Example sentences of "the [adj] is [vb pp] on the " in BNC.

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1 Anyone in the late twentieth century who studies Charles the Bald is perched on the shoulders of those giants .
2 The logic in the latter is based on the curious situation caused by the abolition of development charges .
3 The first is based on the assumption that there is a ‘ real ’ world , that that world can be known , and that the structures of knowledge should correspond to the structures of reality ; thus any departure from them invites confusion .
4 The first is based on the characteristics of the consumer or user .
5 The first is based on the characteristics of the consumer or user .
6 The first is centred on the attitude of the PLP .
7 One relatively recent approach which gained favour in the United States and Australia during the 1990s is based on the adoption of sentencing guide-lines for the courts .
8 And if the former is subtracted on the grounds that crimes against corporations are dissimilar to crimes for corporations , then just over 1 per cent of the listed material referred to corporate crime .
9 When different tracks are used for the out and in-bound legs , the difference in degrees between the two is based on the formula
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