Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Most referees will tell you that when a new directive comes out on a particular law , referees tend to concentrate on that law , sometimes at the expense of refereeing other laws . |
| 2 | Our College would serve : to collect and deposit the variety of sound veterinary knowledge which floats dispersedly in the kingdom … to collect and arrange whatever the labours and experience of other nations have furnished on this subject ; to improve on this extensive stock … correspondencies and communications should be encouraged … |
| 3 | If parents choose to proceed on this basis , they should do so with the full understanding that they may be aborting a child capable of experiencing as full and satisfying a life as anyone else . |
| 4 | In 1919 a single warrant was signed alleging such an emergency ( the excuse being the threat of Bolshevism ) and interceptions have continued on this basis , with the exception of wartime censorship from 1939–45 , to this day without debate or approval by Parliament . |
| 5 | Selection mysteries have abounded on this tour but at least the move to use Robin Smith as an opener is working . |
| 6 | What is more surprising , when considering what advocates of testing have to say on this subject , is the lack of ideas on how such information could ever help schools . |
| 7 | Most Latin American countries have embarked on some sort of land reform programme , though these have varied considerably across the region in scope and depth . |
| 8 | Hard sell specialists like Harvard have capitalised on this fact . |
| 9 | ( Gypsies have camped on this land for generations . |
| 10 | If members of the public or organisations wish to comment on this Plan they should write |
| 11 | Successive Irish governments have prevaricated on this issue , protesting their goodwill while professing their inability to solve Britain 's difficulties in the North . |
| 12 | Instantly the wheels begin turning on this deal , my enthusiasm wanes . |
| 13 | Well unless there are any other issues that people want to rai any other items people want to raise on this issue , I propose we close now , resume at ten o'clock in the morning , and we will go straight into matters , well matter two C , to look at the di criteria . |
| 14 | Since the experiment , few Members have complained on this score , and none of those I interviewed . |
| 15 | If the Russians do arrive on this scale it will be the largest single wave of what Israelis call aliya ( literally ‘ ascent ’ ) since the immediate post independence years in the early 1950s , a heady return to the heart of the Zionist idea at a time when the country — still fighting the Palestinian uprising , on a permanent war footing and its economy slipping into recession — is far from ready . |
| 16 | Meanwhile at Our Home the unspeakable ingrates seem bent on some sort of work-to-contract . |
| 17 | With just three thousand or so of the origional travellers left neighbouring police forces are on standby in case the travellers try to converge on another site to stage an impromtue festival this weekend . |
| 18 | Millions of typists throughout the world have trained on this keyboard layout and are ( understandably ) resistant to change . |
| 19 | In the final stage of the process , the children need to decide on some way of presenting their results . |
| 20 | It is noticeable how Dynasty , Dallas , and many other soaps on TV tend to focus on this kind of human weakness , often exploiting covetousness . |
| 21 | Nor does it carry much information about the clouds to Earth because the clouds fail to impress on this radiation many meaningful signatures . |
| 22 | Heavy women need to put on less weight than very thin mums-to-be . |
| 23 | The sort of problems the owners ’ party have had on this trip so far are a tap that wo n't stop dripping , a blind that wo n't stay down in one of the bedrooms , eh ? , and a lady who thought one of her suitcases had been stolen , only it turned up in someone else 's room . ’ |