Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] on [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of courses give students an opportunity to go on a short relevant placement in an organization outside the University , where they gain experience of the world of work and in applying the skills they have learnt . |
| 2 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the many important proposition for future policy and action by CCW contained in this paper . |
| 3 | This back scratching may include taking data directly from the banks computer , but more often it provides details of the bank 's systems , which makes it easier for the enquiry agent to embark on the well timed impersonation . |
| 4 | But this had been an attempt to land on the Spanish Main , and the Spanish felt much less concerned about the long string of small islands in the Lesser Antilles at the eastern end of the Caribbean . |
| 5 | That surely places a responsibility on any Government of any political complexion to trample on the bogus libertarian appeal of the tobacco and advertising industries that they are only offering choice . |
| 6 | This has led planners to focus on the substantial private sector already in existence in some countries . |
| 7 | I will certainly look with compassion in days to come on the three hon. Members whom I have not been able to call on the statement , but we have a busy day ahead of us . |
| 8 | A C2 might be a joy to paddle on a dancing rapid but out on the Pacific Ocean it behaved like a submersible beast . |
| 9 | Convex is building a massively parallel system out of HP 's Precision Architecture RISCs , and under the new agreement , will swap its parallelising compilers for Hewlett 's HP-UX implementation of Unix so that it should be a relatively straightforward task to adapt the 4,000 HP-UX RISC applications to run on the planned Convex machines . |
| 10 | Convex is building a massively parallel system out of Hewlett 's Precision Architecture RISCs , and under yesterday 's agreement , will swap its parallelising compilers for Hewlett 's HP-UX implementation of Unix so that it should be a relatively straightforward task to adapt the 4,000 HP-UX RISC applications to run on the planned Convex machines . |
| 11 | Most people visit the town to ride on the Pichi Richi Railway a service operated through the Flinders Ranges by a veteran steam locomotive known as the " Coffee Pot " . |
| 12 | I used Winsor & Newton 's cadmium orange , cadmium yellow light , cadmium red light , permanent rose and dioxazine purple to lay on a flat basic pattern of colour over the shoes . |
| 13 | She sat without protest in the passenger seat as Donaldson clambered into the back to sit on a narrow sideways bench , thinking to himself this is n't real , it is n't happening . |
| 14 | There are 400 commitments to take forward in the next year — from proposals for new standards for indoor air quality to work on the major international agreements which we hope will be signed at the earth summit in Brazil in June 1992 . |
| 15 | Applications are invited for a research assistant to work on a three-year SERC-funded programme based at Sheffield University . |
| 16 | A month ago , the UN thought it had persuaded Iran and Iraq to agree on a mixed military commission to settle some of the problems along their 750-mile border . |
| 17 | The Falcon 20 was now well established enabling Dassault to concentrate on a smaller four to seven passenger executive transport , namely the " Falcon 10 " . |
| 18 | Finally , in the climax to episode five , the camera pans up the colonnades of Westminster Abbey to focus on the fully-grown alien monster , its fronds and tendrils twitching . |
| 19 | This passage also shows the clear preference of the courts to rely on an implied contractual obligation ( see also Faccenda ) . |
| 20 | And not for Descartes either , who expelled them in order to concentrate on the immediate mechanical causes of natural phenomena . |
| 21 | He managed this with the help of a flannel , some scented soap from England which he kept for special occasions and a kettleful of hot water that took five minutes to boil on the single electric ring that served as a cooker and , in winter , as a heater . |
| 22 | The new centre will enable the German aircraft makers to focus on a local German-run operation . |
| 23 | I do n't have time to waste on a lazy little girl like you . ’ |