Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And finally , some concluding remarks are offered on the ways in which additional linguistic frameworks may be brought to bear on the same linguistic data . |
| 2 | And not for Descartes either , who expelled them in order to concentrate on the immediate mechanical causes of natural phenomena . |
| 3 | The fellow shrugged and Athelstan tried not to concentrate on the great yellowing ulcer on the right side of his face , the pus now suppurating , bubbling out , staining his -cheek . |
| 4 | They agreed to concentrate on the under-age international sides and to the inauguration of a development squad . |
| 5 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the many important proposition for future policy and action by CCW contained in this paper . |
| 6 | Lord Bath 's personal assistant refused to comment on the festive olive branch . |
| 7 | I will certainly look with compassion in days to come on the three hon. Members whom I have not been able to call on the statement , but we have a busy day ahead of us . |
| 8 | The gangs had already been selected to work on the other three small coasters which had arrived over the past weekend . |
| 9 | In 1984 Denison set up his own practice , Denison Peters Limited , to work on the first big project on the Leeds riverside , a housing scheme of part converted corn chandlers and part newly built flats . |
| 10 | Scotland will hold a public practice at Murrayfield today , though part of it will likely be in camera — when the forwards head indoors to work on the hydraulic scrummaging machine . |
| 11 | There are 400 commitments to take forward in the next year — from proposals for new standards for indoor air quality to work on the major international agreements which we hope will be signed at the earth summit in Brazil in June 1992 . |
| 12 | The fact that resources which should have been released at point B are not available to work on the next planned project until point C is an ‘ opportunity cost ’ and will quite possibly result in that project being delayed too . |
| 13 | The fact that resources which should have been released at point B are not available to work on the next planned project until point C is an ‘ opportunity cost ’ and will quite possibly result in that project being delayed too . |
| 14 | After five sentences , stop and pause , take a deep breath , look out of the window , then come back to work on the next five sentences . |
| 15 | Miguel slipped off his casual shoes and began to pull on the black cuban-heeled boots he picked up from the floor . |
| 16 | That surely places a responsibility on any Government of any political complexion to trample on the bogus libertarian appeal of the tobacco and advertising industries that they are only offering choice . |
| 17 | So , Sir , I have been able to reflect on the inherent good sense of the people of Worcester over the years I have been privileged to be the Member for that constituency . |
| 18 | The deterioration of relations between the two Korean states diminished any faint hopes of securing a compromise and Rhee ruled out using trade to improve contacts , UNCOK being left to reflect on the unstable internal situation and the combustible nature of the border along the 38th parallel . |
| 19 | At Rackhams in Birmingham , sales have already beaten last year 's figures after the store decided to open on the last four Sundays before Christmas . |
| 20 | Around 2,000 of the strikers attempted to march on the Supreme Soviet , but were held back by police in Riga 's Cathedral Square . |
| 21 | Yet the British advocates of EMU , such as Sir Leon Brittan , prefer to dwell on the supposed practical benefits , playing down the political implications . |
| 22 | IBM and Fiat Engineering were invited to participate and in 1987 the interdisciplinary Neapolis project was set up to focus on the vast archaeological site of Pompeii . |
| 23 | In bilingual communities undergoing a process of language shift , the sexes are likely to focus on the new monolingual norm at different rates ( Gal 1979 ) . |
| 24 | But here the descriptions play an important role , and serious students would do well to read them carefully ; for not only do they tell more than any photograph ever can , including technical details of construction , but , when studied with the photographs , or in front of the objects themselves , they are invaluable in helping to focus on the many significant details which might otherwise go unnoticed . |
| 25 | Finally , in the climax to episode five , the camera pans up the colonnades of Westminster Abbey to focus on the fully-grown alien monster , its fronds and tendrils twitching . |
| 26 | This has led planners to focus on the substantial private sector already in existence in some countries . |
| 27 | This led him to focus on the top social stratum as the primary location of anomie , for it was power and not poverty that facilitated too easily the personal achievement of socially inculcated cultural ambitions . |
| 28 | I have tried , although in a condensed form , to focus on the dominant technical problems of today 's art market . |
| 29 | For a few moments her still-sleepy eyes refused to focus on the dramatic black handwriting . |
| 30 | IAN WILLIAMS , A WELSH NURSE , WORKED FOR THE BRITISH RED CROSS IN KISMAYO , SOMALIA , IN THE SUMMER OF 1992 , A TIME WHEN THE WORLD 'S MEDIA CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE CONTINUING CIVIL WAR IN THIS FAMINE-STRICKEN COUNTRY , HE SEES THE SUFFERING OF SOMALIA ROOTED IN CLAN DIVISIONS … |