Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] it is " in BNC.

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1 On each activation it is extended , and information about start-up time is logged .
2 On political questions it is remarkable how little he has to say .
3 Building on solid foundations it is extremely encouraging to report that last year we saw a dramatic increase in the numbers of candidate entries .
4 On economic grounds it is also prudent for both husband and wife to delay and limit childbearing within marriage , and compress the period devoted to childbearing .
5 In general , on small-scale maps it is of course quite pointless to be too precise .
6 The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ ; God has given himself to be understood in our terms and on our level ; and even in these terms and on that level it is the reality of God that is given for us to understand .
7 On that assumption it is clearly , subject to the precise words used , likely to be a contractual obligation , binding the expert and the parties , that the decision be final .
8 By examining the details visible on surviving coins it is possible to identify coins struck from the same die or dies , for they will show no divergence whatsoever in the details of the designs ( fig. 6 ) .
9 Since Yugoslav support for the Soviet navy is based less on coordination in security policy than on commercial interest it is not regarded by Belgrade as likely to lead towards a form of alignment with Moscow .
10 On further thought it is soon evident that it is not as easy as that , because the same people are not at church every week , some come more than once on Sunday and will , therefore , be counted twice , and there is an attendance fluctuation depending on the state of the weather and the time of year !
11 However , on further examination it is clear that they often disagree as to what constitutes pornography , while overlapping on representations of sexual violence , they radically disagree on those of non-violent , non-marital sexual practices .
12 On some days it is easy to eat very little , on others it is difficult to keep to even the most generous diet .
13 By injecting the drug into the carotid artery on different days it is possible to observe the effect of disruption of left and right hemispheres alternately .
14 But before expanding on this interpretation it is necessary to consider some evidence that is apparently directly contradictory .
15 On this scale it is theoretically possible to score up to 166 per cent ( 1,000 points ) , but in practice no strategy 's average score exceeded 600 .
16 On this occasion it is only right to give some historical analysis of the government of Scotland since the Union .
17 On this basis it is arguable , perhaps with some truth , that ministers need protection from their friends .
18 The results indicated that , of the sample , some 17,000 volumes ( approximately 1% ) were in need of remedial treatment to the binding , and on this basis it is reasonable to assume that about 50,000 volumes in the entire collection require such treatment .
19 The percentage in the present sample is fifteen ( six out of forty ) ; on this score it is not unrepresentative .
20 Since the main argument for authority depends on such factors it is impossible to generalize and indicate an area of government regulation which is better left to individuals .
21 Keeping a constant muscle-tearing gradient , there is no pity until the very top , and on such slopes it is handy to have a prop to allow yourself resting time .
22 While the main focus of the Survey is on basic payments it is nevertheless a crucial benchmark because both bonus and overtime payments are to an extent determined by the basic or standard wage .
23 Based on these figures it is clear that income inequality has increased and that the benefits of economic growth have not been evenly distributed .
24 Where enamel remains on these teeth it is restricted to small islands separated by areas of dentine .
25 Based on these findings it is postulated that hyperglycaemia affects gall bladder motility , at least in part , through inhibition of cholinergic activity .
26 On these sheets it is helpful also to have the reference and the English translation .
27 Journalists do sometimes react against the excesses of newspaper partisanship but even on these occasions it is proprietorial and editorial power that emerges unscathed and victorious .
28 From the number density of craters on these regions it is thus possible to establish the lunar cratering rate over a considerable period of time as shown in Figure 6.9 .
29 On later models it is the tag which holds the rad cap chain and is thus marked 4M54 , which means April 1954 .
30 In complete contrast on windless days it is a case of using your ingenuity to make the best of favourable currents and limited sail capacity .
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