Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
| 2 | Pigs wandered here with bells slung round their necks to show they were the property of the Hospital of St Anthony and could n't be slaughtered Beadles armed with steel-pointed staffs dispersed fowl or curbed the yapping of fierce yellow-haired dogs , whilst bailiffs tried to move on a strange creature dressed like a magpie in black and white rags . |
| 3 | Curiously I proceeded down this route and my eyes came to rest on a small , battered , but not unclean little building . |
| 4 | The SJP lads had to rely on a topsy-turvy 6–21 , 21–8 , 22–20 victory for league stalwart John Wickers over Peter Hance to secure their share of the points from the last game of the evening . |
| 5 | As industrial communities became established on a grander scale with second , third , and fourth generation residents , there was a need to express territoriality in new ways . |
| 6 | Rule-based parsers tend to work on a sentential basis which appears to be too much delay for users . |
| 7 | The wood panelling echoes slightly ; Lord Aldington 's counsel , Charles Gray QC , has a voice like a bumble-bee : a moment 's inattention and his even , well-modulated and comforting tones seem to embark on an erratic , heavy flight around the room . |
| 8 | Earlier , on March 26 , boundary officials from the two countries had agreed on an early demarcation of the Sir Creek area in the Great Rann of Kutch . |
| 9 | Many sites have advanced on an incremental basis by developing one area on a small-scale system . |
| 10 | I suppose parents have to put on a brave face . |
| 11 | That was but a seed , but it was a seed well sown and matters have moved on a great deal since then . |
| 12 | Most agents prefer a term of about three years , whereas bands want to work on a yearly basis . |
| 13 | False figures for repeating exist , almost invariably , when governments attempt to insist on an automatic promotion rule or attempt to limit numbers of repeaters in upper classes . |
| 14 | Many social workers fail to visit on a regular preventive basis and requests for assistance or cries for help are often ignored . |
| 15 | The nearest birds began to pitch on a higher , longer , more anxious note . |
| 16 | Experts met in Spain in September to discuss the problem but delegates failed to agree on a possible cause . |
| 17 | Whatever the cause of failure , help to families has to operate on a wide front . |
| 18 | The moderation teams continued to meet on a regular basis , to provide feedback and consider further ways of setting and maintaining national standards . |
| 19 | University departments operating within close margins with respect to staffing and clinical resources have to rely on a large measure of good will to achieve continued high standards in teaching and evaluation , which can be difficult to sustain if , for example , reappointments of staff are delayed . |
| 20 | This may be organized and justified in various terms : as a group of cognate or faculty disciplines such as the social sciences or humanities ; as a number of disciplines brought to bear on a common area ( European Studies , Middle Eastern Studies ) or period ( Classics , The Enlightenment , Modern Studies ) or problem or theme ( Development Studies , Urban Studies ) ; as a sampling of some or all of the main types of human knowledge , as provided by the foundation year at Keele University ; or as a deliberate contrast between different types of knowledge ( arts-science schemes ) . |
| 21 | Coalition partners had agreed on a minimum programme with familiar priorities : the fight against organized crime ; reduction of the public deficit ; preparation for European economic union ; and the reform of public services . |
| 22 | Objects like cannonballs and planets try to move on a straight line through space-time , but because space-time is curved , warped , rather than flat , their paths appear to be bent . |
| 23 | Since buying the cottage , house prices had started on a steady descent . |
| 24 | The demonstrators had marched on a key pumping station at the start of the " Friendship Pipeline " which carried oil from Tatarstan 's oilfields to eastern Europe , and amid chants of " Tatar oil for Tatarstan " they had attempted to put it out of action . |
| 25 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 26 | Trade relations were also discussed with Ivan Silayev , chair of the Interstate Economic Committee and both sides agreed to work on a long-term trade co-operation treaty . |
| 27 | This was thought to be the first time for nearly 70 years that police had fired on a white crowd in South Africa . |
| 28 | For instance , recent graduates have embarked on a wide variety of interesting careers , generally in industry , the financial world , science or education . |
| 29 | Both sides have agreed on a new electoral law which guarantees secret balloting and an immediate count . |
| 30 | Liz had pulled herself together , on the domestic front , she told Alix , as she looked around Alix 's brass-railed , shabby , cluttered , plastic-toy-littered flat , where clothes hung drying on an ancient fireguard . |