Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This began to change by the late seventies , as liberalisation in definitions of sexuality began to show in programmes which questioned less the right to homosexual existence , preferring to concentrate on specific topics . |
| 2 | The sad fact is that the vast majority are failing to realise their evangelistic potential , preferring to concentrate on spiritual nurture of the existing group members . |
| 3 | And nobody seems to be itching to speak on this report . |
| 4 | Because the taille does not reflect the same quality appeal as the cuvée , it is common practice for many houses to declare they never use vins de taille in their Champagnes , preferring to sell on any they may have . |
| 5 | Reportedly he was chosen from a field of at least three candidates after two rounds of secret balloting ; commentators suggested that this bore out rumours of divisions within the Church between conservatives and reformers seeking to capitalize on greater freedom from state control by playing a more assertive role in society . |
| 6 | Often , conservative ex-communists , impatient radicals or politicians seeking to capitalize on popular discontent can give presidents a hard ride . |
| 7 | All I had to do was stand around pretending to pull on one end of a tug-of war rope while a load of peers pulled on the other , as Jerry stood by attracting the tabloids ' photographers . |
| 8 | Erm been tending to concentrate on specific things which you know stand a good chance of being on the paper , and even if they 're not will help you with others . |
| 9 | Waldo Salt , who wrote the completed screenplay of Midnight Cowboy , had been blacklisted in 1951 after refusing to testify on Communist affiliations before the HUAC . |
| 10 | Believing that its original charter — the establishment of SVR4 as the main focus for future Unix development — has largely been achieved , UI is now looking to build on that success , and , said the source ‘ we 've now worked out how ’ . |
| 11 | It is not even as though the Government have adhered to their own reasons for refusing to act on this in the past . |
| 12 | The school soon found itself inundated with applications from college students around the country wanting to enrol on this innovative course . |
| 13 | I 'm not out to if they 're going to claim on this diesel then that 's up to them but I 'm not going to have our lads or anybody else blamed for something which definitely does not exist and I shall tell as soon as I erm I meet him to have a chat with him again that he 's going along the wrong lines . |
| 14 | I think we 've really got to do something about it and hold a proper supervisory and see what 's going to go on this year because it 's , it gets worse . |
| 15 | Now , neither Souness nor the Liverpool fans have any idea how the team is going to perform on any given day and trying to predict that is like trying to find eight draws . |
| 16 | A second rapper causes batted eyelids for a time , and the addition of a second guitar during an encore of ‘ Go Wild ’ suddenly give the sound the extra bite it 's been missing all night , but if 25th Of May are going to appeal on musical merit as a vehicle for their politics , they 'll have to update their sound , experiment and hit harder than this . |
| 17 | I was on the assessment house to start with , waiting to go on another house . |
| 18 | Well , if there 's only one level of structure then evidence about the and evidence of that meaning are both going to bear on that . |
| 19 | We felt quite strongly that although it was a gesture , I do n't think it was a political gesture , I think it was a gesture that we as Councillors wanted to make so that we personally would suffer some of the reductions in erm finance that we were going to impose on other people . |
| 20 | Just waiting to pounce on some terrified child . |
| 21 | well I can understand that , yes well I , I , I , just say was n't going to rule on this and I 'm not in , not er convinced at the moment it would be appropriate to rule on it er as part of the er , in any judgment I gave , but it seemed to me quite important on reflection to , to hear the way what you were putting it |
| 22 | well I do think I have , I have those points , erm , I do n't want to stop you Mr er , and I do repeat I 'm going to , I 'm going to rule on these matters and both parties have er , erm , will have certainly have full liberty to come back and , and deal with them , I just wanted to know in outline the present parties er to the future of these proceedings |
| 23 | Now if we 're going to exit on that side , where 's the best position that you would normally be in ? |
| 24 | She said we 're going to decorate on those days . |
| 25 | I want to know who 's going to win on this budget and who 's going to lose . |
| 26 | Sitting in a bus next morning , eating pineapple and waiting for the driver , we heard that the survivors were going to walk on fiery coals that night down on the fairground . |
| 27 | And we described what we were going to do on this walk and where we were going to go and both sort of referred to the same composition and there was a prize for the for the one that was judged the best . |
| 28 | What are you going to put on that side ? |
| 29 | So which rhythm pattern are you going to put on those notes in bar ten ? |
| 30 | Sorry , I know you do n't understand , and you 're not going to understand on this program . |