Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will consult widely on the best way forward for nature conservation and countryside bodies , including independent boards for all national parks . |
| 2 | Let us concentrate rather on the last sentence of the paragraph quoted and work our way back through the foregoing non sequiturs . |
| 3 | The hardship of saving water will fall most on the poorest people . |
| 4 | The news means ACE has now effectively lost two of its main founder members — if MIPS ' submission to Silicon Graphics Inc is n't counted — and at best can count only on the flirtatious attention of Digital Equipment Corp and Microsoft Corp , who are conducting their own extra-marital affair . |
| 5 | So but er the overseas fellow , You know I 'll consider just on the same level , and ofte Well I never saw any er what you 'd call bickering and biding between the black and the white student . |
| 6 | With him timing the lines , the star could concentrate just on the emotional truth of his acting , and the result was very powerful . |
| 7 | This reading of the effect of the " fabliau entelechy " on religious imagery can also be applied to what appears as a singularly stark , socially satirical statement in this tale , the concluding lines to the portrait of Alison : These could focus critically on the selfish pleasure-taking of lords with town " wenches " , whom yeomen of lower status have to wed . |
| 8 | Outlining the proposals , which will be put in writing to the Bank of England task force set up in to pick up the pieces after Taurus , Mr Pearson said the key point was that any new system should focus solely on the professional market — leaving the private shareholder with paper certificates and the existing fortnightly settlement system . |
| 9 | Whether doctors should concentrate solely on the clinical aspects of general practice or act in a wider capacity to tackle the underlying causes of ill health is a subject often discussed . |
| 10 | The industry partnership is now exploring ways in which it can serve the pyramid schools as a whole rather than focus simply on the secondary stage . |
| 11 | The research will concentrate particularly on the changing role of the city 's political and economic elites . |
| 12 | All this will fall hard on the private sector . |
| 13 | So there are two reasons why we will concentrate heavily on the human side in resolving doubt . |
| 14 | This will be discussed in section 7.4.3 and the current section will focus specifically on the tropical rainforest . |
| 15 | But to judge something relevant to the choice of a spontaneously emerging goal as end , it is enough — as we have insisted from the first — that awareness of it does in fact act causally on the spontaneous inclination . |
| 16 | He looked down , and with a sort of fatal satisfaction realised that he would land right on the biggest wolf . |
| 17 | The number of mills that could work effectively on the same stream was limited , which led to smaller streams being used by means of building dams to create mill-ponds . |
| 18 | Its name will feature prominently on the 1993–95 Lotus cars ' back wing as well as the drivers ' racing suits . |
| 19 | The secretary-general will report formally on the Libyan response to the Security Council later today . |
| 20 | Training for speed must work repeatedly on the fast twitch fibres on a stop — go basis . |
| 21 | It has just announced special tools which will allow developers to write products for the unlaunched Windows NT which can run immediately on the new Windows 3.1 . |
| 22 | Recently , it is said that the pair enjoyed ‘ an evening walk by the river ’ in the course of which ‘ they wandered deep in conversation , pausing only to kiss and cuddle tenderly on the deserted towpath . ’ |
| 23 | There will be great political problems for any government tampering with the more fundamental principles or institutions of the constitution , but the extent of such tampering will depend entirely on the political condition of the time . |
| 24 | The sort of interviews to be used will depend largely on the theoretical orientation of the survey being made . |
| 25 | Which factor predominates will depend largely on the relative negotiating strengths of the vendor and the purchaser and on the specific circumstances of the parties , their objectives and the business being sold . |
| 26 | Equally , governments ' ability to enforce subsequent agreements , will depend both on the existing efficiency and administrative capacity of local States , and on the legitimacy of their taking positive action to defend the global environment , in the eyes of local interest groups . |
| 27 | Whether or not a new solution in region IV satisfies these conditions will generally depend both on the particular technique that is employed and also on the initial seed solution . |
| 28 | The ambulance veered and swerved and he felt his body move slightly on the hard bunk . |
| 29 | He warned that any more favourable rate would have inflationary consequences which would cause the Bundesbank to " step hard on the monetary brakes " . |
| 30 | The aesthetic quality of the results will depend heavily on the artistic ability of the user but even these skills can be developed in time |