Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hornby delivers the expected critical kicking to out-of-touch literary lads Martin Amis and Bill Buford , meditates on fannish obsession and the emptiness of suburban adolescence and finds time to ponder the eternal mysteries ( eg Malcolm Macdonald 's sideburns ) . |
| 2 | It focusses on small-scale interaction rather than society as a whole . |
| 3 | Aldeburgh , for instance , stands on common land while Thorpeness is owned by a private company , the root of the principal difference . |
| 4 | Porvoo Cathedral was built c. 1415 and stands on high ground on the outskirts of the town . |
| 5 | The rest of the world looks on local government and tends to yawn . |
| 6 | Now the Palace Stud lives on borrowed time as Indian racing moves up a gear . |
| 7 | It lives on biological matter . |
| 8 | Each item is separately labelled and lies on perpetual display , reducing all the pomp and ceremony of Empire to a few mute and pathetic items . |
| 9 | It is a collective liability which lies on British Rail . ’ |
| 10 | Development at Scott Lithgow could be hampered by the fact that it lies on unimproved land outside the Inverclyde Enterprise Zone . |
| 11 | EC frowns on dried milk 's baby smiles |
| 12 | It was there that Mr Faith , 51 , and his co-star Zoe Wanamaker , 43 , filmed the new series of the BBC1 drama Love Hurts which starts on New Year 's day . |
| 13 | Presentations and exercises on Interior Design , the analysis of successful projects , developing new territories and training films all formed part of the conference . |
| 14 | He said that , when looking at potential positive uses , there are clues in the effects which cannabis has on certain body functions . |
| 15 | Being an inveterate story-teller , Mira is quick to remark on the degenerate effect the dominance of the media has on personal development : ‘ Gradually all our secret treasures have been removed and we 've all been made to share the same abstracted and alienating public knowledge ’ ( 111 ) . |
| 16 | The first term is the optimal level of in the one shot game , the second is the benefit from the effect has on future state variables . |
| 17 | Regardless of the effects this waste has on marine life and the fishing industry , it has also been noted that there has been a migration of radioactive material from sea back to coast . |
| 18 | Mr President I move this special report on behalf of the C E C on the basis that it provides us with the framework to build on the excellent record that the G M B has on improving health , safety and environmental standards at the workplace . |
| 19 | It will also meet with resistance from some of the groups that stand to gain from such policies because of the grip that the ideology of inequality has on British society . |
| 20 | For example , the Supplement recommends target maximum speeds on major access roads of 50 or 40 km/h , depending on the number of dwellings served , of 40 or 30 km/h on collector roads , of 30 km/h on access roads serving over 30 houses , and of under 30 km/h for smaller groups . |
| 21 | The common argument that owner-occupation offers greater mobility does not generally hold true for women , as was clear in our discussion of what happens on marital breakdown . |
| 22 | Mayeur Vaccin who 's one of the gendarmes from Lilles says by careering around in go karts on miniature road systems , the children appreciate the other side of the story . |
| 23 | The rugged Cuillins offer classic ridge walks — summer or winter — rock climbs on superb rock and spectacular views across to the islands set against fiery sunsets . |
| 24 | Government plans on religious education in schools — Political activities of religious groups |
| 25 | These rarely have anything approaching the variety of colour of soil that normally occurs on dry land sites , and excavators have to rely much more on the different textures in the material being excavated . |
| 26 | Where it occurs on open land , bird species characteristic of open country are replaced by those which prefer the limited cover afforded by young trees and are in turn replaced , as the forest matures , by those species which are forest dwellers ( Bibby 1987 ) . |
| 27 | DATAFLEX 3.1 ARRIVES ON SPANISH MARKET |
| 28 | INTEL 's GROVE WARNS ON PERSONAL COMPUTER PRICE WAR , SEES JAPAN A WINNER IN PORTABLE ASSISTANTS |
| 29 | PM warns on social chapter |
| 30 | Russia warns on German unity hopes . |