Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your love life is hotting up , but beware of embarking on short-lived involvements . |
| 2 | So if for any reason I feel like adding on some points I will do , and equally I 'll decide to take some points off if I feel like it . |
| 3 | Start by concentrating on one person , perhaps addressing your mother or your best friend and then , when you see them smiling back and you gather confidence , turn to the rest of the audience . |
| 4 | increase in spending on local authority care services since 1979 . |
| 5 | ‘ But I want to make it clear to both of you — as I shall to Mrs Abberley — that any further information you come across touching on this case should be communicated to us immediately . |
| 6 | This profile contains information such as : what they consider to be their mother tongue , ( which is not always a straightforward matter ) , what other language with whom , in what medium and in which domain etc. , ) what other languages they have learned , acquired and used in their lives and also highlights the diverse linguistic abilities that people already have before going on any course — this often comes as something of a surprise — even to the people concerned ! |
| 7 | Before presenting the Service 's estimates to Parliament , the department should , in theory , prune its programmes down to the financial target line imposed by the Treasury ; but , in practice , it has been found that the bow-wave tends to dissipate as the actual financial year goes by because there are always delays in most programmes that lead to underspending on individual projects . |
| 8 | I wan na say on that question we were talking about earlier on about the young people and some facilities for them . |