Example sentences of "[vb base] on a wide [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ubiquity of Unix means they run on a wide range of platforms , but there is still only a minimal amount of interoperability between them . |
| 2 | The ubiquity of Unix means they run on a wide range of systems , but there is still only a minimal amount of interoperability between them . |
| 3 | Few schools serve a homogeneous intake , the majority draw on a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds and care needs to be taken that false assumptions are not made about parents ' hopes for their children and their beliefs about the purpose of education . |
| 4 | Because they show different forms of art , between them they draw on a wide range of interests . |
| 5 | For , whilst core teams are made up almost exclusively from social workers and community mental handicap nurses , the larger teams draw on a wider range of professionals . |
| 6 | These gaudy coloured sea slugs are all carnivorous and feed on a wide range of sessile or slow moving invertebrates . |
| 7 | ‘ The French , on the other hand , not only insist on a wide variety of fresh produce but demand that their chestnuts come from the Auvergne , their snails from Clermont , their frogs from Aurillac , capons from the Bresse , mutton from the Berry , asparagus from Lavris … . ’ |