Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus an anti-communist accord was preserved in the face of one of the very few political disagreements to intrude on the fun at drinks ' time . |
| 2 | Thus in the UK the Natural Environment Research Council had initiated a series of working groups to advise on the needs for future research . |
| 3 | On May 7 , the Squadron CO then took Sugar on a tour of European cities to check on the suitability of certain enemy airfields to accept Allied heavy aircraft . |
| 4 | The report , published two weeks before the 25th anniversary of King 's assassination in Memphis on 4 April , 1968 , said army units used informants to spy on the King family and other US black leaders starting in 1917 . |
| 5 | On the precise matter that he raised regarding Scotland , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has set up working parties to advise on the need for early action on the Cairngorms , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs . |
| 6 | The focusing device of this chapter will be the role of metaphor in the novels as a strategy for bringing specialized discourses to bear on the consciousness of the fictional character and for ‘ mobilizing ’ the discourses themselves . |
| 7 | So , with none of his rearguard involved internationally , Howard Wilkinson , who has constantly highlighted the shortcomings of a congested fixture list , had the luxury of 11 free days to work on the problem . |
| 8 | It has also been suggested that they and other less-fortunately-placed inhabitants provided a reservoir of day-labourers for nearby landowners to help on the land at harvest time or on other labour intensive occasions . |
| 9 | They called a protest strike for Aug. 21-23 , leaving it to individual parties to decide on a boycott . |
| 10 | In several of the countries we studied , we found strong evidence that good results can be achieved by community-based teams consisting of professionally-trained workers and a variety of paraprofessional personnel who bring their joint efforts to bear on a range of client and community needs . |
| 11 | It is therefore desirable to devise procedures which allow a business which wishes to rely on standard terms to rely on the signature rule . |
| 12 | All that happened is that the electric field drew some charges to the surface of the dielectric which caused then some additional charges to appear on the surface of the conductor . |
| 13 | It will enable professional workers to draw on the training in psycho-dynamic learning and development available at the institute . |
| 14 | There are no tunnels and no low bridges to encounter on the train 's journey to Latimer Road . |
| 15 | A later version will enable Progress-based applications to reside on the HP 3000 . |
| 16 | you can get little speakers to put on the side but they use loads of power they do . |
| 17 | Moreover , we regard such fees as undesirable because we are keen that there should be no avoidable barriers to access on the part of people who have not traditionally had the opportunity to go into higher education . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Look around any good camping emporium and you 'll find many worthwhile things to buy for kiting , not least the silicone protective spray-can to revive worn or weather beaten ripstop ; or one of those hemispherical shelters to have on the field as a base in which to store your gear . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | That back-up service would also allow our full-time officers to concentrate on the recruitment and servicing of our members , which must and must only be and remain our highest priority . |
| 22 | One of my preferred methods of listening to CDs is to put them on and then lie back with closed eyes to concentrate on the music . |
| 23 | Where a firm deals with or for a customer it must take all reasonable steps to deal on the terms which are the best available for the customer in the circumstances . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January . |
| 25 | The BBC has unrivalled resources to deploy on a News Network : the expertise of our correspondents around the world , and in the nations and regions of the United Kingdom , the experience and quality of the World Service . |
| 26 | In the late 1980s the British Conservative government set up two powerful committees to advise on the teaching of English . |
| 27 | Manchester United had offered him increased terms to stay on the club 's playing staff ; several years later Chelsea offered him even more money to leave Swindon and he became the elite London club 's assistant-manager , but on both occasions Macari put the unspectacular west country side first . |
| 28 | The wines were all from excellent recent vintages , including the fine 1988 white burgundy and an Alsace wine , which perfectly complements foie gras with is light , grapey fragrance on the nose and multiple layers to flavour on the palate . |
| 29 | The hunt brought some heavy guns to bear on the appeal including leading vet Professor Alistair Steel Bodger and former international three-day-eventer Richard Meade . |
| 30 | On each occasion I felt that insufficient effort had been made by the surgical teams to decide on the capacity to give informed consent , and I was dismayed at the immediate assumption of incapacity because the patient had been sectioned . |