Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , we observed that males close to the breeding site seem deliberately to sit out on roads , where they have a clear view , and wait to jump on females as they pass . |
| 2 | Must remember this when tempted into the local hen shop. ) 9 pm Ben Frow arrives to try on costumes for Re:Joyce . |
| 3 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 4 | — Department store bosses trying to try on clothes in their fiddly little changing rooms ( you can always tell people who 've been clothes shopping they 're the ones with the bruised elbows ) ; — Town planners and architects who think steps are an interesting feature trying to get up them in a wheelchair , with a pram , or just with creaky old legs ; — Hospital consultants who make ten appointments for the same time waiting in out-patients , especially if it 's the day when there 's a dotty old lady , a whining child and an old man who coughs and spits all in the same little section ; — Weird fashion experts wearing their crazier outfits in Darlington on a rainy Monday . |
| 5 | Skip the chat if you prefer to bomb on catamarans , zoom in Lasers , potter on Toppers or totter off Windsurfers in the local area . |
| 6 | Organisations that want to standardise on Windows NT will be able to continue to take advantage of the features and economy of X terminals . |
| 7 | Organisations that want to standardise on Windows NT will be able to continue to take advantage of the features and economy of X terminals . |
| 8 | It thinks that a sensible way would be to standardise on windows , icons , menus , and command box style via agreement on specific languages — such as C , C++ — for all interfaces , with reusable source code modules , rather than on specific product-oriented solutions . |
| 9 | John would say that too many groups begin to meet on Sundays too soon . |
| 10 | The remodelling of commissions of the peace , and the careful disposal of government offices , had the effect of greatly increasing the ability of the government-backed party to bring pressure to bear on electors to vote in their favour , whilst the mere fact that the Crown was making a clear statement as to where its own political sympathies lay was often by itself a powerful factor in swaying public opinion . |
| 11 | They feel strongly that in order to relieve these stresses more influence should be brought to bear on policy-makers to alleviate the plight of CAB clients . |
| 12 | The power and wide-ranging applications of mathematics quickly gave it recognition as a discipline in its own right , whose theorems have now been brought to bear on problems in every field of knowledge . |
| 13 | The Hawthorne researchers stressed the pressure that groups can bring to bear on members to conform to common norms . |
| 14 | Thus these same theories were brought to bear on questions of the intellectual capabilities and , importantly , the fertility of the British working classes . |
| 15 | George Saintsbury , Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh , in his presidential address to the AGM of the Scottish branch in 1907 , emphasized the importance of bringing the influence of the Association to bear on questions of education when they came before the legislature . |
| 16 | It seeks to bring both economic theory and empirical techniques to bear on questions critical to the design of policy . |
| 17 | No pressure was brought to bear on visitors who were reluctant to co-operate . |
| 18 | One of the things I worry about considerably is that I feel a lot of well-meaning people bring pressure to bear on companies not to take decisions . |
| 19 | If it is argued on the basis of this reply that even a maniac is not beyond redemption and that given the right kind of treatment he might be able to take his place again within society , the argument only serves to show the different moral considerations that can be brought to bear on situations of moral dilemma . |
| 20 | There had to be freedom of association — that is , freedom to form political parties , and freedom to form the kind of associations we now know as pressure groups , whose purpose is to bring to bear on parties and on governments the combined pressure of the interests they represent . |
| 21 | Provision for legislation for Marine Nature Reserves was only included in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1987 at the last minute , after much pressure was brought to bear on Peers and MP 's by conservation bodies such as WWF and the Marine Conservation Society . |
| 22 | Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order : recalcitrant strikers faced lockouts . |
| 23 | Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order : recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs . |
| 24 | Workers have their own organisations which can bring pressure to bear on governments and make demands on the state . |
| 25 | While it is acknowledged by pluralists that groups and associations will not all be equal in the political weight they can bring to bear on governments , no group will dominate all the time , and most groups will be able to have their way some of the time . |
| 26 | The example cited is the impossibility of auditors ' giving an opinion on the code recommendation that non-executive directors are to bring independent judgment to bear on issues of strategy , performance , and so on . |
| 27 | In 1931 his first book , Clinical Notes on Disorders of Childhood , was published , bringing the insights gained from his psychoanalytic training to bear on issues in the everyday practice of paediatrics . |
| 28 | WITH the sun at the heart of your horoscope until the 21st and Venus bringing her sweetness to bear on relationships from the 8th , December could be the most crucial month of the year for love and partnership matters — the 19th could be more than just a magical moment . |
| 29 | Other interest groups include other organisations ( eg. suppliers or customers ) , shareholders , consumer associations , government , regulatory bodies etc all of whom are in positions to bring a certain amount of pressure to bear on organisations to have their interests preserved . |
| 30 | This generation , not having directly experienced large populations of immigrant , foreign-looking Jews , will abandon the preoccupations of former leaders and will encourage fascist parties to concentrate on prejudices for which there might be direct electoral advantage . |