Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Insurance defence lawyers , however , tend to concentrate more on the legal process and procedure .
2 However , I want to concentrate here on the technical work that the Faculty does on behalf , not only of its members , but of the Institute membership as a whole .
3 Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot .
4 As Dave suggests , it 's often more use to read up on the natural background of the fish than to read a fishkeeper 's account of breeding it .
5 Try to get off on the right foot ? ’
6 Woman-centred methods also tend to rely uncritically on the particular kinds of scientificity that therapeutic and humanist methods have developed .
7 Although it is now possible to use a system of notation , choreographers still prefer to create directly on the human material , working on it and relying on the dancers ' own memories to repeat what has been designed on and for them .
8 But we wish to focus here on the particular problems involved in the transfer of information from producers who are external to users who are internal .
9 But for those who wish to focus more on the current century , there are three other deals — a five-year fixed rate of 7.99 per cent ( arrangement fee £245 ) , a two-year fixed rate of 6.79 per cent ( arrangement fee ) £225 ; and a one-year deal of 5.79 per cent ( arrangement fee £175 ) .
10 It became clear from their phrases that this was a boating group come to sail about on the nearby natural lake .
11 ‘ It is important for everyone to roll up their sleeves and fight to get back on the winning trail . ’
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