Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television is such a visual medium that we all tend to concentrate on the images and not the words . |
| 2 | In public bureaucracies there may be conflicts of interest between different levels of the hierarchy arising from the values which different strata bring to bear on the policies being pursued by the government . |
| 3 | My scope here is necessarily limited , and I propose to concentrate on the relationships between the political parties and the social collectivities which have furnished their support blocs . |
| 4 | Those with very small buccal capsules , like the trichostrongyloids , or simple oral openings , like the ascaridoids , generally feed on mucosal fluid and cell debris , while others , such as the oxyuroids , appear to scavenge on the contents of the lower gut . |
| 5 | oh tell mummy I want to play on the bikes |
| 6 | I want to spy on the shrubs . " |
| 7 | Some of these sanctuaries appear to lie on the boundaries between civitates , an indicator that they almost certainly date back to the Iron Age and marked tribal limits . |
| 8 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 9 | Companies appear to rely on the perceptions of their own managers on the spot , with a loyalty to head office . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll tell you , ’ he said , ‘ I hope to die on the railways . ’ |
| 11 | Work on the Museum now reports that the wing control surfaces have recently been reworked and they hope to have on the wings themselves restarted soon . |
| 12 | There will be some serious disillusion to follow on the heels of the euphoria of freedom . |
| 13 | In Africa , there are frogs that manage to breed on the branches of trees . |
| 14 | It has peacocks , which like to sit on the seats when visitors are scarce , a compound with a few docile wild animals in , a small lake , a free-standing part of a Gothic cloister from the ruined abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan which was removed and re-erected here , and , if you can find them among the shrubbery , busts of two French poets , one of whom was born in the town while the other went to school here : the native was the arch Romantic Théophile Gautier , whose bust in the Jar din Massey was sculpted by his exotic daughter Judith , the outsider Jules Laforgue , the strange , consumptive young poet who so influenced T. S. Eliot and died at twenty-seven . |
| 15 | Then he said , ‘ Just try to concentrate on the patients . |
| 16 | Try to reflect on the consequences , both for yourself and for others , of having taken each course of action . |
| 17 | I try to turn on the lights but there has either been a power cut or the club 's generator has been switched off . |
| 18 | He has promised to make a decision before the end of this week , but most party leaders predict he will be persuaded by the Clinton sweep to stay on the sidelines . |
| 19 | Most comfort eaters enjoy it while they 're eating , but the downside is they soon start to pile on the pounds . |
| 20 | ‘ But there is great potential and we aim to build on the skills of the people . ’ |
| 21 | Therefore , before embarking on any research project we must make clear that we intend to act on the results . |
| 22 | Even in Sicily , where unemployment is high , Tunisians come to work on the boats for low pay , no questions asked . |
| 23 | So the whoopers tend to congregate on the lochs near the sea , many of which are fertilised by nutrients draining from the surrounding croft — and farmland . |
| 24 | And if you refuse to go on the grounds of this silly prejudice against a man you have n't even met , just because you disapprove of the way he 's made his money , that makes you a bigot , Virginia Chester ! |
| 25 | It did , however , illustrate how people in Britain often have good ideas for inventions but then have to sit on the sidelines as no one is prepared to back them . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's something in that , ’ Hari agreed , ‘ but , for the moment , I have to concentrate on the ladies ’ shoes so that they are ready for the people from the theatre to take with them when they move on to Somerset . ’ |
| 27 | How much better it would be for ministers to be seen in the constituencies giving us the ammunition we need to fight on the doorsteps . ’ |
| 28 | You next need to decide on the kinds of exercise you might choose to do . |
| 29 | Brigadier , life is er hard enough in the Army when you 're being toughened up for the sort of rigours you have to face on the streets of Belfast for example |
| 30 | In the meantime counsellors have to rely on the officers at the scene to specifically ask victims if they want help , perhaps with the use of a leaflet . |