Example sentences of "be [verb] on some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're planning on some kissing action on February 14th , make sure your lips are looking lovely ! |
| 2 | Even more convincing heads are found on some lantern flies , where the real head is well hidden and the false head has a huge eye-spot and bold ‘ antennae ’ . |
| 3 | He would report her missing and the crime would doubtlessly be blamed on some tramp or itinerate worker . |
| 4 | Any clusterer should be founded on some kind of theory based on probabilities . |
| 5 | Other Christians would say that , while the stories may be based on some happening in the life of Jesus , the importance of the Nature miracles is that they teach people crucial matters of faith in Jesus . |
| 6 | Some , however , were concerned about the nature of the play activities , almost all of which were seen to be based on some kind of violence . |
| 7 | It is very different , and as you can see has to be based on some knowledge or understanding . |
| 8 | A problem arises here : the company policies and procedures need to be based on some knowledge of employees ' willingness to move but asking the employees whether they are willing to relocate will not provide constructive answers unless those concerned can have answers to their questions based on hard facts — which are usually given in written policy statements . |
| 9 | First , the curriculum should be based on some body or bodies of knowledge . |
| 10 | The charge can be based on some sort of apportionment of the total contribution . |
| 11 | If the words used are wide enough for the above purpose , the court must then consider whether " the head of damage may be based on some ground other than negligence " . |
| 12 | Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design . |
| 13 | This can result from underclaiming of tax reliefs against taxable income , but it is more likely to be due to tax being stopped on some income but not reclaimed . |
| 14 | What you will need fundamentally is to hit on some situation that puts the greatest stress imaginable on a person not too dissimilar from yourself or from the majority of your readers . |
| 15 | Every syllable is said on some pitch ; pitch in speech is closely related to the frequency of vibration of the vocal folds and to the musical notion of low- and high-pitched notes . |
| 16 | Such economic transformations tend to undermine both the national independence of Third World countries , and the autonomy of women where this is based on some degree of control over land . |
| 17 | The final-year project is based on some aspect of the student 's work placement . |
| 18 | When the service is based on some project that the children have undertaken parents have an opportunity to appreciate their children 's work in context . |
| 19 | If the Federation took up a case , it often meant that the worker in question was dismissed on some pretext , accused of robbery for example . |
| 20 | It was when he tried to move that he found his robe was caught on some obstruction . |
| 21 | And when she found she was putting on some weight , she took up swimming regularly . |
| 22 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 23 | And if he was engaged on some scheme of his own , she had better leave him to pursue it without interference . |
| 24 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 25 | Greg was working on some kind of deal in Italy not long before he … before the accident . |
| 26 | I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery . |