Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the [adj] [num] " in BNC.

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1 The gangs had already been selected to work on the other three small coasters which had arrived over the past weekend .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 As an example of our approach to regeneration areas , work on the redevelopment of the Crown Street project has progressed to the point where most of the roads and services are in place and work is about to start on the first 200 houses .
5 I guessed I had no more than four minutes before he got back to base , so I began to count on the old one-and-one , two-and-two , and so on principle in order to concentrate on the job in hand without looking at my watch .
6 Today we launch our campaign , as the Community Care Act causes more elderly people than ever to rely on the six million people who care for relatives at home .
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