Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adj] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three types , called cationic , anionic or nonionic depending on whether they work by carrying a positive , negative or zero electric charge respectively . |
| 2 | This observation has led to the suggestion that whether a passive margin is volcanic or non-volcanic depends on whether the site of rifting happens to coincide with the location of a mantle plume and its associated hot spot . |
| 3 | Whether we regard a concept as ontological or simple depends on our choice of description language . |
| 4 | He commences upon the dismantling of assumptions of where the texts are funny or obscene based on modern suppositions of what constitutes obscenity et al. , and puts forward a theory that picks up a suggestion of Nykrog 's concerning the relationship of fabliau and romance : that the fabliaux flourished as a conservative reaction to new notions of gentility and decency in behaviour and especially in language ; new notions that are found most clearly in the literary cult of fin amour . |
| 5 | Given that this is the case , it is interesting and instructive to reflect on why it is that these people have decided to call us their ‘ clients ’ . |
| 6 | It is willing and able to feed on a variety of prey species , up to the size of antelopes . |
| 7 | Finch points out that the job description of some Scottish police officers requires them to enlist the co-operation of at least one person in every street who is willing and able to pass on useful information . |
| 8 | Accordingly , it is both proper and rational to rely on such cases as Phillips v. Brooks Ltd. [ 1919 ] 2 K.B . |
| 9 | French , German and Spanish spoken on premises . |
| 10 | Oddly enough these men of science are not only willing but eager to talk on their subject , and to that end he 's invited the author of his present reading matter to lunch on Sunday to explain about ‘ … anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies , that … ’ |
| 11 | First , it may be necessary because it is impossible or inappropriate to rely on specimens of breath for one of the reasons specified in section 7(3) . |
| 12 | Something warm and wet dropped on Gabriel 's forehead which was not a leak in the staging : Izzie was crying bitterly . |
| 13 | At least 100 people were reported killed and 300 wounded on Aug. 19 after three days of intensive aerial bombing by government forces against the city of Taloqan located in the northern guerrilla stronghold controlled by Ahmad Shah Massud , the " Lion of Panjsher " [ see p. 37775 ] . |
| 14 | In Queensland , Australia , I saw a water jump that was easy and cheap to build on top of the ground . |
| 15 | They can be conveniently categorized as concordant or discordant depending on whether or not they cut across the bedding of the pre-existing strata ( Fig. 5.17 ) . |
| 16 | The supply is exempt or taxable depending on whether the landlord has opted to tax . |
| 17 | In most situations it is unusual and unnecessary to dwell on features of the research design , except perhaps in a boring and unread appendix , but in our instance we feel it is important to spend a chapter outlining the nature of the research design and location , and the associated problems , in order for the findings to be placed in their context , and to ensure that these considerations be taken seriously . |
| 18 | Manipulation can be considered good or bad depending on the context in which it is used . |
| 19 | ‘ Strange are the turns of fortune ’ , says Gandalf ( which could be good or bad depending on context ) , and ‘ Hope oft deceives ’ , says Éomer ( also so true as to be non-predictive ) . |
| 20 | This is important in order to ensure that patients and their families do not categorise staff members as good or bad depending on their role in the ward — eg , viewing the nurse supervising the nutritional programme as authoritarian and the sympathetic night nurse as a special confidante . |
| 21 | The reason is largely that younger researchers are unwilling or unable to embark on a career in this kind of research . |
| 22 | Whether you think them poor or well-paid depends on whom you are comparing them with . |
| 23 | It is inadequate and misleading to rely on general impressions in such churches . |
| 24 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 25 | How often a sudden aroma can take us back to an earlier time in our lives and cause us to feel happy or sad depending on the memories aroused . |
| 26 | Many of them , it was suggested by the organisations we spoke to , are married women with domestic commitments who are unable or unwilling to work on a regular basis but who value the opportunity to take on occasional work outside normal hours , particularly in the pre-Christmas period ( the height of the banqueting season ) . |
| 27 | Money raised will be used to enable women who are low-waged or unemployed to go on the Delegation ( which is in March ) . |
| 28 | The parents of the young victims left the court in tears … unable and unwilling to comment on the man who killed their children . |
| 29 | His court of justice , while technically independent and free to operate on traditional lines , was in fact under the close supervision of the Resident , who exercised powers in respect of such courts as to ‘ enable him ’ , in Lugard 's words , ‘ to entirely control their actions , and , in fact , to use them as auxiliary courts ’ . |
| 30 | It is inactive or active depending on whether this extension completes A or not . ’ |