Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The committee has to go on record and declare that a drastic reduction in these resources will place the parish structure of the Kirk in jeopardy and seriously damage its mission to the people of Scotland . ’ |
| 2 | Her wardrobe is full of tops — from the smart blouses she needs to wear on TV to a colourful collection of jumpers that she can wear around the home . |
| 3 | The new parent wants to concentrate on rail traction vehicles for railways , industry and mining , which account for 90 per cent of LEW 's sales . |
| 4 | Diesel Cars : Why a good big-'un stands to win on economy points |
| 5 | Because retirement creates dependency , and dependency is undesirable , retirement is unlikely to be chosen voluntarily ; therefore the study of retirement has to focus on labour demand from employers , not labour supply from workers . |
| 6 | Inevitably , when the TV wants to focus on sex , the Catholic Church comes up front again ! |
| 7 | City Comment : Industry starts to advance on tax |
| 8 | Is this what he wants to hear on Radio 3 ? |
| 9 | When there are limits on borrowing , a company or household in financial distress has to survive on cash flow . |
| 10 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 11 | Beyond that he has to rely on hand tools — planes , chisels , reamers , scrapers and the odd bicycle inner tube ( ‘ great for holding a psaltery in shape while working on the joints ’ ) . |
| 12 | It is an attempt to conform to a divine reality and standard that the soul can not ‘ see ’ at this early stage but which she has to take on faith . |
| 13 | Gartner has focused on the mid-range — apart from the money it has to spend on consultancy one assumes — because it believes the ‘ heritage of open systems has been to solve mid-range problems . ’ |
| 14 | Slim Plan is not a bit like that — for more inside information , read what Cookery Editor Moyra Fraser has to say on page 7 . |
| 15 | However , the Guardian of March 26 assessed that the Council 's composition suggested that " [ Gorbachev ] wants to bring on board a variety of different constituencies and force them to toe the line " . |
| 16 | The County Council plans to concentrate on traffic management measures instead . |
| 17 | Palace refuses to comment on baby rumours |
| 18 | Visiting the ruins of Tula in Mexico , Mr Palomar is torn between interpretation and non-interpretation , between the explanations of his knowledgeable friend , who transforms each mysterious stone into ‘ a cosmic tale , an allegory , a moral reflection ’ , and the attitude of the teacher with his little party of schoolchildren who resolutely refuses to speculate on meaning , preferring simply to show his pupils the thing that is there . |
| 19 | However , the scope of a fiduciary 's duties in any given circumstances will depend upon the nature of the relationship and what precisely he undertakes to do on behalf of his customer . |
| 20 | Thatcher refuses to budge on unity . |
| 21 | Thatcher refuses to budge on unity . |
| 22 | Broadly speaking , a fiduciary relationship will arise when one person undertakes to act on behalf of or for the benefit of another , often as an intermediary with a discretion or power that affects the interests of the other , and that other is in a position of vulnerability in relation to the fiduciary . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much his Department plans to spend on science in 1992-93 . |
| 24 | I invite her to come and sit at a table with Kurowski and me , but she prefers to remain on duty at the bar . |
| 25 | It tends to go on strike by pulling a muscle or twisting a joint . |
| 26 | Rice now intends to concentrate on writing and his own book-publishing interest , with Pavilion Books . |
| 27 | The 31-year-old Tynesider intends to concentrate on training until June 17 , when he plans to race in Verona . |
| 28 | Parallel to this contrast is another , that while the long-wave school tends to focus on production the regulationists see the wider social and political structures of society as being necessary to the maintenance of particular regimes of production . |
| 29 | With three years of system building and integration under its belt , the company intends to focus on software distribution and development for the next two or three years . |
| 30 | In December of the previous year the Leaders had paid an equally affectionate and touching tribute to a neighbour of Mr Ramsey 's , Mr James Lyske : ‘ This meeting desires to put on record their deep sense of a loss upon the death of Mr James Lyske , a Class Leader for many years , a life-long member of the Memorial Church and an official of the CE Society . |