Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which management powers over generation were devolved depended on the central triumvirate of Citrine , Self and Hacking , and not on a statutorily entrenched position . |
| 2 | Some 171 full members and 107 alternate members ( with 300 other sundry officials looking on ) met to agree on the new ‘ proposals for the ten-year programme ( 1991–2000 ) and eighth five-year plan ( 1991–95 ) ’ . |
| 3 | It was a dramatic and impractical outfit of a kind I only expected to see on the male models who posed in the more outlandish fashion magazines that our rich clients brought aboard Wavebreaker , yet Jesse Isambard Sweetman managed to wear the elaborate style with an elegant insouciance . |
| 4 | ( 10 ) Acceptance of the cash underwritten alternative and the consequent disposal of the consideration shares might give rise to a liability to capital gains tax depending on the individual circumstances of the accepting shareholder . |
| 5 | Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground . |
| 6 | Do you do you want to comment on the lowest figure ? |
| 7 | We would n't want to comment on the comparative merits of your Minitex and Barbara Smith 's Erka which we show below but it is interesting that the Minitex cost £42.10s.0d in 1950 and the Erka 45 guineas in 1960 . |
| 8 | I do n't really want to comment on the last issue really , I think we 've probably said enough on that , er the the issue of the effect on West Yorkshire . |
| 9 | They agreed to concentrate on the under-age international sides and to the inauguration of a development squad . |
| 10 | I intend to concentrate on the two subjects of today 's debate , education and employment . |
| 11 | Because of time , I intend to concentrate on the European dimension . |
| 12 | This has meant that many studies tend to concentrate on the objective assessment of a fiscally quantifiable reality . |
| 13 | What sources of power can groups and key individuals bring to bear on the budgetary process ? |
| 14 | We bring to bear on the various officers and employees and shareholders and others associated with the corporation our ordinary standards of personal responsibility . |
| 15 | Even the Trade and Industry Select Committee , which produced a lengthy report on the investigation system during 1990 , almost totally ignored the very existence of the s 447 enquiries , preferring to concentrate on the public inspections . |
| 16 | So the GEC approach was blocked while BOC 's lawyers got to work on the proposed take-over . |
| 17 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received on the proposed council tax . |
| 19 | The Institute has played a major part in the development of the Construction Industry Council and the policies it has developed on the key issues affecting the industry . |
| 20 | If it means that it has to go on the other side of the road , could we please have that . |
| 21 | But if there is no molecular symmetry other than the plane , the x and y axes are not uniquely determined by the symmetry and in-plane vibrations and may give a/b-hybrid bands depending on the relative directions of the A and B axes and the dipole change . |
| 22 | So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight . |
| 23 | How this relationship has been perceived by both partners has depended on the particular historical and economic context . |
| 24 | Clearly the most drastic punishment for a firm that has reneged on the collusive agreement would be for the other firms to force it to its security level , either forever or for some specified number of time periods . |
| 25 | For example , the recent articles on minor surgery in general practice could be circulated to those on or applying to go on the minor surgery list . |
| 26 | What kind of people what you expect to see on the local council in Nottingham ? |
| 27 | It has relied on the basic techniques of literature searching , interviews with individuals and organisations and an examination of key industry forecasts , reviews and analysis . |
| 28 | ‘ Want to come on the Grand Canyon with me ? ’ |
| 29 | In the past he has sat on the central committee and was chairman of the London branch . |
| 30 | There may be a booklet on the subject , a special expert in the technical department who has sat on the relevant government fact-finding commission or a market research survey giving the latest market trends , any of which would help the journalists far more than the standard handouts . |