Example sentences of "[vb base] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only needed the rudiments , a wooden table and a few chairs ; he was prepared to lay a blanket on the floor and sleep on that . |
| 2 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |
| 3 | SLIP on these tights , girls , and you 'll look a real smarty pants — just like sexy Kimberly here . |
| 4 | There are others , but these appear on many travellers ' lists of favourite hotels . |
| 5 | Tiny nodules appear on each areola . |
| 6 | Not all sections appear on all forms . |
| 7 | Black American acappella band True Image , who appear on all six shows , join Tom on Springsteen 's Dancing in the Dark and the Beatles ' Come Together . |
| 8 | In the presence of both proteins , a clearly defined set of regularly spaced , protected regions appear on both strands and the protection pattern is the sum of those obtained with the two regulators independently ( Fig. 4 , lanes 4 and 9 ) . |
| 9 | Describing a map with words and symbols , such as appear on this page , is not very easy ; but you can imagine that each entry on the map is recorded as a fact of the form here-found ( x , y , thing ) where x and y are coordinates , longitude and latitude , and thing is any feature such as a mountain or river or city . |
| 10 | Also on board was photographer Allan Milligan , from The Scotsman , whose pictures appear on this page . |
| 11 | You appear on some of the best rap records ever made , like ‘ Death Certificate ’ and ‘ Amerikkka 's Most Wanted ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ So , go into my hut and meditate on that ’ , said the guru . |
| 13 | Corbett stayed in the castle the rest of the day , wandering about , looking for any place he could sit and quietly meditate on all he knew . |
| 14 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
| 15 | Note down clearly what he says and meditate on this . |
| 16 | We report on all the differing views which will produce the only comprehensive strategy for the advance to socialism . |
| 17 | In many countries , regional and national newspapers report on these prisoner cases — the Slovenian Catholic weekly Druzina , the French national daily Le Monde , and the Pakistani daily The Muslim , to name but a few . |
| 18 | The central elements of the code of practice include the division of responsibilities at the head of the company ; sufficient non-executive directors to carry significant weight in the board 's decisions ; a schedule of key matters reserved for full board decision ; full disclosure of directors ' total emoluments , with separate figures for salary and performance-related pay ; audit committees composed solely of non-executives to scrutinise figures and appoint auditors ; the board should report on the effectiveness of the company 's system of internal controls ; the directors should report that the business is a going concern , and auditors report on this statement . |
| 19 | For further information , the full annual accounts , the auditors ’ report on those accounts and the directors ' report should be consulted . ’ |
| 20 | In my message for World Communications Day last year , I mentioned that among the realities we celebrate on this annual occasion are the God-given gifts of speech , of hearing and of sight which make communication possible between us . |
| 21 | Er John 's erm quite a whiz on that one . |
| 22 | ‘ Right , Piper , we 'll forget the bloody left , right , left , right , routine , ’ snarls the Sergeant , ‘ When I knock on this door and you hear someone say ‘ come in' ’ , you go in , turn right , and salute . |
| 23 | When another person indicates support for something you have said , build on that alliance by acknowledging their contribution : ‘ Bill 's made a very good point there ’ , and , if appropriate , back them up ( 'and what I think is also relevant' or ‘ I 'd like to add to what he said by … |
| 24 | And they say yeah I will but but presumably that tapers off and they do n't but it 's an interesting thing that on particular when you 're targeting certain things like pantomime do get people in I think there 's lot 's of people said this evening say actually build on that perhaps get those people to come back again so yes I did like it I I did like what I saw there I did like the way that I was treated I did like the whole ambience of the place like I 'll definitely come back again will they be viable to do that ? |
| 25 | In the first year Armstrong 's concern is to go for a minimum safe agenda — ‘ make sure clients are safe and then build on that . ’ |
| 26 | You do a little bit of input well I say a little bit , you do some input , practice and participation then build on that , okay ? |
| 27 | The progress in achieving this aim is astonishing — and News and Current Affairs is working closely with Bush House to make sure we build on that success . |
| 28 | Parents can use a repertoire of techniques for behaviour change which build on each other . |
| 29 | Reading is best taught in the classroom when teachers build on this basis . |
| 30 | Scottish Literature 2 and 3 build on this foundation by examining selected themes and genres , with particular emphasis on the twentieth century . |