Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to compete effectively in world markets and to communicate on equal terms with our European partners we need to increase substantially the numbers of young people leaving school with a good grounding in at least one foreign language . |
| 2 | Surprisingly though , the wildlife seems to flourish on these ranges , despite the firing of live ammunition . |
| 3 | Children with special needs have long been welcomed into playgroups or mother and toddler groups but members have tended to worry on two counts — first , that only a minority of families with children with special needs were finding their way to playgroup , and second that the playgroup was not fully able to meet the children 's needs . |
| 4 | Only as the client is thoroughly involved and comes to accept on deepening levels the process of change can our methods be effective in relation to our goals ( Bernstein , 1960 , p. 8 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ But all politicians we invite are asked to lecture on historical topics , giving totally fresh and unique outlooks on the issues addressed . |
| 6 | Outmoded this view might be , but most of us would still prefer to try on new clothes , wax hair off our legs , perform our ablutions or put on make-up in private . |
| 7 | US President George Bush had announced on Aug. 11 that he had recommended that the US Treasury should provide guarantees to allow Israel to obtain on favourable terms credits worth US$10,000 million from private banks . |
| 8 | The Lothian Region ( Placing in Schools ) Appeal Committee is likely to meet on several occasions during late May and throughout June 1993 , to deal with appeals against refused placing requests for admission to primary and secondary schools for the session 1993/94 . |
| 9 | This may have partly contributed to the next important influence which has been brought to bear on hearing children read — the move towards parental involvement . |
| 10 | The Research Group has identified more than 130 academic staff across almost all Faculties whose current research extends to a greater or lesser degree to environmental issues ; and many more have expertise which could be brought to bear on environmental problems . |
| 11 | The Regional Sports Councils ' resources consist of MONEY ( through regional participation grants for specific projects ) , INFLUENCE ( brought to bear on other agencies ) and TIME ( in terms of sports council personnel ) . |
| 12 | At this stage , therefore , we shall say nothing about the range of theories which can be brought to bear on international relations , if one believes in working from the inside in pursuit of understanding . |
| 13 | In addition , the edges at one level can bring both left and right contextual information to bear on different interpretations of lower-level information . |
| 14 | They should seek to organise the maximum number of people at local level to bring pressure to bear on local authorities , on Stormont , but particularly on Westminster . |
| 15 | This aims to bring the reflections of literary and cultural historians to bear on photographic portraits and how they are ‘ read ’ historically in the context of their production , potential viewers and currently fashionable theories . |
| 16 | stake in National Power or PowerGen to bring pressure to bear on those companies to reduce the development of gas-fired stations , they might end up in a United Kingdom court for breaking United Kingdom company law . |
| 17 | Spearmen are particularly good in this role since they can bring an extra rank of spears to bear on any foes who charge them and this means that casualties suffered by the front ranks are less of a disaster . |
| 18 | It also recommends that excavations be coordinated at a national level , albeit at the same time as more powers are devolved to the regions , this decentralisation freeing the CSRS of its administrative and financial role and giving it the freedom to concentrate on scholarly matters , with — and this is a novelty — systematic recourse to the advice of outside experts . |
| 19 | Perhaps the key way to establish a connection between the concerns of conventional Marxist urban and regional sociology and the concepts outlined in Chapters 1 and 2 is to concentrate on typical forms of social mobility ; the ways in which they relate to spatial mobility and moral careers . |
| 20 | In its first rôle , it has tended to concentrate on low-technology businesses which are managed with a close eye on reducing costs and generating cash . |
| 21 | For this reason , the agreement concluded between the museum , the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs and the Union Française des Arts du Costume , expresses the desire of all parties to concentrate on thematic exhibitions , in order to avoid pressures from manufacturers and designers . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , most bureaucracies tend to concentrate on small details , sacrificing the overall picture . |
| 23 | Our interdisciplinary aims have always led [ us ] to concentrate on such links , but I think this is unusual in linguistics departments generally . |
| 24 | Aleksandr Shokhin was relieved of his post as Employment Minister on June 14 , in order to concentrate on new responsibilities for foreign economic relations . |
| 25 | In her present state of mind it was almost beyond her capabilities to concentrate on practical matters . |
| 26 | Comprehensive and complex formal procedures were being simplified to concentrate on key issues of control , and a step-by-step guide is being produced for headquarters managers and principals and governors of schools and colleges . |
| 27 | The AWCC preferred to concentrate on environmental issues and gentrification . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | After brushing thoroughly , it is important to concentrate on specific areas that get particularly dirty . |
| 30 | 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 . |