Example sentences of "[vb base] an [noun sg] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business courses place an importance on creative thought because it is new ideas which keep a business ahead of its competition . |
| 2 | Secondly , we have never run an advertisement on human rights violations in Iraqi Occupied Kuwait . |
| 3 | Hofstede 's studies of West German , Japanese and Swedish cultures , however , demonstrate an emphasis on co- operation and interdependence , rather than individuality . |
| 4 | However , government expenditure and taxation flows also exert an influence on monetary variables — and therefore affect economic activity — since the size and financing of the public sector borrowing requirement ( negative or positive ) are crucial elements in the determination of the money supply and interest rates . |
| 5 | Thus when we present an article on structured programming electronics , a proportion of our readership will relate the subject to their own interests while an equally large cross-section will simple regard its inclusion as a displacement of their own preoccupation . |
| 6 | Head of Department : ‘ We make an assessment on three criteria , then combine them to give a mark out of 10 . ’ |
| 7 | Anticipations of that rise exercise an influence on present sales for future delivery , and that in its turn influences cash prices ; so that these prices are indirectly affected by estimates of the expense of producing further supplies . |
| 8 | And keep an eye on young Müller . ’ |
| 9 | Both participants can make changes and annotate files with handwritten notes as they keep an eye on each other in the video window . |
| 10 | I was recommended to go to this lady who 's Irish and then she 's gone back , , and I 've never , I mean , the examination was quick and painless he said , but just keep an eye on that double on there , erm , there 's a little tiny crack in it |
| 11 | Keep an eye on self-seeded plants as they can show interesting colour variations . |
| 12 | Keep an eye on this lot and shout if anything weird pops up . ’ |
| 13 | keep an eye on sniffable products in the home . |
| 14 | And turning to his colleague he said , ‘ Charley , keep an eye on these buggers while I nip round to the station . ’ |
| 15 | I find it incredible that you reprint without comment an item on compulsory AIDS testing in Cuba ( Briefly NI 198 ) . |
| 16 | I thought the KSBs were first-rate fellwalking boots and their overall comfort an improvement on any leather boot I 've used . |
| 17 | Generally they must save or enhance lives and offer an advance on current therapy . |
| 18 | Leave an opening on one side , trim , turn to right side and stitch to close . |
| 19 | The Comintern , however , disapproving strongly of these tactics , obliged the Mexican Communists ’ to send directives to the peasant leaders instructing them to turn their arms against the government and fight an action on two fronts with a view to precipitating social revolution' ( Clissold : 1970 , p. 6 ) . |
| 20 | Targets ( or intermediate variables ) are the variables through which government actions have an influence on macroeconomic objectives . |
| 21 | They want taxes raised that have an impact on ordinary people . |
| 22 | Local planning authorities may need to control aspects of the design of housing estates where these have an impact on neighbouring development or agricultural land , for example access or overshadowing . |
| 23 | The woman 's age at first marriage or union and at first birth , the number of children born and order of birth , and the amount of time that elapses between births directly or indirectly impinge upon the viability of young children and the probability of their survival at least beyond five years and have an effect on maternal health and mortality . |
| 24 | When it comes to plants , micro-organisms and tissue culture systems , the remedy picture as worked out for human patients is wholly inappropriate , and experiments have to be conducted on the basis of trial and error to see if particular remedies have an effect on particular plants or micro-organisms . |
| 25 | As a result , the hunted have an eye on either side of the head . |
| 26 | Please have an article on this situation , not in London , not in Manchester , but a small town where people believe , rightly or wrongly , that nothing ever happens . |