Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] and [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham 's ( 1972 ) analysis of the social processes leading to the US Comprehensive ( sic ) Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act , 1970 , considers how , through tough lobbying tactics and calling on good connections — especially in the House of Representatives — the pharmaceutical manufacturers were able to limit the discussion of amphetamine abuse so that it focused on that small minority of persons who inject it . |
| 2 | The apparently irreversible trend in the insurance industry , in common with others in the financial services sector , to move away from high-risk , low-return business and focus on specialised , value-added lines ( stop-loss insurance , financial insurance to smooth the impact of a single year 's sudden loss on the balance sheet with repayment over subsequent years , and so on ) , means that organisations must look on insurance almost as a last resort after exhausting all the possibilities of minimising risk cost-effectively in-house . |
| 3 | The fluffy white upper layer of the double pellet was resuspended in 15 ml of TEA buffer and loaded on 10 ml 41% sucrose . |
| 4 | That 's why 67-year old George Bush has been seen humiliating himself on a tennis court and going on daily runs . |
| 5 | She had dressed her hair with a dark , crocheted net beneath her sun helmet and put on new , snug-fitting breeches and a tailored bush shirt that flattered her slender , shapely figure . |
| 6 | That will allow Dow Corning to simplify its work processes and concentrate on continual improvement and on integrating into its customers ' quality process and operations . |
| 7 | In its simplest concept a site would have an optimum width of , say , 70 metres , comprising a 6-metre road , two 2-metre footpaths and plot on either side of 30 metres . |
| 8 | Here people gather to gossip , exchange information and comment on current affairs . |
| 9 | Following the success of last year 's eponymous debut LP , the Scouse three-piece have been busily constructing their own home studio and working on new material expected before the Summer . |
| 10 | Mould into a basket shape and place on non-stick paper . |
| 11 | In order to avoid the confusion which could be caused if employees were given two divergent sets of goals to pursue , matrix management involves a complex committee system and relies on good and regular internal communications . |
| 12 | After Dee left , we emptied the contents of our shiny carriers on to the floor and sat amid the jumble drinking coffee and trying on various ‘ finds ’ for each other 's approval , between ‘ oohs ’ and ‘ aahs ’ . |
| 13 | Present hyper-text systems concentrate on the human — computer interface and rely on semi-automated or manual techniques to represent links between one document and another . |
| 14 | Speaking on July 5 after the signing ceremony , Patten said that the UK had offered Brazil its " colonial experience " in forest management and called on other industrialized countries to provide similar aid in order that Brazil 's fear of " ecological imperialism " [ see p. 36793 ] could be overcome . |
| 15 | In Shakespeare 's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon you can visit beautifully preserved Shakespearean houses including the playwright 's birthplace , Anne Hathaway 's Cottage , Hall 's Croft , and Mary Arden 's House , with their period furniture and displays on contemporary life . |
| 16 | Let's suppose BA did get its foot in the City Airport 's door — they would obviously use some of their Heathrow 's landing slots and operate on that route but they would also want to fly to Birmingham , Glasgow , Manchester and perhaps Edinburgh . |
| 17 | These sections make it compulsory to have the company 's name painted on or affixed to the business premises and mentioned on all business documents and negotiable instruments . |
| 18 | It has become more focused , too , shedding poorly performing businesses and concentrating on those in which it has , or can achieve , ‘ critical mass ’ and strong global market positions . |
| 19 | The software , which DG is styling AV Image , is based on an SQL client/server architecture and runs on Windows-based PCs , Motif-based workstations and X terminals networked via NetWare or TCP/IP to a relational database on an AViiON server . |
| 20 | Jack sat down in the basket chair vacated by Alison , making it creak prodigiously , hauled himself up again , found a hard upright kitchen chair and sat on that . |
| 21 | Its aim was to encourage the establishment of ‘ Unions of Evangelical Churches ’ on the town or district level and based on individual membership . |
| 22 | Although few people still retained the Great War view that German soldiers wore dead babies on their helmet spikes and lived on human flesh , there was little doubt in many minds that the Fuhrer was related to the devil . |
| 23 | It will also pay particular attention to the construction of expertise and the quality of comprehension of policy issues through focussing on the various policy communities and concentrating on three areas : urban air pollution , estuarine and coastal water quality and soil contamination . |
| 24 | Five micron serial sections were cut from the tissue blocks and placed on 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane coated slides . |
| 25 | It can be worthwhile to look through trade magazines and check on various companies ' success in placing their songs with artists . |
| 26 | Widespread privatization of farmland , state-owned companies and housing was planned , trade restrictions and controls on retail and wholesale prices would be lifted , and a reformed Bank of Albania would have functions clearly distinguished from the commercial banks . |
| 27 | He sits as a judge in the House of Lords , where he also acts as Speaker ; he is a cabinet minister and advises on constitutional issues ; and his department , established in 1885 , is our nearest approach to a Ministry of Justice and has responsibility for many aspects of the legal system . |
| 28 | They had gone through the buildings when they had searched the area previously but on that occasion , as Owen reminded himself crossly , he had been summoned away in the middle by that foolish District Chief and sent on that wild goose chase down to the river . |
| 29 | ‘ High interest rates … have dampened consumer expenditure and impacted on retail spending , ’ says the chairman , Geoffrey Maitland Smith . |
| 30 | Instead , I invested in my future by buying a word processor and kept on those visits from counsellor and healer and maintained as far as possible — even over Christmas itself — my ‘ stay well ’ diet . |