Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [to-vb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Alexander , calling on Mrs Bottomley to meet a delegation of parents , said : ‘ Although it was Beverly Allitt who committed these crimes , my concern is that the hospital management failed to spot her character defects , failed to supervise her and failed to act on numerous clues , and delayed inexcusably before calling in the police . |
| 2 | The firm abandoned the idea that it could be all things to all people and decided to focus on identified areas of expertise examples are the legal profession , building societies and the construction industry — and build a reputation for quality of service by becoming pre-eminent in those fields . |
| 3 | She had been less fortunate with the driver , who was not at all sure of the route to the Hook and had to rely on friendly passers-by to give directions . |
| 4 | He ran out of sponsorship money and had to take on odd jobs like window cleaning to fund his Formula Three programme . |
| 5 | Pressure generally came at moments of crisis , such as Suez in 1956 or the Irish conflict in the 1970s and 1980s , and tended to focus on particular programmes . |