Example sentences of "[to-vb] on one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One contender is the SQL Access Group , which was set up by database vendors to standardise on one SQL dialect . |
| 2 | One contender is the product that the SQL Access Group was formed to produce : the group was set up by database vendors to standardise on one SQL dialect . |
| 3 | Essentially , what the communications course does is to bring to the fore issues which had hitherto been considered marginal ; it brings the perspectives of a variety of disciplines to bear on one subject . |
| 4 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 5 | Dr Riddoch , of Bristol university , says : ‘ To be effective you need to concentrate on one exercise or part of the body . |
| 6 | I think last year more or less shows that we really have to concentrate on one thing . |
| 7 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 8 | In this discussion we want to concentrate on one aspect of marking : how the source file can be sent electronically to the marker and how the marker can make use of this electronic form . |
| 9 | Able to concentrate on one search at a time 1 |
| 10 | This is an acceptable solution if we expect to concentrate on one form of arithmetic for a number of instructions , but if we are using several forms ( for example , floating-point calculations with address computation in fixed-point format ) then we have to change the contents of the mode register continually . |
| 11 | Try and resist the temptation to concentrate on one area . |
| 12 | Relocation to a new area could , therefore , provide the opportunity to consolidate on one site and to provide sufficient area for future expansion . |
| 13 | He was also surprised at a later date to find on one occasion an abstract in Minton 's studio . |
| 14 | While faith-healing tends to work on one part of the body , Reiki treats the whole system . ’ |
| 15 | DB2 Version 3 will enable users to work on one partition of a table space or index space without locking the other partitions . |
| 16 | In mainland Europe the spacing between tracks and reversible signalling enables engineers to work on one track in complete safety while traffic continues to pass on the other . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm — I 'm sorry , ’ Chesarynth said automatically , trying to look as though it were normal to stand on one leg with her skirt round her knees . |
| 19 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 20 | The Muslims believe that the spot marks Adam 's punishment for disobedience and that here he was made to stand on one foot for a very long time . |
| 21 | When I returned to the palace with my boxes , I was able to stand on one box on one side of the wall and step on to the other box on the other side . |
| 22 | As one participant has suggested , the first intellectual task is to set on one side an archaeology of knowledge which has served us well for at least three centuries . |
| 23 | Of course , in these difficult circumstances you seek to keep order , but I ask you to reflect on one problem and to see what you can do about it . |
| 24 | You know what can be done elsewhere and how we can best utilize existing staff , it may well be as somebody has said , that I mean we 've got Rachel there , just to pick on one post , where you 're , cos it 's one I happen to know what 's she , what 's she supposed to be doing . |
| 25 | In summary it seems that a statistical relationship between low-level exposure to lead on one hand , and low intelligence and , possibly , hyperactivity on the other , has been established , but that the causal relation is still an unresolved issue . |
| 26 | To avoid confusion we need some sort of structure which allows us to focus on one thing at a time . |
| 27 | Habits and patterns of work can become more disorganized : people may be unable to focus on one task because all the other things to be done keep crowding in ; at the end of a very busy day little seems to have been accomplished . |
| 28 | It is the aim of this study , in order to maximize this advantage , to focus on one area of financial regulation — the Chinese Wall — where law and economics do interface and where their intersection is one of clear economic dimensions . |
| 29 | On the criteria we 've been talking about today , so find yourself a partner that you have n't worked with today somebody erm if you go in the same group that Kathy 's in because then if it comes up to four o'clock Kathy wants to go then you can be the other partner you 've got half an hour to put on one sheet of paper clearly and concisely what we 've done on communications . |
| 30 | One got the impression that Mr Callaghan felt that he had to put on one side the normal practice of consulting only a small group of inner ministers on economic issues , and had to carry all the colleagues , all twenty-two , if he was to have a hope of carrying the party in the country clearly out of the crisis . |