Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May 1977 the policy was amended , when it was decided to concentrate on a few tourist growth points in areas of rural depopulation where there was unrealized tourist potential . |
| 2 | Toscanini was clearly very much in tune with Mendelssohn 's music , but as in the case of other composers he tended to concentrate on a few scores , and not always those which were best . |
| 3 | In order to understand the press reporting of rape trials we need to concentrate on the few cases which got enormous publicity in 1985 . |
| 4 | The same old commentators are wheeled from channel to channel to comment on the same snippets of film . |
| 5 | The assistants were asked what help and training they needed in order to carry out their duties more effectively , and both head and class teacher were asked to comment on the same issues independently . |
| 6 | While it is certainly true that the central core never issued a single agreed programme , a considerable degree of cohesion does emerge from an examination of their critical writings , and an impression of shared novelistic values is suggested by their willingness ( to a greater or lesser extent ) to appear on the same platform at conferences on several occasions and to accept , however grudgingly , the ‘ nouveau roman ’ appellation . |
| 7 | In the final week , however , Waverley and Eildon are expected to appear on the same platform at public meetings . |
| 8 | The human mind — which , from this viewpoint , is the brain — is said to work on the same plan as a computer , with operations being carried out on physical symbols . |
| 9 | Owen 's mind had begun to work on the same lines . |
| 10 | And then there 're the classic multi-user applications , like sales order processing , where different users have to work on the same file at the same time . |
| 11 | It has very much the same facilities as Delta Five , but is single-user rather than allowing several people to work on the same data , and also has a lower limit on the number of records , transaction files , and so on ; nothing that would really present a problem , unless you were trying to use the system for a fairly large system , in which case you should be using Delta Five . |
| 12 | However , as before , No 7819 started in spectacular fashion only to falter on the latter part of the climb . |
| 13 | Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do . |
| 14 | Another aspect of improving quality will be to focus on the many areas where problems of poverty and unemployment will persist if special measures are not taken . |
| 15 | I want first to focus on the latter meaning , and to describe in some detail what teachers are talking about when they say they are stressed , or suffering from stress . |
| 16 | Courtaulds International will continue to focus on the same products and markets as before , supplying paint for a while range of end uses , from ships , chemical plants and houses to washing machines , furniture and beer cans . |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't like to play on the same team as him or even get changed in the vicinity of him , ’ he said a year ago , after Justin came out . |
| 18 | The pair , both 73 , decided to quit on the same day they celebrated their golden wedding . |
| 19 | At least , it would be pathetic if he always remembered to limp on the same leg . |
| 20 | He is an experienced manager and he knows that if a player is sitting on the treatment table for two or three weeks they are bound to put on a few pounds . ’ |
| 21 | You could afford to put on a few pounds . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We 're developing a spreadsheet product that will allow a group of people to interact on the same spreadsheet , so people can contribute different ideas , assumptions and scenarios to a common spreadsheet . |
| 23 | Faith , her boyfriend and I waited to ride on the same flight as the box . |
| 24 | Such a split should clarify the distribution of costs and make it easier for competing train services to run on the same track . |
| 25 | ‘ And I want it to go on the same way till I 'm free to offer you more . ’ |
| 26 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |
| 27 | That case can thus be seen to proceed on the same basis as the colore officii cases . |
| 28 | Many other contributions were of interest ! but it was strange to look on this picture and on that — to see on the same walls so many poor efforts at painting alongside of chef-d'oeuvres of artistic power . |
| 29 | But even if we did have some such reason — even if we thought it slightly more natural for right-handed people , who form the majority , to drive on the right — our reasons for wanting everyone to drive on the same side would still be much stronger . |
| 30 | He plans to continue on the all weather at Southwell and Lingfield up to Christmas . |