Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two main types of building are encountered on such farms ; sunken buildings and those built at ground-level , often called ‘ halls ’ in a rather indiscriminate manner . |
| 2 | The validation arrangements used in the Development Programme are based on those devised by the Council for the small number of college-developed courses which it inherited from predecessor bodies . |
| 3 | The models illustrated in this chapter are based on those used during presentations to the staff of the Colleges involved in the studies . |
| 4 | Members of the TAC are represented on both committees , and other TAC members are coopted on to many of their working parties . |
| 5 | The papers are a reasonable cross section of the research being done on these topics in the UK today . |
| 6 | Patriarchal religion is built on many millennia of repressed fear of the power of female bodily processes . |
| 7 | Despite the current recession , demographic changes and the ‘ greying ’ of the workforce means urgent new thinking is needed on such issues as flexible working and retirement , taxation and superannuation rules ( especially abatement provisions ) , and employment laws . |
| 8 | Because the nation is seen as only partially liberated , and particularly by the membership of the largest party Fianna Fáil , the animus of the national-popular consciousness is focused on this issue , to the detriment of class-based politics . |
| 9 | Because operands may be very long , no accumulator is provided on this computer ; all operations take place between operands in the store . |
| 10 | I would hypothesise that as they draw , and the front of the mind is focused on that activity , the back of the mind is reflecting subconsciously , or even unconsciously , on the words they might use . |
| 11 | This optimism is based on several factors . |
| 12 | Some of the Naval survey parties may also have landed briefly on Krakatoa , because a hot spring is marked on some maps , but apart from this we know remarkably little about the islands or their volcanic history . |
| 13 | The work of the Department is conducted on all four campuses ( principally at Magee College and Jordanstown ) as well as off-site . |
| 14 | If further guidance is required on any individual case , please submit full underwriting file and claim file to HO Home Claims & Support . |
| 15 | Greater light is shed on this aspect by the account books of Corelli 's patrons , Pamphili and Ottoboni which list all the musicians employed by their respective households . |
| 16 | All her consciousness was centred on that unfamiliar and earth-shattering friction . |
| 17 | My mind was fastened on this new and fearful thing that was happening . |
| 18 | In the first edition , a chapter was included on some fine houses still standing , but empty and at risk . |
| 19 | A very tight rein was held on all staff , it was as if they were very nervous and suspicious that we might go made and accept a bid ! |
| 20 | Much of the buy-out boom was based on this kind of bet . |
| 21 | Everyone had to carry a gas-mask at all times , and an air-raid practice was held on that first afternoon . |
| 22 | Their intention was focused on some of the huge benefits that distributed database might deliver . |
| 23 | Light was thrown on this , in the context of secondary school departments , by Earley and Fletcher-Campbell ( 1989 ) . |
| 24 | All coupons passing through the machine are microfilmed on both sides simultaneously and losing coupons are sifted from winning ones which are then marked fully . |
| 25 | Figure 4.5 The locations of Issaquah Creek and the University Hatchery are shown on this map of part of Washington State , U.S.A. Experiments on the use of olfaction in homing by coho salmon were performed here . |
| 26 | During our journey we noticed quite a lot of work being done on several station platforms . |
| 27 | A balancing act being practised on both sides of the Atlantic |
| 28 | If hunting were banned on all of that it would only have a small marginal effect but we can as Mr said only ban hunting on land we both own and control , land in hand , that actually totals a hundred and fifty eight acres , slightly smaller than Victoria Park but that includes road , bridleways , land with no access , S S S Is , Sites of Special Scientific Interest , land awaiting disposal the land capable of being hunted and in hand totals fifty two acres about as much of Victoria Park as I can see from my front window . |
| 29 | Depreciation is provided on all property , plant and equipment on a straight line basis , taking into account residual values . |
| 30 | Highlighting is used on all or part of an option number to emphasise the significant part of the number at the level shown . |