Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] on the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the many important proposition for future policy and action by CCW contained in this paper . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This has led planners to focus on the substantial private sector already in existence in some countries . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And not for Descartes either , who expelled them in order to concentrate on the immediate mechanical causes of natural phenomena . |
| 13 | 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 . |