Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I like , I 'll throw my dinner on the floor and put clams in my hair and have tantrums , and … ’ |
| 2 | He had asked Christina to attend this meeting too , saying he 'd value her opinion on the revised pool plans which Paul was bringing in . |
| 3 | IRELAND 'S comprehensive 17–3 demolition of England at Lansdowne Road yesterday will boost their representation on the Lions party to New Zealand later in the year . |
| 4 | That should concentrate their mind on the need to give any affected party the opportunity to make submission on any such departure and also to facilitate the communication of the nature of the departure to the affected party . |
| 5 | This is an exercise in persuasion , and requires composers who will focus their art on the simple and fundamental act of communication with their enthusiastic but tired , inattentive , restless , distracted and easily bored fellow human beings who none the less long to hear themselves in a not necessarily flattering mirror of music . |
| 6 | activities are signposted , and every new stage of a lesson is indicated so that learners can focus their attention on the task in hand |
| 7 | But it is still hard to beat the experienced eye , which can automatically focus its attention on the most significant features of a spectrum . |
| 8 | He was a callous brute , and if she did n't need his protection on the journey to Winchester she would n't care if he bled to … |
| 9 | Weber did qualify his emphasis on the coercive methods through which the state maintains order and compliance , ‘ force is certainly not the normal or only means of the state ’ ( Weber 1972 p.78 ) . |
| 10 | At one level , he finally found a spiritual home , a sanctuary from which he could vent his spleen on the oppressive bourgeois institutions which had duped him . |
| 11 | We shall concentrate our attention on the sterling contract . |
| 12 | It seems we can now qualify our position on the relationship between dramatic playing and performance modes by saying that although the ultimate intention of the performer is to ‘ describe ’ an emotional event , the quality essential to dramatic playing , the quality of ‘ being ’ may also enter the performance mode , given the Stanislavsky approach . |
| 13 | I do not need your input on the subject . |
| 14 | How did you enjoy your trip on the canals ? ’ |
| 15 | Confronted with a bronze picture , we can locate its image on the relevant computer screen and , having read its precise history , proceed to learn about tableware in general , the social system of Pompeii , and even the precise recipes of the time . |
| 16 | She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years . |
| 17 | ‘ At the very least , ’ it says , ‘ Microsoft must enhance its credibility on the server side to maintain its desktop position . ’ |
| 18 | The reader will probably object that a hideous primal trauma of parricide and rape is all very well for purposes of explaining the subsequent guilt and neurotic inhibitions of the perpetrators of these ghastly crimes , but can hardly hope to explain how they succeeded in transmitting their new-found superegos to their children , and certainly will not explain how , when all the primal fathers were gone ( a process which may have taken a considerable period of time admittedly , but which must have happened eventually ) , when there were no more primal parricides to be procured , human societies could still construct their civilization on the acquisition of the superego . |
| 19 | In these circumstances the treasurer should ensure that the bank 's desire to complete the transaction does not influence its advice on the pricing of the securities . |
| 20 | The superintendent 's report asserted that though prostitutes did ply their calling on the common they conducted themselves in an orderly manner , as did large numbers of respectable , well-dressed courting couples who ‘ roamed about the place after dark caressing each other ’ . |
| 21 | No I 'm gon na watch my wife on the hillside . |
| 22 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |
| 23 | She stated that a wise woman would choose her mate on the basis of his qualities of character . |
| 24 | Even Margaret Thatcher in her prime could not carry her party on the question of Sundays . |
| 25 | Any reservations held by librarians have been dispelled , not just because of their confidence in the way the clearinghouses handled the material , but rather because of the realization that free exchange of material can improve their work on the subject . |
| 26 | We should remember that homosexuals form part of society , and they can exert their influence on the prevailing norms and values and therefore also on legislation . |
| 27 | But you can at least monitor their response on the graphic , via the LEDs , but there 's nothing to let you know that a program has been properly saved with the ‘ save ’ button . |
| 28 | Sometimes , at the intersections , she comes so close that I can feel her breath on the back of my neck . |
| 29 | He had suggested she take up Jessica 's constant offer , considered she could do her revision on the beach or wherever , had smiled comfortably at her half-serious suggestion that Jessica might ‘ lead her astray ’ , or at least have a good go at it . |
| 30 | But in the drugs capital of Medilline , the daily killings continue , the drug cartels are reportedly planning a fresh offensive , before the new administration can tighten its grip on the country . |