Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lay the yarn on a sheet or similar ( you do NOT want this spray to go on the carpet , it makes it slippery ! ) and spray it fairly well . |
| 2 | While recognising that conflict is something we bring to a relationship and is not inherent in the substance of the relationship itself , the circumstances of those relationships can nonetheless bring enormous pressure to bear on the responses we may make . |
| 3 | It would be both remarkable and alarming if that change alone did not bring greater scrutiny to bear on the perennial dilemmas of NATO strategy and of roles and responsibilities in the Alliance . |
| 4 | It will enable professional workers to draw on the training in psycho-dynamic learning and development available at the institute . |
| 5 | A later version will enable Progress-based applications to reside on the HP 3000 . |
| 6 | Under new disputes procedures , ( i ) competition cases would be handled by the EC Commission and the ECJ if they involved companies from both the EC and EFTA ( and by EFTA only if they concerned only EFTA companies ) ; ( ii ) disagreements over the operation of the EEA would go to a joint EEA political committee , with either party having the right to seek binding arbitration if the issue were unresolved ; and ( iii ) the ECJ would have sole powers to rule on the interpretation of EEA laws , while EFTA courts would give their " best endeavours " to comply with such rulings . |
| 7 | The Gormenghast passage [ 19 ] represents a fairly extreme position on the scale of opacity , and when we turn , in the following chapters , to a more detailed study of stylistic values , we shall have little occasion to insist on the distinction we have made between the study of style in terms of foregrounding , and that in terms of stylistic variants . |
| 8 | So let's encourage more riders to race on the roads . |
| 9 | If the community itself becomes prosperous , the people living in it will have more money to spend on the goods and services being provided by the companies . |
| 10 | Maybe if she and Julie did n't have such tiring , exhausting jobs they might have more time to concentrate on the culinary arts . |
| 11 | However , like Olson , Hildyard and Greenfield , Lyons does not allow such qualifications to impinge on the general claims he is making for literacy . |
| 12 | Only when every part of the grass verge around the body had been scoured , and the piece of turf actually under the body remained the last to be examined , would Dr Barnard allow human feet to walk on the ground to approach the body . |
| 13 | you can get little speakers to put on the side but they use loads of power they do . |
| 14 | This will cause both feet to rest on the windward rail , making it difficult to keep the board level . |