Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now group selection is , is the idea which grew up after Darwin and remained very common until the nineteen sixties and seventies , that natural selection could act on entire groups or species . |
| 2 | Anyway , he will certainly act on good ground . ’ |
| 3 | No suitable candidates have yet been detected , but it is readily understood how such traces could arise : solar uv radiation and the thunderstorms which are known to occur in the Jovian atmosphere could act on various atmospheric constituents to produce a rich variety of coloured substances . |
| 4 | ‘ VAT at the full rate would act on that terrain like fiscal napalm . ’ |
| 5 | It 's up you know and they 'll act on that . |
| 6 | It is vital that the United Nations should now act on that groundwork and drive the peacemaking process forward . |
| 7 | We may conceive several alternatives but we can only act on one of them . |
| 8 | Having seen just one or two pieces of the jigsaw , but the police did n't act on one or two pieces they put the rest of the jigsaw together and what did they have . |
| 9 | It is not yet known how the active components of ginseng , compounds called triterpenoidal saponins , achieve these effects , although by analogy with the related steroidal saponins , such as digitalis , they may act on specific cell membranes . |
| 10 | Should you make a written request for a change in your payment arrangements , we will act on this as promptly as possible and where we are unable to comply with your request , we will send a full response within 10 working days . |
| 11 | Vincent did n't act on this heady , alarming advice for some time to come . |
| 12 | He was not simply T'ang , he was Seven , and the Seven would never act on this . |
| 13 | They must act on this opportunity to ensure that young doctors working in the NHS receive the training that they need and deserve . |
| 14 | I 'll act on this , try it out with the Lower Sixth … see if it upsets them … see if they complain about the load vis à vis English , etc … ’ |
| 15 | A further enzyme , alpha 1,4 fucosyltransferase , can also act on this substrate to produce the Lewis b antigen but acts on a different substrate to produce the Lewis a antigen . |
| 16 | These cells release enzymes , lymphokines , cytokines , and growth factors that can act on parenchymal and mesenchymal cells . |
| 17 | The unusual , for example , products which are unavailable from stock , may also be reported on , so that managers may act on these exceptional conditions . |
| 18 | For example , the Oxford Text Archive is a collection of computerised texts , each of which you can buy on floppy disc for the price of a printed copy . |
| 19 | They kept it intact to the last but both of them knew , without any discussion , that to keep themselves afloat they 'd jump on any passing raft . |
| 20 | So I , I do not jump on any more . |
| 21 | I think it 's fair to say that with this new computer erm the box office that we 've got a lot of information can be stored on that and in future we 'll be using a much more erm sophisticated in a scientific way for instance if you came here and book that seat that your sitting in tonight we would know on that computer what type of show that your discouraging coming to erm we can say to you we can send you out a leaflet saying the kind of er things that you 'd like to see are on at the playhouse on such and such a date and we could even say to you would you like the seat that you normally sit in . |
| 22 | I do n't know on that . |
| 23 | Right , if there 's , if there 's gon na be , if there 's gon na be looking a bit iffy , if you 'll let me know on any item , and then I 'll get , I 'll , and then I 'll box . |
| 24 | Was there a specification set at the beginning do you know on this |
| 25 | The current volume of vehicles could triple , or even quadruple , over the next 30 years and the bulk of the increase will fall on rural roads rather than urban streets or motorways . |
| 26 | The unit argues that traffic on motorways and urban roads is unlikely to increase over 50% , so the main impact will fall on rural byways which are not equipped to cope with such a volume of vehicles . |
| 27 | But the ordination of women does not stand or fall on that , rather it is related back to our understanding of God and of men and women created and redeemed in that image . |
| 28 | Almost two thirds of the £6.75 billion worth of tax increases already pencilled in for 1994-95 will fall on personal incomes , only a third will be fall on spending . |
| 29 | Injunctions to love the slugs in your garden may fall on deaf ears . |
| 30 | If the Outhwaite investors get their way in court , much of the burden of the claims could fall on other Lloyd 's underwriters who sell ‘ errors and omission ’ policies , designed to cover against losses because a professional simply made a mistake . |