Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dewlike drops of moisture formed on the dry grass , and rose upward through the air as if powered by the jolts in our chest . |
| 2 | It was not raining , but droplets of moisture condensed on every cold surface and Wycliffe could taste the salt on his lips . |
| 3 | The Elector Counts of Ostland live on the north eastern border of the Empire beyond which lie the wild and dangerous Troll Country and the Northern Wastes . |
| 4 | It is clear that these organizations have different points of unity depending on the concerns of their members . |
| 5 | The distribution of taxes depends on the assumptions about the incidence , discussed below , and on the allocation series . |
| 6 | In addition to the poll tax , there was a complex system of taxes based on land and on crops , some paid in kind , which could amount to as much as 25 per cent of the harvest . |
| 7 | But within an hour of play resuming on Friday , Bucknor called for a TV replay decision after Meyrick Pringle had been sent back and Sachin Tendulkar hit the stumps with a throw from square leg . |
| 8 | The first , slight sign of tiredness came on him — a moment of dizziness and a thin line of pain from the tension in his shoulders . |
| 9 | . Ripon Ramblers ' Association 10 miles of ridge walking on Cracoe Moor , meet in car park behind Morrison 's store , Ripon , 9.30am . |
| 10 | The foreign policy behaviour of states depends on how individuals with power perceive and analyse situations . |
| 11 | The behaviour of states depends on domestic political processes . |
| 12 | Qaddafi writes about constraints , compulsion , oppression , but as characteristics of states based on political rather than on social ( ‘ natural ’ ) bonds . |
| 13 | The internalisation of values based on a commonality of experience and reinforced by collective committee decision making is certainly , in principle , capable of producing formidable business success . |
| 14 | As argued for above , a denial of re-hearing based on a ‘ last opportunity ’ rationale only convinces if premised on the foregoing of an opportunity which would have been afforded . |
| 15 | The band follow their string of support dates on Belly 's current UK tour with shows at . |
| 16 | The astonishing show of support came on the day it was revealed that tapes of an intimate phone call between Di and a male friend are almost certainly genuine . |
| 17 | Further statements of support came on April 27 from the non-Solidarity All-Poland Trade Union Accord ( OPZZ ) . |
| 18 | The general strategy was to make a 10 per cent cutback in all board activities , with the Council 's highest priority being the protection of support centred on scientists and engineers in universities and polytechnics . |
| 19 | In other words the issue is whether there has been a gradual process of change based on clear continuities with the past or an accumulation of changes in a relatively short space of time which has fundamentally altered the structures of the UK state . |
| 20 | The report , endorsed by chief nursing officer Yvonne Moores , says : ‘ It is recommended that priority should be given to the achievement of change based on the systematic and structured methodology provided . ’ |
| 21 | The limelight cast on NT-on-Alpha and the number of adjectives spent on it this week is expected to have a negative , if not fatal impact on the rickety ACE Initiative , whose founders , including Compaq and SCO , are perceived to be abandoning it for greener pastures , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) An appeal under this section shall be lodged with the sheriff clerk within 14 days from the date of the decision appealed against or in a case where reasons for a decision have been given under section 18(2) of this Act , within 14 days from the date of receipt of those reasons , which shall be presumed to have been received on the day after the date on which they were posted , except that in the case of reasons posted on a Friday or Saturday , they shall be presumed to have been received on the Monday next following . |
| 23 | Sharp is claimed to be leading the world in the area of development and production of individual/home information tools and plans development and exploitation of ‘ the next-generation of products based on their ‘ Personal Information Tool ’ initiative which advocates considering communication among people and co-possession of information going beyond the conventional personal idea and creating a new life culture ’ — Their words not ours ! |
| 24 | Postscript language and application developer Adobe Systems Inc , Mountain View , California last week launched , Adobe Acrobat , a range of products based on its Carousel Postscript document interchange technology ( UX No 407 ) . |
| 25 | Member states are obliged to police the Directive and the safety of products put on the market . |
| 26 | Redwood Shores , California-based Oracle Corp has joined the Greek chorus to say that it plans to convert its complete family of products to run on Alpha architecture under both OpenVMS and DEC OSF/1 ; the conversion effort on the VMS products is under way and should be out by the time DEC starts ships . |
| 27 | The sound of hooves ringing on them echoed through the house , and hearing them both Turakina and Mei Ling rose . |
| 28 | A report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology published on Oct. 23 , 1989 , showed that an Aboriginal was 28 times more likely to be sent to prison than a white person . |
| 29 | Next to her was a woman with long black hair , a stubby nose and the kind of jaw found on actors playing responsible sheriffs in cowboy films . |
| 30 | Ethel Scrimgeour , ‘ a tall and handsome maiden lady given to piety and good works , whose appearance was made remarkable by an immense knot of hair twisted on the nape of her neck in the mid-Victorian way , ’ remained Joyce 's friend to the last . |