Example sentences of "they are [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These computer programs have been written in BASIC by postgraduate students at the Department of Information Studies , and they are mounted on a Prime 400 minicomputer . |
| 2 | The effect of these EDMs is measured by the number of signatures they attract when they are printed on the daily Order paper . |
| 3 | They are borne on a long , stout , fleshy leaf-stalk . |
| 4 | If they do , they are operating on an ignorant and irrational basis . |
| 5 | When speed sailors sail at high speeds ( 39 knots is the current record ) they have their sails in a close hauled position although they are sailing on a broad reach . |
| 6 | They are deposited on an overhanging leaf , or , in the aquarium , an artificial substitute . |
| 7 | It does say that they are collected on a monthly basis , so you could say that okay they are . |
| 8 | When keys are returned care must be taken to see that they are placed on the correct key hook . |
| 9 | Both will prevent you from burning and tanning , provided they are reapplied on a regular basis . |
| 10 | They are arranged on a slender , branching stem . |
| 11 | They are built on the Byzantine pattern , in small scale , and have painted fresco decoration . |
| 12 | Failing this , a fit elderly neighbour may be willing to come , either voluntarily or for a small payment , which would be useful to them if they are living on a small pension . |
| 13 | There are three equally spaced pointed arm spines on the proximal segments , but they are lacking on the distalmost segments . |
| 14 | Just how dangerous they are depends on the particular chemical and how much is used . |
| 15 | They are based on a regular series of expert conferences , each on a major theme of policy . |
| 16 | North Shields and Cramlington could be described in terms of localities , not least because to some extent they are based on a discrete organization for the sustaining of labour ( see the discussion of Urry 's approach in Dickens et al . , |
| 17 | They are based on a new version 3.0 of its Open Desktop operating system bundle and Santa Cruz Unix system . |
| 18 | They are based on a new version 3.0 of its Open Desktop operating system bundle and SCO Unix system . |
| 19 | Thus they are based on the individual psyche and make a theoretical leap from this to the universal psyche . |
| 20 | They are based on the classic ‘ closed loop feedback ’ system where the desired position is compared with the actual position and if there is a difference , an error signal is generated that drives the output closer to the desired position . |
| 21 | Planning systems , by contrast , are defective precisely because they are based on the synoptic delusion . |
| 22 | They are based on the circular setting , but on the first of the four rows ( row two ) the ribber must tuck . |
| 23 | Sometimes they are organized on a tribal basis , sometimes they embrace people from a number of different tribes . |
| 24 | They are situated on a slight south-east incline amidst surrounding flat lands . |
| 25 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 26 | In case anyone should think that some of our commentary on IBM Corp and its problems is a little apocalyptic , hear what they are saying on the other side of the Atlantic : ‘ With IBM , there 's a question in my mind whether the company is going to exist five years from now , ’ Kenneth Heebner of Boston fund manager Capital Growth Management commented to the Wall Street Journal . |
| 27 | At low capacity , prices will frequently be high since they are set on the vertical part of the short-run marginal cost curves . |
| 28 | In the absence of any alternative network of support provided by the politics they participated in as employed men , the labour movement , they are thrown on a charitable sector dominated by a punitive and puritanical morality . |
| 29 | 1956 : As ‘ Talking Book ’ 16 rpm albums are released in Germany , UK Decca report that they are working on a single-groove stereo disc , as visualised by a certain Alan Blumlein way back in 1931 . |
| 30 | Since they are working on the wrong side of the law anyway , they 're not too worried . |