Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly . |
| 2 | It was natural that the original biological positivists should focus exclusively on the criminal , since they were committed to the view that the causes of crime were to be found in the individual 's biological make-up . |
| 3 | Think again — T J Rodgers , president and chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor Corp told a Congressional committee on Wednesday last week that there is no monolithic support for Clinton 's budget proposals — the government should not try to build information networks , but ‘ untangle the morass of bureaucracy and regulations ’ that prevent existing fibre optic networks from reaching homes , he said ; he called for deeper cuts in the budget deficit and the end of ‘ wasteful and unnecessary ’ government programmes ; ‘ Washington should stay away from the intricacies of high-tech competition … it should focus instead on the infrastructure of competition , ’ he said ; he also presented written comments criticising the Clinton plan from officials or directors of Amdahl Corp , Cisco Systems Inc , Conner Peripherals Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 4 | Outlining the proposals , which will be put in writing to the Bank of England task force set up in to pick up the pieces after Taurus , Mr Pearson said the key point was that any new system should focus solely on the professional market — leaving the private shareholder with paper certificates and the existing fortnightly settlement system . |
| 5 | Moreover , we should concentrate less on the education of an élite , and more on the average standards of attainment . |
| 6 | Whether doctors should concentrate solely on the clinical aspects of general practice or act in a wider capacity to tackle the underlying causes of ill health is a subject often discussed . |
| 7 | A private individual who buys a minority shareholding in a non-dividend paying private company as a pure portfolio investment must do so on the basis of some prospect which , if realised , will provide him with the return he seeks . |
| 8 | Extensions to Belfast 's port facilities and to its harbour airport , announced last week , must encroach further on the mudflats at Belfast Lough , Alison McCloy , of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , warned in a lecture . |
| 9 | erm , nevertheless I must report again on the plan eighty eight er on the A ten eighty eight , principally because even in England people realize that the villages in |
| 10 | Training for speed must work repeatedly on the fast twitch fibres on a stop — go basis . |
| 11 | For electrons moving freely in the layer , albeit in two dimensions only , classical theory says that the Hall voltage should depend inversely on the density of mobile electrons : more electrons means a lower voltage . |
| 12 | These opinions are based on the factual conclusions , but also must depend heavily on the experience of the writer of the report and on his knowledge of the subject under consideration . |
| 13 | If the alleged exception is valid , it must be valid whenever and wherever the sovereign speaks ‘ to the Commonwealth ’ : it must apply equally on the Feast of Stephen and on Holy Innocents Day ; it must apply whether she addressed ‘ the Commonwealth ’ from London or Ottawa or Delhi . |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman were interested in patient care , instead of opposing NHS trust proposals in principle , he would look at the merits of the proposals and decide whether they should go ahead on the basis of the interests of patient care — and that is precisely what my right hon. Friend will do . |
| 15 | For that we must rely more on the intentions and attitudes of potential parents , and the importance of children for parents , and cast our ideas rather wider , beyond economic trends and family finance . |
| 16 | The tragedy must rest solely on the simple problem of the relation between his intense loyalty to his followers and to his lord , and his own pride as the supreme warrior . |
| 17 | The objectors really should reflect more on the alternatives . |
| 18 | Both US and Soviet intermediate-range missiles in Europe were to be eliminated entirely , without reference to the British and French deterrents ( this was a concession as compared with the Soviet position at Geneva ) ; and discussions should start immediately on the elimination of such missiles from Asia , and on shorter-range or tactical missiles . |
| 19 | When a recording is ‘ live ’ , as this one is , it should say so on the cover , and if that 's too difficult or exhausting there should be mention of it at the beginning of the booklet . |
| 20 | Local authorities have no general power to make ex gratia payments , but may do so on the recommendation of the local government ombudsman . |
| 21 | So but er the overseas fellow , You know I 'll consider just on the same level , and ofte Well I never saw any er what you 'd call bickering and biding between the black and the white student . |
| 22 | From time to time a harassed mother might rap angrily on the window to complain that she could n't get her push-chair past the car , which I had parked blocking the pavement . |
| 23 | The idea that a child 's intelligence might depend solely on the intelligences of his or her parents seems commonsensical : all around us we see clever kids born of clever parents . |
| 24 | Upper Gumtree , it seemed to me , might revive spectacularly on the morrow , given oats , fresh air and exercise . |
| 25 | He 'll sit there on the floor with them and play with the magnets . |
| 26 | Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) . |
| 27 | This reading of the effect of the " fabliau entelechy " on religious imagery can also be applied to what appears as a singularly stark , socially satirical statement in this tale , the concluding lines to the portrait of Alison : These could focus critically on the selfish pleasure-taking of lords with town " wenches " , whom yeomen of lower status have to wed . |
| 28 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 29 | With him timing the lines , the star could concentrate just on the emotional truth of his acting , and the result was very powerful . |
| 30 | Not only that but the Board predicted that with its second station it could improve substantially on the Sizewell performance , setting British construction times and operating records among the best in the world . |