Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] on [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt now is to provide care on a community rather than an institutional basis , on the assumption that it is good to retain the mentally disordered within the community as far as possible and help to rehabilitate and reintegrate those who have had to go into hospitals for treatment . |
| 2 | The introduction of cash crops and an increasing population acted together to increase pressure on the land significantly , in specific cases even to critical levels , such as in Ruanda and in the ‘ reserves ’ of Kenya and Zimbabwe . |
| 3 | Yet each in his own way sincerely struggled to impose order on a country where Lowlander and Highlander rarely met in friendship , and could rarely communicate in the same tongue ; where there was the continual threat of another English excuse for invasion , often abetted by self-seeking elements within the kingdom itself ; and where arrogant noblemen prolonged family feuds disruptive not merely to the families conceded but to the governance of the kingdom itself . |
| 4 | When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’ |
| 5 | A common mistake is to try to use lift on the way back instead of gliding on through it at a sensible speed . |
| 6 | Thousands of people fearing for their livelihoods gathered across France to put pressure on the government ahead of a European Community fisheries meeting today . |
| 7 | He was too depressed to start work on the grave again . |
| 8 | Passing with a smile and a bow through the predominantly female guests , she made her way through an open doorway to take refuge on the terrace outside , in spite of the slight September chill in the air . |
| 9 | Er , to expend money on a project over , that is going to last thirty forty years , and expect the people today to pay for it . |
| 10 | What are some of the things that you can do when you actually have to deal with these people , particularly remember if you try to achieve influence on a course here , that 's what we 're here for . |
| 11 | We are planning to resume work on the bridge early in the New Year and try to bring that job to completion before becoming heavily involved in vehicle restoration . |
| 12 | Her room is not equipped for easy pupil access to equipment and she has to store apparatus on a trolley elsewhere . |
| 13 | But seeing her sister 's eyes turn from contemplating the deep indigo square of sky above the courtyard , and come to rest on her face in grief-stricken entreaty , she faltered , shrugged , and with impatient gestures , moved her over to make room on the bench where she dumped herself down . |