Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] on the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They agreed to concentrate on the under-age international sides and to the inauguration of a development squad . |
| 2 | Mr Horn will seek to capitalise on the ensuing good will to convince Bucharest that his country has no hostile designs . |
| 3 | The gangs had already been selected to work on the other three small coasters which had arrived over the past weekend . |
| 4 | But here the descriptions play an important role , and serious students would do well to read them carefully ; for not only do they tell more than any photograph ever can , including technical details of construction , but , when studied with the photographs , or in front of the objects themselves , they are invaluable in helping to focus on the many significant details which might otherwise go unnoticed . |
| 5 | For further acquisitions Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza intends to draw on the so-called third rank of paintings in the Thyssen Collection , bought in order to be sold on or exchanged for better works . |
| 6 | Miguel slipped off his casual shoes and began to pull on the black cuban-heeled boots he picked up from the floor . |
| 7 | I guessed I had no more than four minutes before he got back to base , so I began to count on the old one-and-one , two-and-two , and so on principle in order to concentrate on the job in hand without looking at my watch . |
| 8 | And finally , some concluding remarks are offered on the ways in which additional linguistic frameworks may be brought to bear on the same linguistic data . |
| 9 | At Rackhams in Birmingham , sales have already beaten last year 's figures after the store decided to open on the last four Sundays before Christmas . |
| 10 | IAN WILLIAMS , A WELSH NURSE , WORKED FOR THE BRITISH RED CROSS IN KISMAYO , SOMALIA , IN THE SUMMER OF 1992 , A TIME WHEN THE WORLD 'S MEDIA CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE CONTINUING CIVIL WAR IN THIS FAMINE-STRICKEN COUNTRY , HE SEES THE SUFFERING OF SOMALIA ROOTED IN CLAN DIVISIONS … |
| 11 | There are many examples similar to ( b ) ; perhaps the best rule to give is that the tonic syllable will tend to occur on the last lexical word in the tone-unit , but may be placed earlier in the tone-unit if there is a word there with greater importance to what is being said . |
| 12 | The deterioration of relations between the two Korean states diminished any faint hopes of securing a compromise and Rhee ruled out using trade to improve contacts , UNCOK being left to reflect on the unstable internal situation and the combustible nature of the border along the 38th parallel . |
| 13 | Yet the British advocates of EMU , such as Sir Leon Brittan , prefer to dwell on the supposed practical benefits , playing down the political implications . |
| 14 | Victim Support can continue to count on the full- hearted support of this Government . ’ |
| 15 | Although Carter 's is shorter , he manages to touch on the major theoretical preconceptions which underlie current pedagogical applications of stylistics without obviously privileging any one . |
| 16 | Lord Bath 's personal assistant refused to comment on the festive olive branch . |
| 17 | Around 2,000 of the strikers attempted to march on the Supreme Soviet , but were held back by police in Riga 's Cathedral Square . |
| 18 | For a few moments her still-sleepy eyes refused to focus on the dramatic black handwriting . |