Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] on [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , this at least is indisputable : that however it may have seemed to Cole in 1944 , justification by success has lost its validity : and the loss prompts the question whether the Movement should re-appraise its purposes so as to establish Co-operation on a broader and securer footing . |
| 2 | He was no carpenter but he did his best and he began to sell wood on a larger scale . |
| 3 | They wintered in the lush lowlands of canyons on the Grande Ronde and Imnaha valleys , wandering up Joseph Creek in the spring to harvest kouse on the higher meadows . |
| 4 | The Partnership had helped to stabilize conditions in the inner city , partly as a result of encouraging a range of organizations to focus attention on the older urban core . |
| 5 | Instead we begin to see things on a bigger canvas . |
| 6 | It was like the sort of bullying you see in a public school yard carried out by men who are supposed to be professional politicians to put pressure on the weaker ones and the new boys . |