Example sentences of "on the critical [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From this time onward the greater part of the effort is concentrated on the critical event that made the difference between a routine flight and a catastrophe .
2 Where he differed from Darwin was mainly on the critical issue of evolution , i.e. , the proposition that one species could change over time into another species , but his arguments on these matters were by no means obscurantist or naive .
3 However good scenery is not one of the major virtues on the critical scale ; many published opinions throw it in as a sop , a makeweight to balance what they see as much more serious flaws deep in the heart of the Tolkienian ‘ fable ’ , in the essential story of The Lord of the Rings .
4 Focus should be on the critical areas .
5 Based on letters from the Front , the SD station in Halle reported in June 1943 on the strong morale among soldiers compared with that at home , and on the critical attitude of many soldiers to the poor morale in the Heimat .
6 The results appeared to show that irrespective of retention interval the recall task ( assumed to be a test of central information ) showed performance on the critical slides which was best for subjects who viewed the arousing version of the film .
7 Robert Fleming economist Peter Warburton , in a powerful assessment last week , focused on the critical role of real interest rates , combined with a fixed currency value , in posing a threat to asset prices and economic activity .
8 In theory , assuming that a project consists of a number of stages , lead time can be shortened in two ways : ( 1 ) overlapping upstream and downstream engineering activities on the critical path ; and/or ( 2 ) shortening each step on the critical path .
9 In theory , assuming that a project consists of a number of stages , lead time can be shortened in two ways : ( 1 ) overlapping upstream and downstream engineering activities on the critical path ; and/or ( 2 ) shortening each step on the critical path .
10 It focuses attention on the critical path , where any slippage will delay completion of the project .
11 Thus in the case of job H the early start time is not 10 , which is the early finish time of preceding job G , but 15 which is the early finish of F and is on the critical path .
12 It focuses attention on the critical path , where any slippage will delay completion of the project .
13 Thus in the case of job H the early start time is not 10 , which is the early finish time of preceding job G , but 15 which is the early finish of F and is on the critical path .
14 For some time after the trip I have to report that my game remained on the critical list .
15 A host of big names will be on the critical list when the wards reopen next Saturday .
16 Out own men are still on the critical list , " he added , but Katherine was n't interested in the condition of the two men who had gone to Hyde 's rooms two days ago looking for her son .
17 ‘ Our friend who got knocked down by a car , Mr Nowak , has fallen into a bad coma and he 's on the critical list . ’
18 She was on the critical list .
19 It focuses , therefore , not on the application of ready-made problem-solving techniques but on the critical appraisal of the relationship between problem and solution as a matter of continuing enquiry and of adaptable practice .
20 According to explanations based on the critical period model , early events have such great impact that one need not take anything else into account .
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