Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | possibly also they might not want to go on national television |
| 2 | I do not want to concentrate on procedural matters , but , as the hon. Gentleman said , it is curious that the Bill has not been introduced by the Government , especially as the Nurses , Midwives and Health Visitors Bill has just completed its Committee stage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Similarly , within any stage , different agencies may need to focus on different aspects . |
| 5 | They would need to insist on Eastern states meeting minimum labour standards as a pre-cursor to trading with the West . |
| 6 | To move successfully to a market society the Soviet Union will need to draw on latent entrepreneurial values among its citizens . |
| 7 | Now , as I said in one of the quotes that we were talking about , a psychological explanation does not need to rest on physiological causes . |
| 8 | He will need to fly on urgent matters to Bahrain tonight . |
| 9 | Midwives or health visitors may also need to advise on other family members ' needs to ensure they are not being overlooked , and these may include practical childcare for a newborn baby and the feelings of the partner adjusting to being a parent . |
| 10 | But we do not need to rely on actual mistakes in the past . |
| 11 | Mutatis mutandis , banks willing to finance the trade of the remaining 70% of shippers and consignees will need to rely on negotiable documents of title as collateral . |
| 12 | This would ensure that most pensioners would not need to rely on means-tested benefits . |
| 13 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 14 | The intuition behind this optimal strategy is straightforward : it is optimal to sell all or nothing — all when the current price is higher than the price that one can expect to get on future sales , nothing otherwise ; it is optimal to produce at the point where marginal cost equals the expected price on sales . |
| 15 | It is evident that , by comparison with an unconditional grant , it is on a lower level of welfare ( shown by indifference curve I 1 ) as a result of spending more than it would otherwise choose to spend on good X. |
| 16 | You could choose to move on different paths through space-time , but nothing you could do would modify the background of space and time . |
| 17 | We laugh about the whole experience now , but we do n't really like to dwell on particular moments too long . |
| 18 | The panel apparently chose not to have a permanent chairman on two grounds : first because it was believed that subgroups would quickly emerge to focus on particular issues and events and that these would evolve their own arrangements , and secondly to avoid the possibility of particular individuals dominating proceedings . |
| 19 | In other words the members would also begin to collaborate on foreign policy matters . |
| 20 | Once a CFE treaty was signed talks should begin to build on additional measures including ones to limit manpower in Europe ; a commitment would be given at the time of signature of the CFE treaty concerning the manpower levels of a unified Germany . |
| 21 | If some unexpected problems are revealed by the disclosure letter , the acquirer may want to insist on special provisions or indemnities being included in the agreement . |
| 22 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 23 | The government 's position is that the major decisions on countering global warming will have to wait on international agreement at the 1992 UN conference on the environment , which would project them beyond the present government . |
| 24 | SCO 's development partner DEC will have to soldier on alone , if it has not been doing just that for some time ( UX No 364 ) , if it intends to put OSF/1-for-ACE on its MIPS R4000 machines . |
| 25 | And if Marilyn Monroe wanted to be movies today , she 'd have to go on serious diet first . |
| 26 | Ah , but at the same time we do n't have to comment on mathematical skills at G C S E. |
| 27 | After the triumph , we will have to concentrate on educational work so that women are at last in a position to express demands . |
| 28 | Teachers might use the time to develop a general understanding of the function , purposes and procedures of tile host organisation — or they may wish to focus on specific issues : for example , recruitment procedures , interview techniques , management skills , appraisal , and so on . |
| 29 | If the reader knows less of the writer 's world than supposed , he will have to draw on systemic knowledge to furnish the necessary clues and if this strategy fails , then the meanings remain inaccessible , the text non-negotiable . |
| 30 | ‘ And more and more people are realising you do n't have to put on Indian clothes to be a Buddhist . ’ |