Example sentences of "we [verb] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We lay great stress on them . |
| 2 | But I did argue when she insisted that we remain separated while on the planet . |
| 3 | As the right hon. Gentleman pointed out , we made new arrangements on 5 November to ensure that income support payments can be paid directly to the lender . |
| 4 | We made this offer on humanitarian grounds . |
| 5 | We lack general agreement on the formulation of objectives , and in many subject areas there is great dispute as to how far , if at all , we can test whether some quite crucial objectives have been achieved . |
| 6 | It was a tiny place — nothing more than a shop knocked through from the street at ground level , no more than 60 feet long At one end was a small bar — from which we sold orange juices on top of the counter with the booze tucked away underneath . |
| 7 | We picnicked one day on a small secluded beach and , after , lay sunbathing on the hot sand . |
| 8 | We make good time on the road from the motorway ; people actually help you overtake when you 're in a cop car . |
| 9 | We make these plans on an natural level , and yet , we do not plan for the most important event of all time , when we will stand before God and he will ask that question , what have you done with Jesus that is called the Christ ? |
| 10 | Accordingly , our sensations simply are as they are , and error enters only when we make mistaken judgements on their basis . |
| 11 | At Carnival Cruise Lines we do not have any minimum age limits as we judge each person on his or her ability and personality . |
| 12 | Lack of data is not a new problem — Burnhill ( 1985 ) cites Moser and Layard ( 1964 ) , who in a paper on planning the scale of HE , stated that ‘ on many important topics there were no data at all ’ , and that ‘ we lacked comprehensive data on the school background and GCE performance of students in different sectors of higher education . ’ |
| 13 | Ah , but we we got some gear on site because been working on them so . |
| 14 | So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time ! |
| 15 | Actually I do nt think we got any cockneys on the list ( East London ) , and norf lunderners speek more like that . |
| 16 | Do we need any training on consumer evaluation ? |
| 17 | Do we need any training on erm If we change the line management of the adult 's team , do we need any training on next ? |
| 18 | We used independent experts on the review teams . |
| 19 | We used large rollers on the top of the head and switched to the medium size at the back . |
| 20 | Wherever we operate , we place great emphasis on talking to our community partners about what they expect of us and what we can contribute to them . |
| 21 | Our curriculum is based on the 5 – 14 programme and we place great emphasis on the teaching of Language , Mathematics and Science , within a wide and varied curriculum . |
| 22 | We place great importance on individual job and performance objectives reflecting the organisation 's overall business aims . |
| 23 | At Thames Water we place high priorities on your water supply , sewerage service and customer care . |
| 24 | In Western society we have marginalized elderly people to a considerable extent , maybe because we place more emphasis on economic than on personal worth . |
| 25 | Like the Council , we place immense importance on the outcome of last year 's Earth Summit . |
| 26 | Because personal power is the promotion of self , we send positive data on ourselves up the hierarchy and forget to send the negative data — that is , we tell our superiors how good we are . |
| 27 | We send yellow cards on all sorts of Ter-bin-a-fiene It 's on a day , I 'll give you fifty six . |
| 28 | We found much literature on client participation and even more on effectiveness , but there is considerable controversy on how to measure these variables . |
| 29 | All of us were working on no salary , just expenses , but we found nice facilities on 58th Street and were taught to charge everything . |
| 30 | So this is a tree stump we have here , and we found some mice on the way as well . |