Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the cost breakdown is sophisticated , problems may arise both on site and in the office . |
| 2 | Further problems may arise again on return to Britain as the pressure for places in the more popular independent or state schools makes it increasingly difficult for the expatriate to find suitable educational facilities for children . |
| 3 | Equally , demand for the specialist work-force may arise simultaneously on separate projects . |
| 4 | The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly . |
| 5 | Under her various names of Diana , Artemis , Selene , Cynthia , Luna , she is the goddess with the silver crescent on her brow who keeps the shepherd boy Endymion in eternal slumber so she may gaze forever on his lovely face . |
| 6 | Future promoters should think well on that before choosing any dramatic alterations to its current make-up . |
| 7 | It was natural that the original biological positivists should focus exclusively on the criminal , since they were committed to the view that the causes of crime were to be found in the individual 's biological make-up . |
| 8 | As children are those that are most at risk from impact by vehicles in housing areas , any search for safer streets should focus principally on them ( Figure 2.5 ) . |
| 9 | Think again — T J Rodgers , president and chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor Corp told a Congressional committee on Wednesday last week that there is no monolithic support for Clinton 's budget proposals — the government should not try to build information networks , but ‘ untangle the morass of bureaucracy and regulations ’ that prevent existing fibre optic networks from reaching homes , he said ; he called for deeper cuts in the budget deficit and the end of ‘ wasteful and unnecessary ’ government programmes ; ‘ Washington should stay away from the intricacies of high-tech competition … it should focus instead on the infrastructure of competition , ’ he said ; he also presented written comments criticising the Clinton plan from officials or directors of Amdahl Corp , Cisco Systems Inc , Conner Peripherals Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 10 | Outlining the proposals , which will be put in writing to the Bank of England task force set up in to pick up the pieces after Taurus , Mr Pearson said the key point was that any new system should focus solely on the professional market — leaving the private shareholder with paper certificates and the existing fortnightly settlement system . |
| 11 | Consequently , rather than allowing ourselves to be drawn into a metaphysical wild-goose chase we should concentrate instead on exploring the structural features of the minimal conceptual apparatus upon which any significant choice of ontological objects must depend . |
| 12 | Substitution drills should concentrate particularly on structural differences between the languages . |
| 13 | Flying above 1,500 or 2,000 feet on a reasonable day , you should concentrate mainly on climbing efficiently , selecting the next good clouds , and checking and confirming your position and progress on the map between thermals . |
| 14 | Moreover , we should concentrate less on the education of an élite , and more on the average standards of attainment . |
| 15 | companies should concentrate initially on regional markets within the USA or specific market segments . |
| 16 | Mauve kept insisting that he should concentrate more on studies from plaster casts . |
| 17 | It must also ask whether we should concentrate more on actually reducing our demand for energy in the first place . |
| 18 | INCENTIVE schemes for farmers should concentrate more on green goals and less on red tape , the Government was told yesterday . |
| 19 | Once you have started your own meeting you should concentrate solely on yourself and what you want and not be distracted . |
| 20 | Whether doctors should concentrate solely on the clinical aspects of general practice or act in a wider capacity to tackle the underlying causes of ill health is a subject often discussed . |
| 21 | ‘ I think we should act immediately on this one . |
| 22 | The treaty will probably include a clause on ‘ subsidiarity ’ , the principle that the Community should act only on issues where it is inappropriate for decisions to be taken by national governments . |
| 23 | A private individual who buys a minority shareholding in a non-dividend paying private company as a pure portfolio investment must do so on the basis of some prospect which , if realised , will provide him with the return he seeks . |
| 24 | Extensions to Belfast 's port facilities and to its harbour airport , announced last week , must encroach further on the mudflats at Belfast Lough , Alison McCloy , of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , warned in a lecture . |
| 25 | erm , nevertheless I must report again on the plan eighty eight er on the A ten eighty eight , principally because even in England people realize that the villages in |
| 26 | America should spend more on improving the technology of its weapons , and less on actually making them |
| 27 | For example , when they say : the company should spend more on training " or " The company should do something about its advertising , " what do they mean by " the companY ? |
| 28 | The division of work would be that Scott would have ‘ ( subject to its conformity with internal arrangements ) the general command of the external design , and Wyatt would have ‘ the more especial direction of the interior ’ , except that they should work jointly on certain interiors ‘ of a more public nature such as public halls staircases corridors and what may be called the state apartments ’ . |
| 29 | Training for speed must work repeatedly on the fast twitch fibres on a stop — go basis . |
| 30 | Melanie pictured the safe , made of very black metal , set squarely at the end of the bed where he could see it all the time , in the strange bedroom where he slept with Aunt Margaret in a bed that must sag deeply on his side , since he was so heavy and she was no weight at all . |