Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Used for formative purposes , an assessment based on weak evidence could be misleading to the pupil . |
| 2 | And despite an upbringing based on extreme moderation , if not complete abstinence , I now liked a drink . |
| 3 | On the criteria we 've been talking about today , so find yourself a partner that you have n't worked with today somebody erm if you go in the same group that Kathy 's in because then if it comes up to four o'clock Kathy wants to go then you can be the other partner you 've got half an hour to put on one sheet of paper clearly and concisely what we 've done on communications . |
| 4 | Jacob Viner , an economist writing on Augustan satire , manifests a similar attitude . |
| 5 | Hodgskin 's reputation as an economist rests on these lectures , the trenchant Labour Defended against the Claims of Capital ( 1825 ) and The Natural and Artificial Right of Property Contrasted ( 1832 ) . |
| 6 | He will also notify the authority and any person named in the complaint as having taken or authorised the action complained of , giving them an opportunity to comment on any allegations contained in the complaint . |
| 7 | The adjudication officer is then asked to respond and the claimant is given an opportunity to comment on those responses . |
| 8 | ‘ I have tabled questions for the European Parliament in an attempt to build on these assurances and I am now more confident than ever that Merseyside will get the cash it deserves . |
| 9 | An agent residing on each client provides the machine with operating operating parameters delivered to it from the application residing on an administrator 's host system . |
| 10 | Che Guevara , whose analysis stemmed from his own experiences in Guatemala in 1954 ( Hodges : 1977 , pp. 15–16 ) , said , in an interview given on 18 April 1959 : |
| 11 | In an announcement published on 28 August 1991 , the PT expressed the intention of becoming the political organisation of the trade unions . |
| 12 | The Soviet journal , Trud , discussed Korean developments in an article published on 25 February 1947 . |
| 13 | … ( J ) The provisional government is charged with preparing a draft electoral law for the organisation of [ a ] free and democratic election of the president of the national assembly , with forwarding a policy of respect for human rights and public liberties on the basis of the universal declaration of human rights and to introduce into the country an organisation based on regional autonomy … |
| 14 | He and his daughter , he imagined , would form an alliance based on shared jokes and secret indulgences against a lonely and often disapproving wife . |
| 15 | What they found liberating was Surrealism 's sanctioning of an art based on personal reality ; and in their quest to express this interior landscape these women went directly to source : to their own bodies . |
| 16 | Discerning involves drawing a conclusion as to the identity of an object based on careful scrutiny . |
| 17 | Surrealist allegory , in Breton 's words , would be based on ‘ the bringing together of two more or less distant realities ’ , these realities forming ‘ an aggregation based on elective affinities ’ ( Kuspit 1983 , p. 58 ) . |
| 18 | Surrealist allegory would be based on , in Breton 's words , ‘ the bringing together of two more or less distant realities ’ , these realities forming ‘ an aggregation based on elective affinities ’ ( Kuspit 1983 , p.58 ) . |
| 19 | If the buyer uses a form provided by the seller , for instance , in the seller 's catalogue , that form can refer to the seller 's terms and will amount to an offer to contract on those terms . |
| 20 | From this viewpoint , Philo , Beharrell and Hewitt ( 1977 ) have argued that the television news 's ‘ one-dimensional ’ treatment of industrial relations helps to create a consensual image of society , which ‘ at its most damaging amounts to laying the blame for the problems of an economy based on private interest at the door of the workforce ’ . |
| 21 | Nozick , the most recent exponent of entitlement theory , does not discuss the precise requirements for a morally just acquisition , but asserts that since taking property into private ownership will not in general prejudice the interests of others ( he argues that their welfare will be increased owing to the greater efficiency of an economy based on private property ) , a taking will normally be morally legitimate . |
| 22 | When there is a known , finite number of periods , an argument based on backward induction can be constructed , to the effect that the equilibrium strategies for the multi-period game consist simply of repetitions of the single-period NE , for example the one-period Cournot equilibrium outputs in a market in which firms make output choices . |
| 23 | They argued that the dysgenic effects were not as great as this figure , since the difference in intelligence between social classes was not that great , but they accepted the logic of an argument based on differential fertility by social class . |
| 24 | Similarly , unless there is evidence that sabotage was a genuine risk , for instance in the light of past experiences with other redundant employees , an argument based on that fear will generally receive short shrift . |
| 25 | I think there would have been various difficulties in Mr. Ashworth 's path had he sought to pursue an argument based on strict estoppel . |
| 26 | In an affidavit sworn on 17 December 1991 ‘ to assist the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in relation to the conduct of the [ defendant 's ] trial ’ Mr. Pantry stated that the addendum was in the case file which was given to him when he was assigned to prosecute . |
| 27 | In an affidavit sworn on 17 December 1990 , Mr. Tee deposes : ‘ I am 51 per cent . |
| 28 | which is er , an obligation imposed on national course among others , erm we need to read it to ourselves |
| 29 | Can I can I , before we go to Mr Potter , erm may be my slightly naive mind here but I distinguish when you start talking about a strategic site approach to planning for and one of provision within North Yorkshire er as being different from an approach based on major exceptions in that in the sense that you would actually plan for the ability to cope with what my colleague calls the ointment coming over the horizon . |
| 30 | on the one hand the transport federation and the confederation support the demands of the railway sector at the negotiating table , and on the other hand , let us say , they also call for prudence and moderation when they realise that these demands may not be achievable , and rather than lead people over the precipice and into more strikes that will not have positive outcomes , they recommend the adoption of an approach based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands . |