Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Must remember this when tempted into the local hen shop. ) 9 pm Ben Frow arrives to try on costumes for Re:Joyce . |
| 2 | — Department store bosses trying to try on clothes in their fiddly little changing rooms ( you can always tell people who 've been clothes shopping they 're the ones with the bruised elbows ) ; — Town planners and architects who think steps are an interesting feature trying to get up them in a wheelchair , with a pram , or just with creaky old legs ; — Hospital consultants who make ten appointments for the same time waiting in out-patients , especially if it 's the day when there 's a dotty old lady , a whining child and an old man who coughs and spits all in the same little section ; — Weird fashion experts wearing their crazier outfits in Darlington on a rainy Monday . |
| 3 | The power and wide-ranging applications of mathematics quickly gave it recognition as a discipline in its own right , whose theorems have now been brought to bear on problems in every field of knowledge . |
| 4 | Thus these same theories were brought to bear on questions of the intellectual capabilities and , importantly , the fertility of the British working classes . |
| 5 | George Saintsbury , Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh , in his presidential address to the AGM of the Scottish branch in 1907 , emphasized the importance of bringing the influence of the Association to bear on questions of education when they came before the legislature . |
| 6 | If it is argued on the basis of this reply that even a maniac is not beyond redemption and that given the right kind of treatment he might be able to take his place again within society , the argument only serves to show the different moral considerations that can be brought to bear on situations of moral dilemma . |
| 7 | Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order : recalcitrant strikers faced lockouts . |
| 8 | Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order : recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs . |
| 9 | The example cited is the impossibility of auditors ' giving an opinion on the code recommendation that non-executive directors are to bring independent judgment to bear on issues of strategy , performance , and so on . |
| 10 | In 1931 his first book , Clinical Notes on Disorders of Childhood , was published , bringing the insights gained from his psychoanalytic training to bear on issues in the everyday practice of paediatrics . |
| 11 | WITH the sun at the heart of your horoscope until the 21st and Venus bringing her sweetness to bear on relationships from the 8th , December could be the most crucial month of the year for love and partnership matters — the 19th could be more than just a magical moment . |
| 12 | This generation , not having directly experienced large populations of immigrant , foreign-looking Jews , will abandon the preoccupations of former leaders and will encourage fascist parties to concentrate on prejudices for which there might be direct electoral advantage . |
| 13 | He had slept little these past three and a half weeks , often waking of his own accord in the pre-dawn darkness and walking through to his personal study to attempt to concentrate on papers of state . |
| 14 | Such bodies could ease the burden on central government and so help it to concentrate on matters of national importance . |
| 15 | It was intended , not to concentrate on women as an object of interest , but to compare the experiences of men and women , to look for difference and similarity . |
| 16 | He hoped eventually to concentrate on diseases of the mind so he was constantly analysing people 's actions . |
| 17 | Its contribution was to concentrate on factors outside of the criminal justice system that control the natural human tendency towards deviance . |
| 18 | It has therefore been decided to concentrate on purchases in certain areas known to be of importance in Scotland rather than attempt to purchase small amounts in all scientific disciplines . |
| 19 | ‘ Our best developed areas are those which deal with the elaboration of motor skills made possible by our hands , while cetaceans seem to concentrate on areas of social perception . |
| 20 | This is what the evidence suggests since , while the tempo of mergers and acquisitions ( both domestic and cross-border ) has been rising rapidly , it is also apparent that some industries have been engaged in divesting themselves of activities which are peripheral or difficult to manage in order to concentrate on areas of strength . |
| 21 | But others may see his move as evidence of a desire to use the election campaign to concentrate on moves towards reunification with East Germany . |
| 22 | Where this is impossible , an alternative approach is to concentrate on studies of variation in breeding success within cohorts but , even here , problems will arise if breeding success is consistently related to longevity . |
| 23 | Are you going to concentrate on collections of herbs each with a theme ? |
| 24 | With tight budgets , most SSDs have naturally tended to concentrate on clients with higher levels of need . |
| 25 | It has been a mistake of many developments in MIS to concentrate on solutions in the form of computer packages such as Schools Information and Management Systems ( SIMS ) in the school sector or Further Education Management Information System ( FEMIS ) in the FE sector . |
| 26 | The Faulks Committee would have done better to concentrate on methods for speeding up libel hearings . |
| 27 | To concentrate on comparisons between the period instrument groups , the London Fortepiano Trio 's main asset is Monica Huggett , perhaps the world 's best player of early violins . |
| 28 | I shall say more of this a little later on , but for now I want to concentrate on aspects of privatisation . |
| 29 | An Englishman is not easily persuaded to dine on snails with an Italian , on frogs with a Frenchman , or on horse-flesh with a Tartar , ’ and then leads into a discussion which philosophically connects the natural foods of nations with the natural development of man 's society . |
| 30 | He was unable to comment on questions about whether an IRA cell might be operating in the area . |