Example sentences of "[be] [verb] its [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Labour has been outlining its policy on the economy at the Party Conference in Blackpool . |
| 2 | Leftist Unity is targeting its campaign on the big industrial cities , such as Madrid , Barcelona and Valencia , as well as the region of Andalucia , where centuries of serfdom to the local noblemen have left the working class with a strong streak of radicalism . |
| 3 | Delrina is basing its pitch on the expected low cost of these modems relative to the cost of buying separate facsimile and answering machines , and the large installed base of Windows users with a single phone line who keep finding themselves talking to modems . |
| 4 | The state of Wisconsin is basing its appeal on the fact that intent and emotion — passion , envy , fear — are often weighed in the balance in sentencing already . |
| 5 | The Dutch government is to lift its freeze on the building of new nuclear power stations , despite recent polls showing that most sectors of the population remain opposed to nuclear power . |
| 6 | The housebuilder and Channel tunnel contractor is making its decision on the dividend in the face of a dismal trading outlook in Britain . |
| 7 | Gresham Telecomputing Plc , which last week released its first full year figures since the merger of the Gresham Group with Telecomputing Plc in 1991 is betting its future on the market 's movement towards open systems , despite the fact that its revenues still come from traditional ICL mainframe customers . |
| 8 | The Dutch government is to raise its spending on the environment from £4 billion this year to more than £5 billion by the year 1994 . |
| 9 | Even before this teacher took up his post , the study skills working party was focusing its attention on the potential of the package he brought with him , and the subsequent development of study skills in the school incorporated much of his scheme . |
| 10 | Back in Britain , it became necessary to introduce food rationing as the blockade by the German ‘ U ’ boats was having its effect on the supplies of foods from overseas . |
| 11 | There was therefore a very long period during which the need for a god was having its effect on the developing mind of man , but during which no god worship as now understood was practised . |
| 12 | It was 1963 and as David started his new job , ‘ Mersey Mania ’ was taking its stranglehold on the charts with The Beatles , Gerry and the Pacemakers , Freddie and The Dreamers ; everything with a Liverpudlian accent tasted success . |
| 13 | Far below me the sea was making its lacework on the water and flinging wreaths of gold on the shore . |