Example sentences of "[to-vb] on a particular [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has never been more important to concentrate on a particular area where your business can obtain a pre-eminent position , and to understand the basis of that pre-eminence . |
| 2 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 3 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 4 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 5 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 6 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 7 | Instead , individualism is motivated by a desire to defend the idea that individuals are autonomous agents , and thus tends to focus on a particular set of individual properties , including desires , choices , decisions and intentions . |
| 8 | To focus on a particular moment . |
| 9 | It 's only when you choose the eight fonts to use on a particular worksheet that the impressive range of fonts available becomes apparent |
| 10 | To these can be added management lists , or forecasts of how people were likely to vote on a particular measure , and marked election return lists , which record gains and losses for a party . |
| 11 | This means that even if the government , the TUC and CBI were able to agree on a particular course of development of the national economy ‘ the state and the social partners alike are unable to enforce compliance with such a plan at the micro-level ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 12 | It is a fundamental feature of Rawls ' conception of the fairness of the original position that it should not permit the choice of principles of justice to depend on a particular conception of the good over which the parties may differ . |
| 13 | Students who seem likely to fail on a particular goal , for example attendance , may be offered counselling and support . |
| 14 | A constant flow of people was being seen by various clerks and secretaries , while at regular intervals one or other of the judges would be called away to advise on a particular problem or situation . |
| 15 | In other cases it is shaped by personal preference ( e.g. you already feel that you have something specific to say on a particular work ) . |
| 16 | It was therefore concluded that gaze direction is a function both of an individual 's consistent tendency to rely on a particular half of the brain and of differential hemispheric arousal in response to specific experimental situations . |
| 17 | Bernard 's choice of guitar is decided by the kind of sound he 's looking to achieve on a particular song . |
| 18 | Euromessage , which includes BT , Air Call , Radal Vodapage , Millicom , InterCity and Digital , has been awarded the UK licence to operate on a particular UHF singled out for the service . |
| 19 | Anderson 's occasional bursts of verbosity implicate a sudden urge to speak on a particular topic and this is most noticeable in scene four where he surprises the two footballers , Broadbent and Crisp , with a turn of 86 words giving unsolicited advice on the Czech team 's tactics ( p. 59 ) . |
| 20 | Too many nursing lectures are given by unqualified lecturers , and it is not uncommon for a person chosen to speak on a particular aspect of care to begin the lecture by saying : ‘ I do n't know why I 've been asked to speak , I 've limited experience in this field . ’ |