Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will reform the system for allocating grants to local councils and introduce less centralised rules on capital spending , enabling councils to make prudent long-term investment . |
| 2 | The emphasis on fast food operations has brought into play appliances which concentrate extremely high temperatures on raw products containing fats and other volatile substances . |
| 3 | Here the strange , tilted cliffs of the Corniche begin , layers of schist or of limestone that slide off into the water at an angle of 45 degrees and there make starkly visible ridges on the seabed . |
| 4 | From the point of view of production , it is clear that spoken and written language make somewhat different demands on language-producers . |
| 5 | Lay down all pads on the intersections of the 0.1″ matrix so that they match the pinouts of the various components used . |
| 6 | We send in negative data on our peers — those who are competing with us for more powerful positions . |
| 7 | These objects therefore provide only weak constraints on our model . |
| 8 | The reason this seems paradoxical is that we place so much emphasis on natural selection as the driving force of evolution . |
| 9 | Company accountants also want more detailed information on the way employees are spending money . |
| 10 | Carefully nip off older flowers on cyclamen and African violets , leaving no stalks which can rot . |
| 11 | He used to keep their pay packets in his safe and only dole out enough money on a daily basis to see them through , to save them from getting robbed . |
| 12 | The VAT charges of 8 per cent next year and 17.5 per cent in 1995 will , she fears , place even greater burdens on her over-stretched budget , in spite of the Chancellor 's promise that the cost will be met by benefit increases . |
| 13 | The small number of first papers published in high-ranking journals by Dundee and Strathclyde universities suggests either that both departments place relatively limited importance on publication in such journals , or that the work itself was not suitable for publication in them . |
| 14 | The small number of first papers published in high-ranking journals by Dundee and Strathclyde universities suggests either that both departments place relatively limited importance on publication in such journals , or that the work itself was not suitable for publication in them . |
| 15 | Humans , the experts at text recognition , place relatively little importance on pattern recognition information once they become fluent readers . |
| 16 | The project will investigate formally the gains that result from coordinated policies on CO2 emissions , as against unilateral policies , and suggest how international agreements on CO2 emissions may be designed so as to ensure they are sustainable . |
| 17 | EAGER Halifax have snapped up New Zealand Test forward Emosi Koloto on a month 's loan . |
| 18 | Real crimes used as the subject ( not the theme ) for books of fiction provide yet another branch on the great tree that we should look at . |
| 19 | This is because Japanese corporations place very little emphasis on merger as a mechanism of growth or diversification of business . |
| 20 | Although functionalism and Marxism provide very different perspectives on society , they have a number of factors in common . |
| 21 | Many farmers place too much emphasis on tidiness . |
| 22 | If we place too much weight on direct financial controls it is all too easy to miss other less visible ways in which the Japanese state has systematically supported the position of large companies . |
| 23 | There are other sections in this book that focus in more detail on various unwanted feelings . |
| 24 | WHY is it that hotel owners and operators put so much emphasis on recruiting professional ‘ hotel designers ’ to create the right hotel , but , when it comes to the inclusion of leisure facilities , then they appear to approach any designer , with the impression that it can be addressed from a design viewpoint just like any other area ? |
| 25 | I was a little concerned that you put so much emphasis on return to work . |
| 26 | It 's like , I 've already been asked , and I 've refused , and I want to know why is it people put so much pressure on you to get married ? |
| 27 | Or that one must approach at an angle of attack of precisely 10 degrees , and attain exactly 18 degrees on take-off ? |
| 28 | The excluded males range over large areas on the outskirts of the little community . |
| 29 | Potential licensees have to register their interest in the latest group of pits by July 2 and will be able to visit a colliery and receive more detailed information on payment of a £10,000 bond . |
| 30 | In many ways he 's got a thankless task — he and his colleagues have to build partnerships between bodies and individuals who often hold totally opposite views on how Scotland 's countryside should be protected . |