Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then you may consider relying on outside designers to create the masters while your operators simply fill in the gaps . |
| 2 | The bookseller expressed no surprise that Mr Mitterrand , a client of 40 years ' standing , should go browsing on such a crucial day . |
| 3 | The leader of the Bosnian Serbs has given an assurance to the United Nations that they 'll stop firing on non-military targets in Sarajevo . |
| 4 | ‘ We could get going on that next week , ’ said Susan . |
| 5 | Because animals such as these feed on other things at other times of the year , they can not develop specialised nectar-collecting apparatus , for that would make feeding on other substances difficult if not impossible . |
| 6 | An independent Central Bank might provide such a restraint , and so might the constitutional amendment , suggested in Friedman and Friedman ( 1980 ) , which obliges the government to expand the money stock at some fixed rate and which would make cheating on this obligation illegal . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the education minister , Piet Marais , launched a programme yesterday to desegregate South African schools and said the government would equalise spending on black and white children in next year 's budget . |
| 8 | Norman Lamont said he had accounted for tax levels imposed on other kinds of gambling and the extent to which the lottery , which is to begin next year , would reduce spending on other types of gambling . |
| 9 | Whether it will consider lending on converted leasehold flats . |
| 10 | We will reduce spending on military research and development , and shift the resources saved into the civilian sector . |
| 11 | Blonde Sara Dallin and sultry Keren Woodward , both 30 , will release Movin' On next week . |
| 12 | So next year French and Belgian radio will start broadcasting on these frequencies . |
| 13 | We will increase spending on public transport , housing , hospitals and schools , on energy efficiency and conservation projects and on education and training — all sensible investments for the country 's future . |