Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no question that he could have gone into some major productions and worked with some of the more notable directors ; he refused point blank , especially after seeing On a Clear Day . |
| 2 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not satisfied with my works to date , and from now on I want to take a new path ’ , so Beethoven allegedly confessed not long before embarking on the three sonatas of Op. 31 , here introduced into the CD catalogue as a set played on a fortepiano ( by Derek Adlam after Anton Walter , Vienna ; Nannette Streicher , Vienna 1815 ) . |
| 4 | Only before embarking on a major expedition have I seen the tension surface in Andy . |
| 5 | The family kept together by focusing on the daily difficulties of life with the grandmother . |
| 6 | He did so by insisting on a crucial distinction between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith . |
| 7 | Having bought my car , if I want to travel from A to B in Britain I have to do so by travelling on the left-hand side of the road . |
| 8 | It is only by concentrating on the differential element that literary studies can maintain its specific object of study . |
| 9 | Shortly after appearing on an independent television programme to discuss his views ( no BBC programme invited him on ) , Altrincham was hit in the face by a furious official of the League of Empire Loyalists . |
| 10 | Current educational philosophy has moved away from focusing on the physical or sensory basis of disability and so it may initially appear that an understanding of the cause of a child 's disability is primarily a medical matter and not one of concern to the educator . |
| 11 | Now quite frankly Mr Deputy Speaker , if we want these new constituencies , including South Essex , it seems we 're going to have to say to the French they can have lots and lots of money to build lots and lots of new buildings for this rather ridiculous parliament and quite honestly Mr Deputy Speaker , members tonight in voting on the new boundaries will really have to decide what we want to do . |
| 12 | We bathed our feet deliciously before sprawling on the soft mossy bank in the drying heat of the sun . |
| 13 | Fig 94 Sailing backwards by pushing on the wrong side of the sail — a valuable skill |
| 14 | SNOOP Cyril Reenan was branded a prying sneak yesterday for eavesdropping on the intimate phone conversation . |
| 15 | But it was Bishops Cleve who went close to scoring on the half an hour as Cliff Powell on his debut ran through , his shot was parried by Paul Whittington in the Milton goal , and the Milton defence cleared the ball from the danger area as Mark Gill was on hand for Bishops to pounce on any mistakes made . |
| 16 | ‘ Companies need to focus less on dividing their refining and chemical interests and more on capitalising on the tremendous synergies from integration ’ . |
| 17 | He did so partly by relying on the unquestioned fact that death and violence were an integral element in many books which were already on the way to becoming children 's classics ; from a list compiled rather later in the century one might cite Grimm 's Fairy Tales , Hans Andersen 's and the expurgated Arabian Nights . |
| 18 | Then when he became a supporter of the organic movement — ironically through sitting on the Select Committee on agriculture that held an enquiry into the effects on people 's health linked to the use of pesticides — it was all too much for the farming press and his local party workers . |
| 19 | That is carried , forty nine for , thirty two against , which brings us now to voting on the substantive motion . |
| 20 | Even without insisting on the strict claim that inference from fact to value is logically inadmissible , a claim which since Hume has been a commonplace , and after G. E. Moore 's analysis of the Naturalistic Fallacy was for some time an orthodoxy , it has been convenient to stay out of range of standard criticisms by showing that we can get along well enough without resorting to this kind of inference . |
| 21 | Wear can not therefore be simulated by just sand-blasting the whole object , nor even by concentrating on the vulnerable parts with a coarse file . |
| 22 | When we look at each of the small group " scenes " we can accord them much higher status ; instead of commenting on the changing position of the door handle , we can discuss which moments from each of the " interviews " we will keep in the documentary ; we have an informing context in which to discuss what each of the interviewees said . |
| 23 | Instead of landing on a sandy beach stretching some way inland , the men were trapped on a rocky shore north and south of the craggy headland of Ari Burnu . |
| 24 | I thought he was simply jealous of the time I spent with her , instead of sitting on the other side of the gas fire , knitting or darning socks while he marked his school books . |
| 25 | But instead of waiting on the same platform for an Edgware train , they made their way up to the British Rail terminus , and in the men 's lavatory the bear got into his bear suit . |
| 26 | Instead of focusing on the narrow agenda of Delors the new Europe should be more forward looking . |
| 27 | Only when these key steps have been taken will government and individuals alike be able to plan for the long term , instead of focusing on the short term and the next election . |
| 28 | He closed his eyes , as if he were tired , and Jessamy found that her gaze kept straying to him , instead of concentrating on the blank sheet in front of her . |
| 29 | The patient was thereafter allowed to move about freely apart from lying on the right side . |
| 30 | ‘ I think that it is tremendous that the Australian Wine Bureau is offering so many people the chance to play tennis competitively at great venues and I am looking forward to passing on a few tips to the winners — before joining them in a celebratory glass of Australian wine . ’ |