Example sentences of "[to-vb] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus deadlock can occur if and only if the environment offers to communicate on a set of channels disjoint from one of the sets represented by the |
| 2 | The company wanted to standardise on a system which it could operate throughout Europe and the Middle East , but which , in turn , could consolidate all the European information to provide reports to the US . |
| 3 | We arranged to meet on a bench outside the Royal Academy at five o'clock . |
| 4 | In a similar vein , victims or witnesses may sympathise with the offender , or be unwilling to inform on a member of their family or a friend . |
| 5 | Minns brought a broad range of expertise to bear on a field extending from eastern Europe to China , while at the same time paying close attention to the antiquities and books of his own college , where he occupied the same rooms over a period of fifty-five years as undergraduate , fellow , president ( 1928–49 ) , and senior fellow . |
| 6 | Scrubbing , and classifying ; air , gravity and magnetic separation ; flotation and flocculation can all be brought to bear on a sample to reduce it to a number of fractions . |
| 7 | Each processor is brought to bear on a problem at once . |
| 8 | That neatly upstaged both Sir Ian McKellen and Antony Sher , who had brought their Shakespearian training to bear on a range of literary readings which also featured more earthy contributions from the Liverpool poet Roger McGough , the Geordie writer Alan Plater , and Welsh wordsmith Danny Abse . |
| 9 | In several of the countries we studied , we found strong evidence that good results can be achieved by community-based teams consisting of professionally-trained workers and a variety of paraprofessional personnel who bring their joint efforts to bear on a range of client and community needs . |
| 10 | Liz started as an assistant cook just a few months after CCG had won the Grampian contract , but later moved into the office and now bring her experience to bear on a range of tasks . |
| 11 | In providing reasonable access to a representative range of published material , a librarian is required to take note of the needs and interests of the public as a whole ; from time to time pressures , which this Association would feel to be undue , have been brought to bear on a librarian to discontinue the acquisition and display of material , which is thought to be unacceptable and which thus might prohibit the service to certain minorities whose interests the libraries are equally supposed to serve . |
| 12 | As one of Scotland 's senior education professionals , he has brought his experience to bear on a number of organisations outwith the Council including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities , as education adviser , and the University Grants Committee . |
| 13 | Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound . |
| 14 | It 's hard to concentrate on a book with all these people around . |
| 15 | To the LDDC it seemed apparent that any effective programme for Docklands would need to concentrate on a number of key objectives . |
| 16 | If you are using a lot of roses in your pressed flower pictures , you may find it worthwhile making up a small stock of finished roses in different colours to save time when you are in an inspired mood and want to concentrate on a design rather than the various techniques involved . |
| 17 | Robert tried to concentrate on a spot just above the doctor 's head . |
| 18 | But schools now inevitably become more tense about a failing teacher or a teacher with personal problems or problems of health who may not be able to concentrate on a pupil 's assessable skills . |
| 19 | My nightmare is trying to concentrate on a guest while really wondering at what point I can break off the conversation to same some dish or saucepan from being welded to the oven forever . |
| 20 | You may be asked to concentrate on a pinpoint of light or on a particular spot on the ceiling while the therapist makes his suggestions of relaxation . |
| 21 | JUSTIN FASHANU , player and assistant manager of Third Division Torquay , is quitting football at the end of the season to concentrate on a career in broadcasting . |
| 22 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 23 | erm In principle it should be possible to be able to speak into a microphone , or to write on a pad , with a pencil , and the computer would be connected to the microphone or the pad and would take in and interpret what you 've done , without having to learn this rather clumsy method of putting things in one letter at a time . |
| 24 | To eat chalk is as foolish as to try to write on a blackboard with cheese ! |
| 25 | Mid morning he would yell out to the trainees during lulls in activity : " Everyone off the phone " When all had complied , he instructed them each to write on a piece of paper ten numbers out of the 40 that corresponded with the internal telephone lines . |
| 26 | But it does , you are not precluded from allowing a youngster to write on a report . |
| 27 | They are therefore both concerned to establish on a number of different fronts how the precepts of law can be related to reality . |
| 28 | Classification by audience age has proved an acceptable limitation to impose on a cinema audience , and may also warn of the type of experience on offer . |
| 29 | How to comment on a proposal : When you make observations on a planning application you should only comment on planning grounds . |
| 30 | He suggests , for instance , that the auditors should be asked to comment on a statement of working capital produced by the directors . |