Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Many existing maps concentrate on urban areas , but the National Register of Maps for the Visually Handicapped in London ( 071–873 2599 ) is building up a library of rural maps too . |
| 32 | ‘ Another story touching on wet days : poor old Mrs Suggett told me it . |
| 33 | Chapter 8 takes up another theme from chapter 6 : why managerial strategies concentrate on particular issues rather than others . |
| 34 | Judge Allen told Clarke : ‘ Nothing this court can do can remedy the harm caused by your decision to drive on that day . ’ |
| 35 | The nasal-directed response in young infants has been widely interpreted as reflecting a functional crossed pathway , direct to the NOT , with the temporal-directed response depending on later maturation of an uncrossed pathway through binocular cortical neurons . |
| 36 | Costa Rica and Panama agreed on ecological protection measures for their joint border areas . |
| 37 | The profit the investors/ shareholders make on eventual encashment looks like a capital gain but , by statute , is not taxed as such . |
| 38 | On 9 January 1872 the Minute Book kept by the clerk now called Registrar , recorded the commitment of Richard Piper sued by Henry Pierpoint for 5s ( money lent on 14 November 1871 ) . |
| 39 | So on this tour , because I 'm playing so much off stage , I have the opportunity to work on certain things , certain licks here and there , and then the next night I can go out and actually play them live . |
| 40 | The three businesses comprise 60.9%-owned San Diego-based subsidiary GTI Corp , which makes magnetic components for the local area network market ; UK-based Zetex , a specialist analogue semiconductor manufacturer for the data storage market ; and Trend , which has now completely moved out of defence to concentrate on dedicated telecommunications test equipment . |
| 41 | It will also meet with resistance from some of the groups that stand to gain from such policies because of the grip that the ideology of inequality has on British society . |
| 42 | It was only sometimes that I 'd wake and find Bernard snoring on one side of me and Uncle Bill giving an occasional snort on the other . |
| 43 | The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opens this month in a privately funded $150-million building located on 1.9 acres of government land adjacent to the National Mall . |
| 44 | Essentially , what the communications course does is to bring to the fore issues which had hitherto been considered marginal ; it brings the perspectives of a variety of disciplines to bear on one subject . |
| 45 | The Scotsman reported on I September that " members of the Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union intend to remain at work in the event of a strike " . |
| 46 | My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue . |
| 47 | Experts say on 12 October it will wipe out the hard disc of any machine it has entered . |
| 48 | Graham commented that in practice budgeting was usually a matter of upgrading finding bared on historical foundations rather than calculating what was required for the services that were needed , and he referred to university funding being ‘ budget-led ’ rather than ‘ product-led ’ . |
| 49 | It also recommends that excavations be coordinated at a national level , albeit at the same time as more powers are devolved to the regions , this decentralisation freeing the CSRS of its administrative and financial role and giving it the freedom to concentrate on scholarly matters , with — and this is a novelty — systematic recourse to the advice of outside experts . |
| 50 | He needs to have time and freedom to concentrate on proper spending ! ) |
| 51 | No counsel appearing on this appeal has attempted to defend those findings of fact or suggest that the reasons are in any way adequate . |
| 52 | She is wearing her party smile which slashes to a snarling slaver and she makes it to the kitchen where cold steal lies on Dutch tiles . |
| 53 | ‘ The Graces dwelt on ev'ry Limb : |
| 54 | The Leith line had another branch added on 1 August 1903 to South Leith Docks from Newhaven via Bonnington , Leith Walk and Seafield . |
| 55 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on this draft PPG Note . |
| 56 | The adjudication officer is then asked to respond and the claimant is given an opportunity to comment on those responses . |
| 57 | He will also notify the authority and any person named in the complaint as having taken or authorised the action complained of , giving them an opportunity to comment on any allegations contained in the complaint . |
| 58 | He has the opportunity to comment on these documents before forwarding them to the Church Commissioners . |
| 59 | It is customary , however , for the Commission to publish drafts of legislation before submission to the Council of Ministers , and Parliament does , therefore , have the opportunity to comment on these drafts before they pass into law . |
| 60 | Cook published books and pamphlets of advice to women travellers which contained every detail of suitable dress — even to a preference for button , rather than elastic-sided boots , which made ankles swell on lengthy tours of museums , cathedrals and ruins . |