Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] be [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assessment of parental indifference was based on the lack of parental interest shown in friends , school work , jobs and in adequate feeding and clothing of the child . |
| 2 | Although the recommendation of combined use was based on rational pathophysiological principles , only randomised trial data can be used to assess the net risk-to-benefit ratio for the combination of these agents . |
| 3 | This luxurious hotel of striking design is situated on its own beach and two inland lagoons just twenty minutes from Phuket Town . |
| 4 | If the whole system of deaf education is based on underexpectation and the undervaluing of deaf people 's abilities , then it becomes remarkably easy to make sure that the system does not allow them to develop these abilities . |
| 5 | As we shall see , many but not all liberal theories of political freedom are based on the endorsement of one or another of several principles of restraint , of which the principle of neutrality is one . |
| 6 | As Weber stressed , the new forms of political organisation were based on rational authority and the adoption of bureaucratic methods of administration . |
| 7 | Briefly , the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was based on the presence of at least three of the following four criteria : a typical history of diarrhoea ; stools containing blood and pus , or both , for more than one week or in repeated episodes ; a typical sigmoidoscopic appearance , with granulated friable mucosa or ulcerations , or both ; histological or cytological signs of inflammation ; and radiological or colonoscopic signs of ulcerations with or without spiculation or granulation of the inner surface of the colon proximal to the rectum . |
| 8 | The diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was based on chronic diarrhoea , an endoscopic appearance consistentwith colitis , and colon histology consistent with chronic colitis . |
| 9 | With this method , a thin layer of tepid wax is spread on the skin . |
| 10 | The first piece of Kuwaiti territory was recaptured on Jan. 24 , when allied forces landed on the tiny island of Qaruh , 35 km off the coast of Kuwait . |
| 11 | But his theory of popular music is predicated on a distinct historical model , itself bound up in a Marxian analysis of the development of bourgeois society , and the main outlines of this model are clear enough . |
| 12 | Before the budget of 1920 , the British system of direct taxation was based on an exemption principle . |
| 13 | The belief that political equality was attained by the establishment of universal suffrage was based on the assumption , mentioned earlier , that governments were indeed sovereign over society , and that ultimately nothing could prevent a popularly elected government from carrying out its mandate . |
| 14 | A paper-thin shell of sound wood is left on the surface of the infected timber which shows deep cracks along the grain but rarely across it as may result from dry rot . |
| 15 | This letter , based on expediency and written in a hurry , without any of the proper backing of parliamentary statute , has continued to dictate the terms whereby millions of pounds of public money are spent on land drainage , right up until the mid-1980s . |
| 16 | The scheme was expensive , with in effect £8000 of public money being spent on each dwelling , since the local authority contribution to UDG almost exactly cancelled out the price it received for the land . |
| 17 | Besides this , the whole process of scientific investigation is based on a series of assumptions which the scientist makes , very often at an unconscious level . |
| 18 | The primary kind of social organisation is based on kinship , and in many less-developed nations this takes the form of a very large extended family . |
| 19 | Beliefs which state that systems of social stratification are based on biological inequalities can be seen as rationalizations for those systems . |
| 20 | It is amazing how restful and calm some of the pictures are , then this sudden splurge of actual speed is sprung on the viewer . |
| 21 | Using Cartesian coordinates with z vertical , a velocity field of the form together with temperature and pressure perturbations of similar form are superimposed on the equilibrium configuration . |
| 22 | Since the new arrivals were , in the main , larger than those trying to leave , the contest was not an even one and quite soon there was the distinct possibility of serious injury being inflicted on the departing seventh and eighth year pupils . |
| 23 | There was the distinct possibility of serious injury being inflicted on the departing pupils . |
| 24 | On really wet stormy days panels of dog-eared hardboard are flung on top of the carpeting at doorways . |
| 25 | The vaginal area served purely for purposes of procreation ; a sort of vestigial mock-penis was provided on the thigh , from which urine could be expelled . |
| 26 | Eighteen months of hard work were rewarded on 11 February when Andy Davey , Dave Dodson , Les Gillard , Jeff Annison and Ann Beeston , all managers in Bedfordshire , Hertfordshire and North Buckinghamshire Area received the award of Higher Level National Vocational Qualification in Management , from the University of Westminster . |
| 27 | Prime Minister Casimir Oye Mba tendered the resignation of his transitional government on Nov. 19 ; he was reappointed by President Omar Bongo two days later , and the composition of a government of national union was announced on Nov. 26 , in which the PDG held about one-third of the portfolios and the five largest opposition parties were represented . |
| 28 | … the bilateralism inherent in the traditional structures and processes of international law is secured on the one hand , by a prohibition of intervention protecting not only a State 's internal but also its external affairs against third party interference and , on the other hand , by the pacta tertiis rule in the law of treaties , according to which an agreement can create neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent . |
| 29 | Its ideal of international comradeship is based on the belief that the survival of humanity is incompatible with capitalist exploitation , imperialism and the patriarchal nation-state . |
| 30 | Notwithstanding these drawbacks a large proportion of international trade is conducted on an open account basis with the documents of title being sent direct to the importer . |