation but probably owing more to Gloucester . |
| 18 | Breakfast was an apple bought on the way to his primary five class . |
| 19 | The judge gave short shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech , and held that it did not affect his primary conclusion as stated above . |
| 20 | To me , Cornwall was an area covered on the way to the Scilly Isles , with its infamous humpback runway , or to Land 's End for the standard photo of the signpost showing the distance to your home town . |
| 21 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 22 | Whether information fell within this implied term to prevent its use or disclosure by an ex-employee depended on the circumstances , and attention should be given to the following : a ) the nature of the employment , b ) the nature of the information , c ) whether the employer stressed the confidential nature of the material , d ) whether the information could be easily isolated from other material the employee was free to use . |
| 23 | Of course , he said , an artist dwelt on the edge of madness . |
| 24 | The GLC was empowered by the Act to make grants to the LTE for any purpose ( section 3 ) and the GLC intended in this way to reimburse the LTE for the revenue lost by the fares reduction and so enable the LTE to balance its books , this being an obligation placed on the LTE ‘ so far as practicable ’ . |
| 25 | Individual engineers are encouraged to prepare their own CPD plans , an approach based on the Engineering Council 's ‘ Career Manager ’ . |
| 26 | This approach was , however , consciously supressed thereafter , and to some degree neutralised , by an approach based on the history of ideas , the purpose being , of course , to avoid unwelcome attention on the part of the authorities towards the Warburg Library and the University 's Art History Department with its predominantly Jewish staff . |
| 27 | It is best to start with the levels in atoms , and some of the most successful quantitative descriptions of the behavior of electrons in molecules use an approach based on the Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals ( LCAO ) . |
| 28 | There are hints of one in the story of Rahab and the spies that we have already looked at , hints of an attack mounted on the basis of inside information gathered in that dangerous night of pleasure , or of stealthy entry into the city gained by means of Rahab 's treachery . |
| 29 | In an account based on the Sanford-Garrod framework , we take it that plural reference is possible if more than one atomic entity is mapped into a single role-slot in an elicited representation . |
| 30 | Directors and employees earning £8,500 a year or more ( including gross expenses payments and the value of benefits in kind ) are taxable on the benefit of a loan made by an employer based on the difference between the interest paid by the employee ( if any ) and the interest which would have been paid on the loan at the ‘ official rate ’ . |