Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this foundation a student usually has a choice of two , or maybe three , subjects to pursue to degree standard , and can make that choice on the basis of experience . |
| 2 | He proved that he could make that journey on a primitive craft . |
| 3 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |
| 4 | I must congratulate that authority on doing what so many other Labour authorities refused to do . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't ever want that thing on again ! ’ |
| 6 | No public librarian , for instance , can regard each item on the fiction shelves as an equal unit , to be discarded if its rate of use falls below the average rate for the entire stock . |
| 7 | On the other hand , as the new scheme stands , it will make little impact on the poverty experienced by lone mothers ; there is still no adequate compensation for women for the costs they bear as a consequence of inequalities in marriage and child-rearing ; and the financial dependency of individual women on individual men is maintained . |
| 8 | It was immediately clear that the British effort will make little impression on a queue of casualties which grows every day . |
| 9 | The change agents , in the light of their professional values , get satisfaction out of client participation ( Bernstein , 1960 , although the findings in York , 1989 , referred to above , in the third section , may throw some doubt on this ) . |
| 10 | It is possible that in the course of time scientific advance will be able to offer at least an hypothesis which will throw some light on the mystery of the origin of the universe and give substance to the belief that life , in some form or other , does have an ineradicable and eternal place in the universe . |
| 11 | An analysis of the age and sex structure of unemployment and its locational distribution is of value because it may throw some light on the reasons for the growth of unemployment and the policy measures which may be most effective . |
| 12 | Is there anybody out there who can throw some light on this seemingly awkward subject ? |
| 13 | Not only can it serve as an indicator of status , but it can also throw some light on changing settlement developments , which will be examined in the following chapters . |
| 14 | It was hoped that such a survey would throw some light on the contemporary landscape in the late Saxon period and perhaps locate earthworks associated with the early monastery . |
| 15 | I have to see if this key fits the deposit box and if there 's anything there which will throw some light on my family . ’ |
| 16 | If the nature of such a vibration can be established it may throw some light on the nature of the electronic band . |
| 17 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 18 | Can you throw some light on it ? |
| 19 | I hope they can throw some light on a very delicate matter ? |
| 20 | Admittedly the details may be complicated , but erm it , it certainly seems that these , our knowledge about fat and reproductive success may erm throw some light on this . |
| 21 | Erm , on there 's a specific question I 'd like to ask er if he could throw some light on that one . |
| 22 | That sort of choice is erm open to governments and erm research can throw some light on the implications of one route or another . |
| 23 | However , a full one-point rise would probably trigger another run on sterling and force a one-point base rate rise in the UK . |
| 24 | Joe does earn some money on the after-dinner speaking circuit , and has addressed an assortment of lawyers , writers and bankers since his release . |
| 25 | Eventually , I contemplated myself into making a decision that would build another pond on part of my patio . |
| 26 | I hope that in Committee we can make some progress on that front . |
| 27 | The reader will appreciate that any book dealing with international banking and finance must make some comment on the economic conditions and prospects of these two regional NICs groups . |
| 28 | I did n't want this stigma on you too . |
| 29 | Do you want this light on ? |
| 30 | You 've got three thousand people locally who 've their signatures to a petition who do n't want this thing on their doorstep because they 're worried that they 've tha that there 're going to be things wrong with it 's going to affect the quality of the lives of people in Selby . |