Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some committees prefer to concentrate on broader issues of policy and administration . |
| 2 | The tendency for current research to make use of multi-disciplinary approaches is increasing , although theses themselves tend to concentrate on smaller units of research . |
| 3 | Worldwide , the economy has continued to come on stronger than almost anyone forecast , which is why European central bankers agreed to throw another brick at it yesterday . |
| 4 | If the upgrading of the canal towpath is successful , we hope to work on further sections of the Union Canal to provide a continuous link of servicable footpath . |
| 5 | In certain aspects of M&A advisory work it is appropriate to involve specialists from the management consultancy firm who may have a useful role to play on larger and/or more complex assignments . |
| 6 | Juries are becoming more likely to return guilty verdicts in tough-to-prove cases — and judges more likely to slap on longer sentences . |
| 7 | His 1541 parliament issued a string of acts seeking to underwrite the authority of the pope ( despite his own highly cavalier and damaging treatment of the papacy ) , to insist on greater respect and reverence for the sacraments , for the Virgin and saints , and for statues and images , and to reform ‘ kirks and kirkmen ’ so that divine service might be properly held , and churchmen better equipped to hold it . |
| 8 | James Cropper went further in hoping for , but failing to do anything about , improving the quality of free-labour East Indian sugar as an alternative for British consumers if it was allowed to compete on fairer terms with West India produce . |
| 9 | Reportedly he was chosen from a field of at least three candidates after two rounds of secret balloting ; commentators suggested that this bore out rumours of divisions within the Church between conservatives and reformers seeking to capitalize on greater freedom from state control by playing a more assertive role in society . |
| 10 | He said the head of rescue services in each resort chose whether to call on further help from Chambery . |
| 11 | He did n't want to get on worse terms with his mother , from whom he hoped to get a loan for his holiday in Greece , nor did he want the kind of thing that might have happened , his mother phoning hospitals or getting the police because they could have had an accident in Goblander . |
| 12 | It is the only way the women of West Belfast are able to actually able to take on further education and if you ca n't stand up and fight for that then West Belfast is not working . |
| 13 | Civilisations which pass on their learning and experience verbally have to rely on older citizens to provide the vital link between generations . |
| 14 | Some big firms have cut the pay of senior executives in a move to impress on humbler employees that times are tough . |