Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision of MPG6 . |
| 32 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the many important proposition for future policy and action by CCW contained in this paper . |
| 33 | It is hoped to submit a formal planning application in due course when a further public exhibition will be held showing the final layout of the road and the public will again have an opportunity to comment on the scheme at this time . |
| 34 | They were essentially concerned with bartering about a price , for which purpose Gary and Aggi had sufficient expertise to comment on the quality and value of the jewellery . |
| 35 | This demonstrated the importance of family factors in determining the occupational choice of rural school-leavers — nearly 42 per cent of the respondents stated that they had been influenced by their family in their decision to work on the land . |
| 36 | It is important that we have this opportunity to concentrate on the Bill as it affects Scotland . |
| 37 | All of which suggests that the government 's decision to pounce on the PAC was a reaction to threat and counter-threat rather than a conspiracy to undermine Mr de Klerk 's own negotiations . |
| 38 | Freed from the necessity to concentrate on the road , she could have admired the sweep of the rolling scenery of broad fields dotted with cattle , and tree-crowned hills . |
| 39 | I do not suggest that , just because Britain is less violent and less prone to crime than most other west European countries , that diminishes the necessity to concentrate on the picture at home , but let us not frighten people unnecessarily by comparisons with the rest of Europe and the United States . |
| 40 | The package is controlled from the tablet 's ce , the only time you need to use the keyboard after loading the program is when you want to enter text to appear on the screen or for a filename when saving or loading pictures . |
| 41 | Leading Tory Lady Olga Maitland had been pencilled in by the South Belfast Conservative Association to go on the hustings with candidates last weekend . |
| 42 | Potential will be assessed in other cases , though , against a team who will have millions of pounds worth of talent to spare on the substitutes bench . |
| 43 | Yet Mrs Molina becomes the first Latino to sit on the county 's governing board since 1872 — and the first woman ever . |
| 44 | The former National Party leader and Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon , also an outspoken opponent of free market economics , was offered several minor posts outside the Cabinet , but turned them all down as " insulting " and expressed his intention to remain on the back benches , from where he would be free to criticize the new government . |
| 45 | The painting of July 1890 , executed just days before van Gogh killed himself , and France 's first historic monument to go on the block , was sold on 6 December by Jean-Claude Binoche to French banker and businessman Jean-Marc Vernes . |
| 46 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |
| 47 | The footstraps being too tight , causing all the weight to fall on the windward side . |
| 48 | This golfer has allowed his weight to remain on the left side and , worse still , has allowed his right leg to straighten . |
| 49 | This multi-disciplinary programme brings the concepts , theories and findings of social science research to bear on the question of health inequalities in Britain . |
| 50 | The knife hand break 1 : the striker rises up to bring his full body weight to bear on the target . |
| 51 | If you 're snobbish about the vocals then you 're probably the type of person that caused the instrument mix to appear on the B-side . |
| 52 | The machine adds the capability to communicate on the Bi-Bop Telepoint network to the basic PowerBook , with the Bi-Bop modem supplied to Apple by the state phone company . |
| 53 | All those defences are for the defendant to establish on the balance of probabilities . |
| 54 | Cleese enlisted Royal patronage to work on the top-selling environment number . |
| 55 | As she sipped the scotch , she reflected that if he were still alive he would no doubt be bringing the full force of his liberal rationalism to bear on the problem right now . |
| 56 | Why is Mrs O'Rea able to say that they do not need to hire labour to work on the farm ? |
| 57 | There was increased pressure on organisations like the Workers ' Education Association to concentrate on the needs of the working class . |
| 58 | The two girls were rescued from the car by their mother uninjured … she 'd run after the car in a vain attempt to pull on the handbrake . |
| 59 | There was no attempt to jump on the bandwagon of the more flamboyant recruitment advertisements for commission paid saleswork , for example : " I 'm Martin . |
| 60 | Payne Stewart , not wearing his usual football colours or his regular cap as he was playing for his country , brought emotion to bear on the contest . |