Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly . |
| 2 | It was natural that the original biological positivists should focus exclusively on the criminal , since they were committed to the view that the causes of crime were to be found in the individual 's biological make-up . |
| 3 | A congregation 's attention should focus not on the pulpit , the choir gallery or the organ behind it , but on the Holy Table . |
| 4 | Think again — T J Rodgers , president and chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor Corp told a Congressional committee on Wednesday last week that there is no monolithic support for Clinton 's budget proposals — the government should not try to build information networks , but ‘ untangle the morass of bureaucracy and regulations ’ that prevent existing fibre optic networks from reaching homes , he said ; he called for deeper cuts in the budget deficit and the end of ‘ wasteful and unnecessary ’ government programmes ; ‘ Washington should stay away from the intricacies of high-tech competition … it should focus instead on the infrastructure of competition , ’ he said ; he also presented written comments criticising the Clinton plan from officials or directors of Amdahl Corp , Cisco Systems Inc , Conner Peripherals Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 5 | Moreover , we should concentrate less on the education of an élite , and more on the average standards of attainment . |
| 6 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 7 | A private individual who buys a minority shareholding in a non-dividend paying private company as a pure portfolio investment must do so on the basis of some prospect which , if realised , will provide him with the return he seeks . |
| 8 | Extensions to Belfast 's port facilities and to its harbour airport , announced last week , must encroach further on the mudflats at Belfast Lough , Alison McCloy , of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , warned in a lecture . |
| 9 | Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy . |
| 10 | erm , nevertheless I must report again on the plan eighty eight er on the A ten eighty eight , principally because even in England people realize that the villages in |
| 11 | If this is what we hear inside with the canopies sealed , God knows how it must sound out on the tarmac ! |
| 12 | For electrons moving freely in the layer , albeit in two dimensions only , classical theory says that the Hall voltage should depend inversely on the density of mobile electrons : more electrons means a lower voltage . |
| 13 | These opinions are based on the factual conclusions , but also must depend heavily on the experience of the writer of the report and on his knowledge of the subject under consideration . |
| 14 | So that when the British Medical Association decided in the late 1950s to inaugurate a programme of discussions among its membership on an appointed ‘ Subject of the Year ’ , it was entirely fitting that for its first discussion-point it should home in on The Adolescent : |
| 15 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 16 | If the alleged exception is valid , it must be valid whenever and wherever the sovereign speaks ‘ to the Commonwealth ’ : it must apply equally on the Feast of Stephen and on Holy Innocents Day ; it must apply whether she addressed ‘ the Commonwealth ’ from London or Ottawa or Delhi . |
| 17 | If the hon. Gentleman were interested in patient care , instead of opposing NHS trust proposals in principle , he would look at the merits of the proposals and decide whether they should go ahead on the basis of the interests of patient care — and that is precisely what my right hon. Friend will do . |
| 18 | For that we must rely more on the intentions and attitudes of potential parents , and the importance of children for parents , and cast our ideas rather wider , beyond economic trends and family finance . |
| 19 | This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world . |
| 20 | Nothing would do but we must go out on the river . |
| 21 | The objectors really should reflect more on the alternatives . |
| 22 | Both US and Soviet intermediate-range missiles in Europe were to be eliminated entirely , without reference to the British and French deterrents ( this was a concession as compared with the Soviet position at Geneva ) ; and discussions should start immediately on the elimination of such missiles from Asia , and on shorter-range or tactical missiles . |
| 23 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 24 | For now you must lie down on the bed and go to sleep . ’ |
| 25 | When a recording is ‘ live ’ , as this one is , it should say so on the cover , and if that 's too difficult or exhausting there should be mention of it at the beginning of the booklet . |
| 26 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 27 | Local authorities have no general power to make ex gratia payments , but may do so on the recommendation of the local government ombudsman . |
| 28 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 29 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 30 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |