Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section I intend to focus on the way four of these problems have become interlinked , namely those of underachievement , the concern over indiscipline , and the need for social integration and the employability of particular groups . |
| 2 | I shall plan out what I propose to do on the farm for the next three years , season by season , and we 'll look for a ploughman to help with your new venture . |
| 3 | My scope here is necessarily limited , and I propose to concentrate on the relationships between the political parties and the social collectivities which have furnished their support blocs . |
| 4 | I hesitate to pronounce on the degree of tranquillity in his life , but since 1943 he has not been further than sixty miles from this spot . |
| 5 | I want to spy on the shrubs . " |
| 6 | ‘ I want to go on the stage , ’ she had said , six long months ago now . |
| 7 | That 's all I want to say on the principle erm of the criteria , as far as the detailed content erm er is concerned I suspect we could talk all day about whether social should replace affordable in one of the criteria , or whether the full stop is in the right place er in another one . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to play on the US Tour eventually , too , and the Americans do n't care how much money you have won . |
| 9 | oh tell mummy I want to play on the bikes |
| 10 | ‘ No , I want to concentrate on the boy , Peter . |
| 11 | In this chapter I want to concentrate on the response of community educators , particularly their reaction to the problems and issues facing the working class . |
| 12 | I want to concentrate on the week in Adelaide in January 1933 that brought it all to a head , and the personal dilemma I faced as the Teuter-Press Association correspondent . |
| 13 | Like my hon. Friend , I want to concentrate on the future rather than the past 20 years . |
| 14 | I want to build on the graveyard . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll tell you , ’ he said , ‘ I hope to die on the railways . ’ |
| 16 | I hope to touch on the subject that he mentioned shortly . |
| 17 | What I hope to gain on the course is to be able to speak more confidently and to get over the nerves . |
| 18 | I like to shop on the Kilburn High Road . |
| 19 | Ca n't decide whether I 've imagined the eels or not , so I decide to sleep on the matter . |
| 20 | I try to turn on the lights but there has either been a power cut or the club 's generator has been switched off . |
| 21 | ‘ He plays more on the left hand side which is not my favourite position , I prefer to play on the right . |
| 22 | Please thank our friend for the thought , but I prefer to stay on the ground ’ . |
| 23 | I wish to put on the record a different view of the proposed new airport in Hong Kong ( April 13th ) . |
| 24 | Continuing with the photo-copies that our Chairman , Richard Newcombe and I secured on our visit to the National Railway Museum at York , in this issue of the Journal I wish to concentrate on the correspondence between S. H. Pearce-Higgins and W. Roberts , who was the Receiver/Manager of the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 25 | Here I wish to focus on the employment of carefully controlled acts of aggression against the animal world as a means of modifying their relations with the spirit world . |
| 26 | Sir — I wish to comment on the letter from ( Nature 360 , 704 ; 1992 ) on the new university law recently adopted by the Greek parliament . |
| 27 | There ai n't no chairs or carpet or nothing , so if I go and see him I have to sit on the floor . |
| 28 | I might be wrong , but I do n't think so , but I have to sit on the fence you see as I get into trouble . |
| 29 | What I 'm saying is that if I do , I have to go on the supposition that I 'm expected . |
| 30 | Christ finally tells Judas : ‘ I have to die on the cross and I have to die willingly ’ . |