Example sentences of "[to-vb] on an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was the American Eagle Andy Dujakovich who set a new aquaplane world record when he slid , in a curtain of spray , from just inside his own half past the opposition 10 metre line in an attempt to swoop on an errant Puma . |
| 2 | Russia and Ukraine agreed on Aug. 29 to abide by their treaty of Nov. 19 , 1990 , guaranteeing borders , and promised to work on an economic agreement with the " states-subjects of the former Soviet Union " . |
| 3 | How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ? |
| 4 | Political and community structures must be changed to allow older people to participate on an equal basis with other age social groups . |
| 5 | This last observation allows us to speculate on an underlying principle that might link our two sets of findings . |
| 6 | These four volumes are of a convenient size to fit on an average-sized desk . |
| 7 | If we are willing to embark on an inner journey , we can discover all of the beliefs , expectations and hidden agendas through which we create our own lives , and begin to create the future of our Dreams . |
| 8 | The best of deciding to be ordained is the knowledge that you dimly see your future and have the courage to embark on an irreversible way and feel that at least you commit yourself to help humanity in its suffering or its moral predicament . |
| 9 | She needed careful , patient help from an interdisciplinary team , together with ‘ time out ’ in a residential institution , before she was ready to embark on an independent wheelchair life in a home of her own . |
| 10 | The talk , at least in the home camp , after Saturday 's match was of how Darlington are about to embark on an exciting rebirth . |
| 11 | The European Community is about to embark on an ambitious programme of research within the field of biotechnology and genetic diversity , within which plant taxonomic information systems are to play a part by linking taxonomic , molecular and genetic databases . |
| 12 | THE pride of the ‘ 74 Lions are to embark on an adventurous trip that could be more hazardous than their unbeaten trek through South Africa when they hit Ulster for a 20th anniversary bash next April ( writes JIM STOKES ) . |
| 13 | If you intend to take it seriously , you will eventually feel the need to attend a weekend workshop or you may even wish to embark on an extended study course . |
| 14 | An England source said : ‘ Geoff has always been willing to help on an unofficial basis . |
| 15 | It is rather implausibly said that Christian Doppler himself demonstrated his effect by hiring a brass band to play on an open railway truck as it rushed past his amazed audience . |
| 16 | In addition to the two partners , the project is to draw on an earlier agreement between Northern Telecom and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc for developing Service Management Systems . |
| 17 | And he must be able to put on an American accent . |
| 18 | However , in the case of an arbitration , either party has the right to insist on an oral hearing ( Henry Southeran v Norwich Union Life Assurance Society [ 1992 ] 31 EG 70 ) . |
| 19 | False figures for repeating exist , almost invariably , when governments attempt to insist on an automatic promotion rule or attempt to limit numbers of repeaters in upper classes . |
| 20 | This rule was founded on a principle of policy , for if sailors were in all events to have their wages , and in times of danger entitled to insist on an extra charge on such a promise as this , they would in many cases suffer a ship to sink , unless the captain would pay an extravagant demand they might think proper to make . ’ |
| 21 | And so those architects who remember the Third Reich are fearful of the politician 's desire to build on an imperial scale . |
| 22 | If you learned to fly on an American machine , you will expect to apply a little left foot as you raise the collective and increase the power . |
| 23 | It is an area of activity where it is possible to compete on an equal basis , with less of the difficulties of overcoming the discrimination found in commerce and industry in terms of employment ( July 1980 ) . |
| 24 | So even if the new authorities are small in scale this must not mean that District Council staff are at any advantage in obtaining jobs in the new authorities — staff here must be able to compete on an equal basis ( 5.7 ) . |
| 25 | Will he confirm that the Government will continue their policy of liberalisation in the telecommunications industry and continue to welcome foreign companies to compete on an equal basis in this country — provided that , in return , our companies can compete in those countries ? |
| 26 | Even in ideal cereal-growing country the sale of grain in the open market for milling or feeding is unlikely to be worthwhile for a smallholder who could not produce enough to compete on an adequate scale . |
| 27 | The value they place on your business is more likely to rest on an independent assessment than on your balance sheet and projections . |
| 28 | 2 They recognise that the system has tended to provide for " strong " government in that most post-war governments have been able to count on an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons , but they regard this strength as a bad thing . |
| 29 | In these situations they are able to contribute information and guidance regarding the problems that pupils have with visual activities and to consider on an individual basis the compounding effect that these may have in terms of the other disabilities from which the child may suffer . |
| 30 | on the one hand to provide a platform for asserting labor 's right to contend on an equal footing with capital but , on the other hand , to limit the very capacity to engage in militant confrontation . |