Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 2 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 3 | In passing the bill Bourassa successfully resisted pressure from the separatist Parti Quebecois for an immediate referendum to capitalize on the post-Meech Lake disenchantment felt by many francophone Quebeckers towards anglophone Canada . |
| 4 | It was only after the demise of the ruling reptiles that the class had the opportunity to capitalize on the evolutionary advantages which propelled them to the dominance they have enjoyed ever since . |
| 5 | In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine . |
| 6 | By the end of the war this culture had been defeated , and the victorious Puritans and their nonconformist allies who had gained control of the reins of central government believed they now had an opportunity to impose on the whole nation the same moral reforms that prior to 1640 they had struggled to instigate piecemeal at a local level . |
| 7 | Instrumentation and instrumental techniques necessary for bringing the laws of the paradigm to bear on the real world will also be included in the paradigm . |
| 8 | These were held in belated recognition that the entirely private exercise last time had given the public not even a token opportunity to comment on the various applicants . |
| 9 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision of MPG6 . |
| 10 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision of MPG6 . |
| 11 | The footstraps being too tight , causing all the weight to fall on the windward side . |
| 12 | This golfer has allowed his weight to remain on the left side and , worse still , has allowed his right leg to straighten . |
| 13 | Cleese enlisted Royal patronage to work on the top-selling environment number . |
| 14 | Although a particular soil may be a specific and well defined chemical substance , or a mixture of a group of chemicals , it is not generally necessary in cleaning practice to elaborate on the exact composition or structure of these materials . |
| 15 | But perceptions that the Alliance was running second in the polls collapsed in the second week ; and voters ' assessment of Alliance chances of winning a majority or even holding the balance of power dropped sharply in the third week ; while television 's sharp switch to focus on the two-Party Labour versus Conservative battle occurred in the fourth week . |
| 16 | Some of these sound waves reach the ears of the listener and travel down each earhole to press on the stretched membrane of the eardrum . |
| 17 | As for the motor manufacturers , we need more progress and Home Office action to build on the excellent collaboration that the Rover Group has with Thames Valley police . |
| 18 | Surplus cattle were slaughtered in the autumn to enable the breeding stock to survive on the scarce winter rations . |
| 19 | He brought his considerable intelligence to bear on the tiny village where he lived . |
| 20 | Still to come is the awful Ghost Dad , basically another attempt to get Bill Cosby 's TV act to work on the big screen ( Bill plays a workaholic dad who , once dead , gets to spend more time with his family ) . |
| 21 | Be careful : if you were asked by the council to comment on the original application , it may only inform you of these new drawings if you specifically ask . |
| 22 | She was consoled , too , to have them in her house where they made an uncommon amount of noise and were certainly not easy guests but their beaming countenances and determination to look on the bright side of everything lightened the atmosphere immensely . |
| 23 | The bullet traversed the skull and was deflected in its passage to emerge on the left side , shattering bones in the area of articulation of the lower jaw . |
| 24 | 1 This farmer has to get his dog , a duck and a bag of corn to market on the other side of the river . |
| 25 | Establish an independent committee to advise on the objective presentation of health statistics and prevent their political manipulation . |
| 26 | Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw . |
| 27 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 28 | This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle . |
| 29 | But organisers defiantly refused to allow the curtain to fall on the high life of the amateur drama year . |
| 30 | Then get together with your team to agree on the best approach to communications , consultation and obtaining commitment in your area . |