Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , like me , you tend to sit on mountains of paper , and rely on your memory to root out a reference , then you will need to be strong and discipline yourself to filing items away as soon as you have finished with them , either in folders or binders or in cabinet or box file , depending on the amount of space you have available . |
| 2 | This book should be available from the LEA and with LMS its provisions remain binding on governors unless overridden by those of the Pay & Conditions Documents . |
| 3 | At dusk the H.50 's captain , Lieutenant-Commander Mervyn Wingfield , signalled the Worcester 's captain , Lieutenant-Commander Ian Maitland-Magill-Crichton , ‘ In the event of enemy attack I intend to remain on surface . ’ |
| 4 | er , I hate driving on motorways ! |
| 5 | it is possible to write large and use the camera to reduce the size , but I find it better to do all artwork at the finished size because thin lines tend to disappear on reduction . |
| 6 | I intend to concentrate on provision for the 18 per cent unstatemented pupils who remain in mainstream schools but who , as Warnock reminded us , have special needs . |
| 7 | As a result senior executives tend to concentrate on operations rather than on policy and direction . |
| 8 | They tend to concentrate on policies that would help women follow the same age-related career path as men . |
| 9 | More importantly , Weberian approaches tend to concentrate on occupation and neglect wealth as a crucial element in the class structure . |
| 10 | Naturally those anthropologists who grant culture such imperative force tend to see social relations as the product of cultural patterning and conditioning , and thus tend to concentrate on child-rearing practices , enculturation , and socialization . |
| 11 | With every player in the Whaddon team a potential striker , we tend to concentrate on defence but are always ready to spot the half chance to score a breakaway goal . |
| 12 | However , the principal source of public information are the share quotes published in the press every day and these tend to concentrate on measures other than the holding period return described above . |
| 13 | She says : ‘ We tend to concentrate on weaknesses . |
| 14 | They tend to concentrate on manufacturers ' most popular brands |
| 15 | Critics point out the nit-picking thoroughness which legal authorities in the Republic so often bring to bear on extradition requests . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's something I want to see on television , ’ I lied . |
| 17 | ‘ Afterwards I want to go on haj , to visit Mecca . |
| 18 | WELL , IF you want to go on strike , the place to do it is obviously the London borough of Barnet . |
| 19 | All you have to do is choose the date you want to go on holiday and decide on the destination and we will choose the accommodation for you — offering you an unbeatable deal on the price of your holiday . |
| 20 | ‘ Sylvia and I want to go on record as protesting this outrageous incident in the ssstrongest possible articulation . ’ |
| 21 | Collector 's corner is the feature round about three thirty so if you want to go on collector 's corner if you collect anything for a hobby that 's the spot for you . |
| 22 | I said well it 's best place to go on Sunday afternoons , we do n't spend any money . |
| 23 | If the line is even , and your position is not critical , treat it as if it were starboard biased : that is , if you want to continue on starboard tack , join the bunch reaching down the line quite early . |
| 24 | Well that 's interesting because yes we have we have discussed that and I do n't know whether the er the clerk wants to comment further but I think that is absolutely right and and if that could be taken further it would be of very positive benefit to you know the car parking problem for those people who want to shop on King Street and have difficulties in find a car parking space . |
| 25 | Roger Boaden , director of the Shopping Hours Reform Council , said : ‘ Shoppers want to shop on Sunday , shopworkers want to work on Sunday and retailers want to open their shops on Sunday . ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ People obviously want to shop on Sundays — we have over 3,500 customers every Sunday . |
| 27 | We are told that the people of Britain want to shop on Sundays . |
| 28 | Usher relied on bore holes and tanks although even those proved inadequate one year when the school had to be closed for three months because of the shortage of water . |
| 29 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 30 | I have got a tent here , as it happens , because I want to work on Eilean na Roin — that 's Seal Island , where the broch is — and the tides are awkward , so I need a base there . |