Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , demand for the specialist work-force may arise simultaneously on separate projects . |
| 2 | Substitution drills should concentrate particularly on structural differences between the languages . |
| 3 | companies should concentrate initially on regional markets within the USA or specific market segments . |
| 4 | INCENTIVE schemes for farmers should concentrate more on green goals and less on red tape , the Government was told yesterday . |
| 5 | The division of work would be that Scott would have ‘ ( subject to its conformity with internal arrangements ) the general command of the external design , and Wyatt would have ‘ the more especial direction of the interior ’ , except that they should work jointly on certain interiors ‘ of a more public nature such as public halls staircases corridors and what may be called the state apartments ’ . |
| 6 | We should cut down on red meat , always choose lean cuts and eat more white meats , such as chicken and turkey . |
| 7 | ‘ training groups should join together on some courses to get a wide range of thoughts , feedback and participation ’ |
| 8 | The MMC rejected GEC 's claim that the merger would have created a company which would have sustained the UK 's position in world markets into the next century , and implied that GEC should rely more on organic growth ( ie internal growth ) than on growth by acquisitions . |
| 9 | Accordingly , assessment of results must rely largely on subjective reports ; and the subjective experience of backpain varies greatly from person to person , and is much influenced by mental states ( and hence placebo effects ) . |
| 10 | We shall regard as non-idiomatic ( or semantically transparent ) any expression which is divisible into semantic constituents , even if one or more of these should turn out on further analysis to be idioms . |
| 11 | Britain may stock up on strategic metals |
| 12 | How I wish that but once before you banish me we might converse together on fragrant subjects ! |
| 13 | They 'll look back on that opening forty minutes as a period of massively missed opportunity . |
| 14 | Something 'll go up on that land behind the house . |
| 15 | I 'll come down on that day and pick it up from you at 2pm . |
| 16 | It would be valuable , if people had the spare cash , to line damp rooms with some form of insulating material before wallpapering them : for want of that small capital outlay , they may spend more on frequent re-decoration than they otherwise might have saved : but since the outlay in papering a room three times a year is piecemeal , it is possible , while root-and-branch solutions to the problem are not . |
| 17 | Nicandra denied to herself that she and Andrew could think differently on any subject . |
| 18 | ‘ After taking off from Bermuda , I thought I could catch up on some sleep . |
| 19 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 20 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 21 | Sun-tanned , fit and contented , we could look back on fourteen days of carefree cruising ; four hundred miles through some of the finest scenery in the British Isles with the freedom of the hills for good measure . |
| 22 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
| 23 | ‘ Darlington could miss out on foreign trade opportunities if it does n't begin an enlightened dialogue with these people . ’ |
| 24 | Hundreds of victims of crime could miss out on vital counselling , because of restrictions on the use of computer information . |
| 25 | Well , they used to do them at fourpence ha'penny a pair , and each one must be put in a big envelope , so as it could go out on this catalogue business . |
| 26 | ‘ Knowing the amount of people who could come over on cheap air fares and that 's another concern it could be a problem . |
| 27 | The greater proportion ( 33 per cent ) of people said they could function on a minimum of six hours ' sleep , though many claimed they could get by on five hours ( 23 per cent ) and four hours ( 20 per cent ) . |
| 28 | If not , you will have either to see whether they could start earlier on some rooms , recruit another cleaner from somewhere or else help out yourself . |
| 29 | Mrs Fletcher , Roe Padfield and Mrs Thatcher sat on the low cupboard by the door and Tom pulled the table out so that everyone could squeeze round on three chairs , a stool and the arm of the armchair . |
| 30 | Such was the heady nature of the stock market at this time , when share prices in obscure shell companies could shoot upwards on vague promises of exciting future developments , that Garth Enterprises had advanced from being a penny share to the dizzy heights of nearly £4 a share . |