Example sentences of "[vb infin] on the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took deep breaths , trying to calm his mind and soul so he could concentrate on the recent events in the Tower . |
| 2 | I would place a great deal of emphasis on my own impressions , the comments of people in authority and I would focus on the key personalities in the ‘ drama ’ . |
| 3 | Which would be slightly down on er the number that we got in last year , erm , the next factor , erm , is not as yet a fact but is almost a certainty , that , er , all , we will not succeed on the present basis in persuading D O E that we should have any increase in t to reflect er er an increase in work , and next year we 're anticipating getting in effect a stand still budget . |
| 4 | On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements . |
| 5 | It was proposed and agreed that a morning Sunday School should begin on the first Sunday in October at 9.45 am , this proposal to be submitted to the Superintendent minister , the Reverend James Donnelly , for his approval . |
| 6 | Those who declared an average farm income of 20% or less obviously did not look on the off-farm job in this way . |
| 7 | One can speak loosely of a ‘ non-fullerene cluster ’ , but there is likely to be a variety of such clusters and the collapse size must depend on the chemical bonding in the cluster . |
| 8 | But informal co-optation is a mechanism that few bureaucracies seem able to dispense with , though who benefits most , client group or administrative agency , will depend on the political system in which such relationships are found . |
| 9 | What is actually payable will depend on the future movement in unit prices , which can go down as well as up ( and the effect of charges applicable to the policy ) . |
| 10 | The accident estimates from Study 2 as shown in Table 4.6 make it clear that subjects do rely on the precise conditions in the film viewed when making accident estimates for a junction , even though most subjects previously knew the junctions concerned . |
| 11 | In all likelihood Dean Richards will play on the blind side in the Test Team and hence it will be necessary to have additional cover at No 8 . |
| 12 | I hope to show that the phenomenon of recursive syntax may bear on the intentional ingredient in human communication . |
| 13 | A specialist nursery has the advantage that it can advise on the growing conditions in which the herb does best and advice may be available on the various ways of using it . |
| 14 | ( Just in passing we might reflect on the likely reaction in Curzon Street or around the Euston underpass if our own citizens took it into their heads to peer behind MI5 's muslin curtains . ) |
| 15 | Can anyone else travel on the same booking in my/our place ? |
| 16 | It will be argued that when the second source is threatened as well as the first , the power to coerce can devolve on the civil sphere in a substantive way . |
| 17 | Sometimes in fractured ribs with marked worse ( < ) movement , must keep absolutely still and may even lie on the affected side in order to keep it from moving . |