Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is noticeable that overgrowth cements only develop on biogenic carbonate grains , and do not form where the skeletal wall has been heavily bored by fungi or algae ( thus forming a ‘ micrite ’ envelope ) . |
| 2 | Offpiste spring snow is easy to ski and smooth so concentrate on regular breathing ( in as you start the turn , out as you complete it ) , think ‘ light ’ and fly like a bird . |
| 3 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 4 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 5 | Soon to be all change on this route : the French company , SNAT , pulls out towards the end of April . |
| 6 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |
| 7 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 8 | Similarly , we might claim to have a right to private property on account of having interests which crucially depend on private ownership . |
| 9 | There are few gardens in which suitable roses can not be encouraged to grow , for the assumption that they only flourish on heavy clay is a misconception . |
| 10 | There would be every justification for her to stay at home most of the time and only emerge on joint engagements with her husband . |
| 11 | One response is to turn away and say that research is difficult and irrelevant and so rely on practical experience and rules of thumb . |
| 12 | Although Napoleon was not much use on this occasion , the full-size skeleton has an important role to play in the future . |
| 13 | ‘ I only indulge on special occasions , darling . ’ |
| 14 | Delacroix 's journal is articulate , concerned with other arts as well as painting , besides containing much comment on contemporary life . |
| 15 | Ian Perry , fed up with the daily commute on overcrowded trains and a boring bank job in the City , traded in his four-bedroomed detached house in New Malden for a village post office and general store in Paul , near Land 's End . |
| 16 | It is very easy to demonstrate a break between Palaeozoic life and Mesozoic life if Palaeozoic specialists only work on Palaeozoic fossils and if Mesozoic specialists only work on their Mesozoic descendants . |
| 17 | The character recogniser is the only module that actually suggests possible interpretations of the input — the other modules merely work on these suggestions , eliminating various possibilities or modifying their plausibility each time . |
| 18 | For the reasons that I have given , I am sceptical of the existing system and therefore I rarely speak on such motions . |
| 19 | Certainly he or she would exclude illustrations less than adequate for use with children , but not economise on full stops in practical worksheets . |
| 20 | Certainly he or she would exclude illustrations less than adequate for use with children , but not economise on full stops in practical worksheets . |
| 21 | I know as good as the next man what is hip but we decided to forget all that and just concentrate on good songs . |
| 22 | Well if I can just draw your attention to that figure now , just concentrate on that figure |
| 23 | In relation to the recommendations Chair , I just pick on four points , the first one is , that at the political level , the proposal in the paper , and I should say , erm , and this is a matter of judgment , but it was widely supported by people I spoke to , there was considerable uncertainty and ambiguity in people 's minds about , about the present structure , in terms of the responsibilities of the J C C , vis a vis the community care advisory sub-committee . |
| 24 | The classifications we use normally depend on fine-grained analysis of language , and I move on in section 3.6 to the analytic aspects of the work . |
| 25 | Bremner felt strongly that workers should have the chance to explore their own personal agendas on sexuality in general , and not just focus on gay men and lesbians in particular . |
| 26 | NHS dentists already earn on average £10,000 a year less than doctors and they 're not willing to take a £6,000 pay cut . |
| 27 | NHS dentists already earn on average £10,000 a year less than doctors and they 're not willing to take a £6,000 pay cut . |
| 28 | Instead of agonising over an indefinable concept of pain , why do we not simply study the individual 's efforts to stabilise its internal environment and then aid it or , at least , not intrude on those efforts without good reason ? |
| 29 | Dr. Lorrimer told me that I ought to find out all I can and not just look on this job as routine . " |
| 30 | They no longer rely on outside air to fill the bladder , but have special glands for manufacturing gas . |