Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only other comment I had in terms of the scale of settlement , which I think is just touching upon the next point , is that , I mean depending on the conclusions you reach as to the the amount of housing to be provided for in a new settlement , I take the point that Mr Brighton made that you 've got to have a longer term perspective I think that he f that in the ten year period ninety six to two thousand and six that the new settlements to be brought forward during , erm I think it 's really unrealistic to achieve more than twelve fifty , fourteen hundred houses in that period , if you say reach a conclusion there should be two thousand houses in that period in a new settlement , there might be some benefit in having two settlements , each of a capacity of say twelve fifty , f for erm twelve fifty to fifteen hundred that can have capacity for the next plan period , and in other words to assist in meeting the constraints that exist on York that are likely to exist into the future . |
| 2 | I intend to concentrate on the two subjects of today 's debate , education and employment . |
| 3 | Because of time , I intend to concentrate on the European dimension . |
| 4 | In this section I intend to focus on the way four of these problems have become interlinked , namely those of underachievement , the concern over indiscipline , and the need for social integration and the employability of particular groups . |
| 5 | I shall plan out what I propose to do on the farm for the next three years , season by season , and we 'll look for a ploughman to help with your new venture . |
| 6 | My scope here is necessarily limited , and I propose to concentrate on the relationships between the political parties and the social collectivities which have furnished their support blocs . |
| 7 | I hesitate to pronounce on the degree of tranquillity in his life , but since 1943 he has not been further than sixty miles from this spot . |
| 8 | I want to spy on the shrubs . " |
| 9 | ‘ I want to go on the stage , ’ she had said , six long months ago now . |
| 10 | That 's all I want to say on the principle erm of the criteria , as far as the detailed content erm er is concerned I suspect we could talk all day about whether social should replace affordable in one of the criteria , or whether the full stop is in the right place er in another one . |
| 11 | Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to play on the US Tour eventually , too , and the Americans do n't care how much money you have won . |
| 13 | oh tell mummy I want to play on the bikes |
| 14 | Now , however , I want to concentrate on the 15 years during which the two of them lived and worked together , and Pollock made a bid to change the course of what was then thought of as modern art . |
| 15 | I want to concentrate on the week in Adelaide in January 1933 that brought it all to a head , and the personal dilemma I faced as the Teuter-Press Association correspondent . |
| 16 | In this chapter I want to concentrate on the response of community educators , particularly their reaction to the problems and issues facing the working class . |
| 17 | ‘ No , I want to concentrate on the boy , Peter . |
| 18 | Like my hon. Friend , I want to concentrate on the future rather than the past 20 years . |
| 19 | I want to build on the graveyard . ’ |
| 20 | So was Malta 's Harmony I while working on the Kharg-Sirri shuttle , a run on which Iraqi aircraft particularly concentrated . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll tell you , ’ he said , ‘ I hope to die on the railways . ’ |
| 22 | I hope to touch on the subject that he mentioned shortly . |
| 23 | What I hope to gain on the course is to be able to speak more confidently and to get over the nerves . |
| 24 | I enjoy walking on the common land myself , but if I 'm willing to make the sacrifice , why are n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | I like to shop on the Kilburn High Road . |
| 26 | Either I get hooked on the story or message to the exclusion of the drawings , or am arrested by the designs and can not be bothered with the balloons . |
| 27 | I remember thinking on the Sunday , as Ian Paisley stood outside the ground and tried to bring the wrath of God down upon us for violation of the Sabbath , that maybe he was succeeding . |
| 28 | I remember running on the rolling lawns of Kikuyu grass before dinner , the night noises of the exceptionally vocal African insect life striking up as it quickly grew dark , night unrolling from the ground upwards ; bullfrogs — in fact all manner of rana and bufo-frogs the size of a pair of roiled-up rugby socks , toads with great horned eyebrows , and tiny , reddish , darting amphibians , starting to howl , shriek , growl , and purr , a backdrop to our dinner on the terrace to which we have been summoned by the stirring , thrilling , beating of a gong hung from a pair of tusks . |
| 29 | I remember asking on the shop floor of a division , the board of which had been reduced from fifteen to four , what the major difference was This was not because the fifteen previous board members had felt to be down the line , and was told , to my surprise , that the biggest difference was that they now knew what was going on . |
| 30 | Do you remember that Saturday I remember sitting on the stairs , Mark , look what I 've seen in your paper ! |