Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve force was established in 1970 to take over the policing functions of the disbanded B Specials and was designed as back-up for the regular force , freeing regulars from lowlevel security work in order to concentrate on both routine policing and high-profile riot policing . |
| 2 | Then , work on your calves and ankles so you are ready to concentrate on more advanced leg exercises . |
| 3 | The system also allows parent firms to concentrate on more capital intensive processes . |
| 4 | Diana said I looked ill , and needed a holiday at the seaside , but St John thought I ought to concentrate on more serious work , and gave me even more Hindustani exercises to do . |
| 5 | For example , the need to generate income may lead trusts to concentrate on more profitable areas of work at the expense of others , or to discriminate between different categories of patients — private and public , DHA patients and those of GP fundholders — and between patients from one district and those from another . |
| 6 | It 's just opened Mansion House , its first ever nursery , allowing student mums to concentrate on more profound subjects , than feeding bottles and dirty nappies . |
| 7 | ICI has chosen not to invest in new HCFCs which have a small ozone depletion potential even though these represent a useful interim measure for speeding up CFC phase-out , preferring to concentrate on more lasting solutions . |
| 8 | Last night Marje refused to comment on TODAY 's revelations . |
| 9 | The DTI refused to comment on today 's claims . |
| 10 | MAY I please be allowed to comment on just one of the points in Mr Prytherch 's letter ( WCM July ) , written in refutation of mine of last December . |
| 11 | University veterinary schools and a wide variety of research institutes provide opportunities for veterinary graduates to work on both fundamental and applied aspects of the preclinical and paraclinical subjects as well as in the various clinical fields . |
| 12 | He really could n't help himself , and I ended up having to do lots of steady canter work on and on until he settled before I could start to work on more interesting things . |
| 13 | Consequently some CMHC teams tend to focus on more articulate , well-organized , socially competent people in a transient state of distress and have less time for the more seriously disturbed and those with long-term disorders who are less readily engaged in treatment . |
| 14 | You may feel ready to embark on more strenuous exercise ; but do talk to your doctor before you get carried away if you have a history of heart trouble or high blood pressure , or any other health problems such as bronchitis or emphysema . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll tell you something , ’ gabbles Robert enthusiastically , ‘ There 's no-one out there now whose doorstep I 'd be willing to kip on just to get their autograph . |
| 16 | ‘ To see the baby , ’ had been the bait , and so she had had tea with the Baileys and the baby , whom Mrs Bailey had adopted — a piece of altruism which staggered Sally-Anne , who thought that Mrs Bailey had enough to do on too little with her own brood . |
| 17 | Children from working-class backgrounds have a greater need of education than other children if they are to compete on more equal terms in the labour market . |
| 18 | The Chancellor has been unwilling to use his flexibility to reflect the reality of such competition to allow spirits to compete on more equal terms . |
| 19 | Papinian 's divergent decision seems to rest on more implacable opposition to infringing freedom of testation . |
| 20 | He was of a shy , diffident , and even morbid temperament , a characteristic which enabled him to mix on more intimate terms than other collectors with the somewhat shy but more forceful and eccentric Turner . |
| 21 | Her 7–1 , 7–5 victory in the women 's world indoor championships allowed local player , Wilma Le Feuvre , to count on only three ends . |
| 22 | The company 's poor performance has been brought about by adverse factors that have dogged Lowndes since it bought out Harris Queensway , which had grown fast in the early 1980s only to fall on more difficult times . |
| 23 | Not a lot to live on then ? |
| 24 | Problems would seem to exist on both the supply and demand side of the labour market for designers . |
| 25 | For those who prefer to stay on more familiar ground , back to Germany with Baukunst in Brandenburg , scheduled to come out just before Christmas ( DM128 ) . |
| 26 | The direst accusations always seem to centre on husbandly refusal to wash or change underwear and a tendency to wear socks in bed . |
| 27 | right , okay so anyway that erm one 's causing a little bit of concern , I 've got another one scheduled for March which I was going to centre on here where will come along and talk to us about the Editor and the Royal Visit and you know ee ach dear me how glad I am to be away from the Scottish Office |
| 28 | Right , but that 's going to depend on right , not only the wage differential , now if the wage differential is very large it 's likely that this discounted sum is going to , you know , be larger than that . |
| 29 | You will not have to depend on now or never clinical demonstrations in the clinical room ; nor will you be reduced to knock-kneed terror at the prospect of a viva voce examination . |
| 30 | They have much more to say on less apocalyptic matters , such as the treatment of persons who are in the hands of the adversary . |