Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager would have had them all in at 8 a.m. , forcing them to try on the latest zipper tops over their Iron Maiden T-shirts , and making them practise slouching around the sales floor trying to look cool in clothes designed to save lives in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 2 | to bear on the profoundest tragedy |
| 3 | What we can do , however , is to concentrate on the commonest group of small animals ( in fact the commonest group of all animals ) , the insects , and study their life-cycles . |
| 4 | Do you do you want to comment on the lowest figure ? |
| 5 | With the help of the ESRC , the Yorkshire Dales National Park hope to transform countryside interpretation into an active and creative means of bringing landowners , policymakers and the public together to work on the best way to manage one of the great scenic treasures of northern England , yet maintain a healthy rural economy . |
| 6 | And they will tell you that you do n't necessarily have to fish on the priciest beats to find good sport . |
| 7 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever : it expects to invite 50 to 75 user groups worldwide to participate , get 35 to 50 of them actually involved and circulate 10,000 multiple-choice questionnaires in six languages : English , French , German , Spanish , Chinese and Japanese ; it is now trying to figure out how to get feedback from the non-industrial nations ; results will probably appear in Rome in early December . |
| 8 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever . |
| 9 | British historians are especially fortunate in being able to draw on the oldest tradition of popular autobiography in the world . |
| 10 | He liked to take ideas gently , to get time to meditate on the best modes of expressing truth . |
| 11 | Then get together with your team to agree on the best approach to communications , consultation and obtaining commitment in your area . |
| 12 | The members of the Board have to decide on the best methods of bringing work and money into the region . |
| 13 | The task might be to review the progress of a project or to plan a piece of action or to analyse a problem or to decide on the best solution to a problem . |
| 14 | To decide on the best alternative |
| 15 | Add the Yorkshire pudding batter to the tin and leave to cook on the highest shelf for 25–30 minutes until golden brown and crisp . |
| 16 | In reality , few farmers wear complete protection at the tank , and the operation is so messy that liquid is bound to get on the smallest area of exposed skin . |
| 17 | If either party has the option to require the instrument to be redeemed or cancelled and , under the terms of the instrument , it is uncertain as to whether such an option will be exercised , the term should be taken to end on the earliest date at which the instrument would be redeemed or cancelled on exercise of such an option . |
| 18 | In accordance with paragraph 14 of the [ draft ] FRS , the term of convertible debt with a premium put option should be considered to end on the earliest date at which the holder has the option to require redemption . |
| 19 | Specialist property advisers have been appointed to value all the properties of the bus group and to advise on the best treatment of those properties in the course of the sale . |
| 20 | Its sole aim is to set you thinking along constructive lines , to indicate what is possible , to advise on the best sources of information and to help you avoid the pitfalls that can trap the unwary . |
| 21 | Legend held that once a year an angel came to dance on the highest peak . |
| 22 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 23 | SHADOW Minister Kate Hoey was sacked by Labour leader John Smith today after defying orders to abstain on the latest Maastricht Bill vote . |