Example sentences of "you [vb base] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you concentrate on punishing criminals , you 're still leaving most crimes unsolved , and it is prevention that people are concerned about . |
| 2 | You concentrate on external events only . |
| 3 | Include five-minute intense relaxation spots during both morning and afternoon , where you concentrate on relaxing muscles , slowing your breathing down and calming your mind . |
| 4 | Yes , I mean you put your finger on an important problem here that we need to discuss and that is that if you concentrate on human beings in general , and this is true on our own society but I , I think it 's true of just about all societies and it 's emphatically true of primal hunting adult societies then men do make a lot of parental investment do n't they ? |
| 5 | Some local Law Societies negotiate a protocol for such advertising with the local doctors and it may be sensible to speak to your local Law Society secretary before you embark on any enquiries . |
| 6 | Roxburgh explained : ‘ In a situation like this you act on three factors ; medical opinion , the player 's attitude and your own gut feelings . |
| 7 | but then you add on six rows . |
| 8 | You know on certain passages it 's like we 've completed a questionnaire and then discussed it |
| 9 | So why does he talk about revolution you know on several occasions ? |
| 10 | Yeah you wan na have subsidies yo that you get on foreign rails you know you get |
| 11 | And I 've been a few years on the Council now and when I first went on the Council I was going to move mountains and make oh big Taj Mahals everywhere , but when you get on these things you have a rude awakening , it does n't work out that way and it works out exactly the same in this erm . |
| 12 | Well er , a building society , I do n't know whether people realize , but there are limits to the amount of protection you get on large sums of money . |
| 13 | " You exaggerate on both counts , Sara said . |
| 14 | The one I saw this week at Hillier 's Arboretum , Ampfield , near Winchester , was already on the turn , with leaves orange and scarlet amidst clusters of large red haws , much bigger than those you find on wild hawthorns . |
| 15 | The less you rely on any drugs , the better for your health in the long run . |
| 16 | Now if you knew which numbers were selected less frequently than others , and you kept that information to yourself and you bet on those numbers that were selected less frequently , then unless there 's any special reason why those numbers should produce fewer score draws than other numbers , you 're giving yourself an advantage because on the weeks in which those numbers produce score draws there are fewer people who 'll have them down as their numbers , and so there 's more money around for those few people who have them down , including you , and so if you win , then you 'd expect to win more money . |
| 17 | If there is an overriding reason why you should use a lift then please try to ensure that you go on longer journeys rather than shorter ones , i.e. say three floors or more . |
| 18 | ‘ You resign on medical grounds . ’ |
| 19 | So you resign on medical grounds . ’ |
| 20 | everything basically comes down to numbers , er see , when I was talking to you earlier about about canvassing , right , I said basically you work on key words right now you do n't need you , one , one of the things that I talked to you about canvassing is that if you notice the difference between a good canvass and a bad canvass , at least we did n't in fact activity sort of work to do in it , now if you take a , take a activ activity as being , being a key word and you discuss activity with them , right , you can then look at , at activity right as a variation on activity as there is on to action , right , now sit and do my script and talking to a customer , right , and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and saying your bit to a customer , you 've got to sound like a parrot , now I know the way you canvass , the centre of action between you and the cu and the punter , do you see what I mean ? |