Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Run ’ is n't interesting enough to comment on . |
| 32 | That conflict of views has its fierce advocates on both sides , and I am neither well informed nor dispassionate enough to comment on it From the presumed perspective of John Howard , the Ellis-Beto administrations overall emerge with credit , because they did insist on the publication of official rules , and that was a big breakthrough . |
| 33 | They had endured an embarrassing fund-raising dinner , for which rich Americans had paid 5,000 dollars a ticket , only to discover on their return that the Confederation of British Industry had done nothing to follow it up with any kind of sales drive . |
| 34 | Having already made substantial structural changes to his garage to make room for the aeroplane 's assembly , and storage when complete , he spent the first days after its arrival using some of the surplus lumber from its packing crate to build a workbench , only to discover on completion that it all had to come apart again to extract the stepladder he 'd used to support it during assembly . |
| 35 | Towards 2000 will see members of FYT Regional groups and committees meet together to work on the needs of marginalised young people in the last decade of this century . |
| 36 | How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ? |
| 37 | With the help of the ESRC , the Yorkshire Dales National Park hope to transform countryside interpretation into an active and creative means of bringing landowners , policymakers and the public together to work on the best way to manage one of the great scenic treasures of northern England , yet maintain a healthy rural economy . |
| 38 | So many track workers have been allowed to go that in some parts of the country we are not able to put gangs together to work on a proper maintenance programme . ’ |
| 39 | Only to find on one damp behind |
| 40 | We tend naturally to concentrate on effectiveness — everybody does despite the evidence from curriculum development projects in all subjects that take-up is a far greater problem . |
| 41 | This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research . |
| 42 | Sangster recently purchased a 10-acre property in the South of France , apparently to concentrate on his golf . |
| 43 | This kind of understanding is difficult enough to reach on paper , as the ( suspended ) Orthodox-Catholic dialogue commission has been finding . |
| 44 | The 500th anniversary provides an opportunity for indigenous and Black groups from Latin America and the Caribbean to join together to reflect on their history , and to reclaim the justice and dignity that is the right of all people . |
| 45 | The danger facing American troops , military analysts say , is that the new civilian government headed by President Guillermo Endara may not be strong enough to rule on its own . |
| 46 | However , as before , No 7819 started in spectacular fashion only to falter on the latter part of the climb . |
| 47 | NARE 's silver jubilee conference provided a platform not only to reflect on past achievements but , perhaps more importantly , to set new goals for future developments . |
| 48 | One has only to reflect on the enumeration of the varied properties of a state of full employment in the General Theory to realize that something is seriously wrong . |
| 49 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
| 50 | Oxford are sticking to their old blades and the experts reckon they 'll be sharp enough to win on Saturday . |
| 51 | Basically , however , it is our practice only to paddle on Sundays in the fishing season and not even then on certain rivers when the salmon are running . |
| 52 | Most people have been familiar with its skyline since they were old enough to focus on a TV screen . |
| 53 | It 's small enough to fit on the mantelpiece . |
| 54 | But they do need to be small enough to fit on the cover without taking up much space , and light enough not to tear the paper . |
| 55 | Merely to embark on such an approach reveals how inadequate and simplistic it is . |
| 56 | If it is not strong enough to grow on its own , let it die as soon as possible . ’ |
| 57 | First , the notion of ‘ usability ’ leads us not only to focus on the eventual users of the information for whom , presumably , companies are investing significant amounts of money on more or less elaborate information-processing systems and structures . |
| 58 | Launched from ML 102 , the two raiders had a mile or so to paddle on a compass course through choppy water into the harbour where , as the canoe surged on the swell alongside a large ship , they reached down underwater to fix their eight limpet mines . |
| 59 | He seldom missed a match through injury , and he was versatile enough to play on either wing equally effectively , although his own preference was for outside-right . |
| 60 | On 31 January , 1961 , before man was brave enough to venture on high , Ham was sent up in a Mercury capsule to investigate the stresses and strains of space flight . |