Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason is quite simple : it is not a route to do on a single rope . |
| 2 | Employees may , for example , receive flat-rate payments , allowances based on a percentage of their salary , or a payment based on a number of weeks ' salary . |
| 3 | Furthermore , a payment made on the same basis as that in the case of Adams v G K N Sankey Ltd mentioned in Chapter 16 would probably also fall within the second category . |
| 4 | The pilot study is a trial run on a small number of ‘ guinea pigs ’ who should be as like the true respondents as possible in age , intelligence , social class , etc . |
| 5 | In the next room , Francie tuned his fiddle and Aunt Margaret made a trial run on the flute . |
| 6 | A morgue appeared on the left like a reason . |
| 7 | He has not even learned that Britain is suffering from a recession bordering on a slump . |
| 8 | The words are then assigned a rating based on the probability of the grammatical transitions that their tags participate in . |
| 9 | A blade glinted , and as if by magic a crescent appeared on the man 's cheek , with little beads of blood seeping out like juice from an orange . |
| 10 | Escheat has been abolished , and all property in such a case devolves on the Crown as bona vacantia . |
| 11 | A case founded on a confession must always be a strong candidate for reinvestigation . |
| 12 | Got a bit grazed on the coral , but the national health service here better than at home ! |
| 13 | The shape when seen from the air is like a bit stuck on a bigger bit . |
| 14 | Well I think I 've got a bit stuck on the N and the F actually . |
| 15 | Later it announced that it would catch 296 minke whales this year — a level based on the recommendations of the IWC scientific committee and regarded as inadequate by many Norwegian whalers . |
| 16 | According to the reported terms of the agreement the government would call a referendum to decide on a reform of the Constitution and would table in Congress a reform of the current electoral law . |
| 17 | It was quite usual to see her standing there baking , one knee on a cushion placed on a stool , to ease the pain . |
| 18 | ‘ I am hopeful of a good time but there are a lot of factors which influence the outcome of a marathon including the weather and , most importantly , how a runner feels on the day . |
| 19 | So where does a curriculum based on the children 's own interests start now , I asked myself . |
| 20 | The hearing will be adjourned pending the delivery of the High Court 's opinion , at which time it will be relisted and a decision given on the merits in the light of the High Court 's opinion on the law . |
| 21 | ‘ I think this is a decision based on a cost-cutting exercise . |
| 22 | ( 5 ) Evidence may only be led in respect of a decision based on an incorrect fact ( subs . |
| 23 | This is a type of environment used by decision makers where they may be working on one piece of information in the application and they need to make a decision based on an information which is elsewhere in the application . |
| 24 | In previous years the British Independent Programme Producers Association had taken a stand and we were initially distressed to find that this was not to be the case in 1990 — a decision based on the exorbitant cost ( they will retain a stand at MIP-TV ) . |
| 25 | For my part I think that there is abundant evidence which would have justified this court in substituting findings that Miss T. was not in a physical or mental condition which enabled her to reach a decision binding on the medical authorities and that even if , contrary to that view , she would otherwise have been in a position to reach such a decision , the influence of her mother was such as to vitiate the decision which she expressed . |
| 26 | They are given a budget to spend on the drugs they prescribe for their patients . |
| 27 | The one exception occurred during the night of Feb. 25-26 when a Scud landed on a US Army reserve barracks in Khobar City , near Dhahran , killing 28 US military personnel and wounding some 100 others . |
| 28 | If a driver drives on a highway without due care for other users it is foreseeable that some of the other users of the highway will be pregnant women and that a child en ventre sa mère may be injured . |
| 29 | Some houses were damaged and a shell fell on the church of Santa Clara . |
| 30 | The only point I felt w you know we mentioned the other day that if , if there 's a rise say on the first of April then you wan na get in a couple of months before then . |