Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government was last night presented with a challenge to act speedily on its declared intention to crack down on knife carrying in Scotland . |
| 2 | Expectations were that it would not be possible to bring forward legislation until the next session of parliament but Mr McFall is hoping that his bill will provide the Government with an earlier opportunity to act and prove ministers are serious about their declared intention to crack down on crime . |
| 3 | He was responsible for drawing up the first comprehensive anti-drugs strategy , unveiled in September 1989 , which involved increased spending , heavier penalties for casual users and incentives to drug-producing countries to clamp down on narcotics production . |
| 4 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 5 | Britain 's Liberal Democrats have called for urgent measures to tackle the health risks posed by air pollution , including more investment in public transport to cut down on exhaust emissions , the acceptance of World Health Organisation ( WHO ) monitoring guidelines , and an increase in air pollution monitoring stations . |
| 6 | On the other hand , a shot taken from a high angle to look down on the subject diminishes it and suggests a feeling of superiority . |
| 7 | It was then the moment for old colleagues to catch up on old times . |
| 8 | GLENN Hoddle 's almost instant decision to walk out on Swindon and join the much richer Chelsea is not unexpected , but still a little disappointing . |
| 9 | Unlike GM , the young company had no car-making base to fall back on , so it started afresh . |
| 10 | A FAST-TRACK law to clamp down on the carrying of knives in Scotland is to be backed by the Government . |
| 11 | Final addition is a button that electro-pneumatically locks the rear differential to help out on the serious off-road stuff . |
| 12 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
| 13 | I know it 's something a Samaritan would consider unprofessional , but I enjoyed getting verbal queerbashers to hang up on me because they could n't handle what I was telling them . |
| 14 | It 's a dangerous operation to set out on . |
| 15 | The estranged wife of the Marquis of Blandford says he 's making a real effort to get back on the straight and narrow . |
| 16 | Darman 's claim that this would save $47,000 million on social spending over the next five years drew a sceptical response from opposition Democrats , who feared that it masked a real intent to cut back on social programmes . |
| 17 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 18 | Ironically , a few days earlier , when Simonsen heard that the Scottish team were at the hotel , she had told a friend it was an ideal opportunity to brush up on her English . |
| 19 | They inevitably knock on the door on the one evening of the month when you 're dolled up in your glad rags to go out on the town . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a psychological boost to go back on top but we have been there before and we wo n't be getting too carried away . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not breaking my stated rule here and recommending this hotel , just saying that it is there and that if you could get the back bedrooms you would have a most remarkable scene to look out on . |
| 22 | Dorothy had glared phlegmatically around and said that would teach the silly little wretch to wander off on his own ; it was Helen who had rushed to and fro and eventually found Edward , white with shock , cowering beside one of the tills . |
| 23 | A hard-hitting campaign to cut down on accidents , and save lives AND money , has been launched by five safety and rescue services . |
| 24 | Harnessing the natural radiant energy of the sun seems an obvious way to cut down on ever-increasing fuel bills . |
| 25 | When that was too much like work there were all the domestic tasks to catch up on . |
| 26 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 27 | Fortunately , she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow £45,000 . |
| 28 | Beveridge was aware that , with few private resources to fall back on , most people would become poor unless basic national insurance benefits were paid at above the level that society deemed to be the minimum income level . |
| 29 | Love Books was continuing , Indica was open — although the premises rapidly became cramped — and there was Long Hair to look back on . |
| 30 | Eddie Thorning and I saw a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor , and make money by gaining competitive advantage through an oil-and-parts offer to workshops and petrol stations . ’ |