Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their function is in general to supplement the skills and experience of the management team , often by bringing a more dispassionate understanding to bear on strategic and operational matters . |
| 2 | It will offer an applied setting in which international and UK expertise in research methods and statistics will be brought to bear on theoretical and substantive problems . |
| 3 | The danger with documentary material is that , because much of the information tends to be carried verbally , we begin to concentrate on that and to ignore the visual . |
| 4 | It was subsequently agreed that the examination would address information needs by type , ie to concentrate on one or more categories where there appeared to be a problem , as indicated by the earlier interviews with staff and the issues reflected in the rich picture . |
| 5 | Specialist sectors are identified and firms either decide to concentrate on one or two of these or arrange their activities so that they cover the whole range of sectors . |
| 6 | However research efforts in the past have tended to concentrate on one or the other . |
| 7 | Based in Paris and working under Professor I. Rasool , it is intended to concentrate on managerial and policy aspects of the task in the first 2 years ( 1990–92 ) but then to expand considerably thereafter . |
| 8 | Engineers naturally preferred spectacular schemes so , being human , they tended to concentrate on new and important works , leaving maintenance to the foreman … |
| 9 | A strategic decision was taken in the early 80s that the best way forward for the company was to concentrate on dry and semi-moist pet food markets . |
| 10 | This unanimity encouraged local leaders to abstain from political initiatives and to concentrate on local and day-to-day issues . |
| 11 | Pope John 's ‘ optimism ’ was later criticized — why should he ignore apocalyptic signs of disaster to concentrate on those that gave grounds for hope ? — but hope was in such short supply in 1961 that his words were eagerly seized upon ( Moltmann , 1977 , p. 368 , n. 64 ; The Extraordinary Synod of 1985 likewise gave a more ‘ pessimistic ’ reading of the ‘ signs of the times ’ ) . |
| 12 | As you work on the pronunciation of the vowels and consonants in the new language you will of course need to concentrate on those that are unfamiliar and difficult . |
| 13 | The National Sound Archive , which is part of the directorate of Humanities and Social Sciences , is a special case , much involved in most of the issues raised here , but I propose to leave the question of recorded sound to one side for the purposes of this paper , and to concentrate on written and graphic sources for the historian . |
| 14 | The business , which deals with 9% of the company 's clients , is now to concentrate on retail and wholesale banking , where it is strongest . |
| 15 | I 'd just like to comment on two or three issues that were raised earlier . |
| 16 | Does he agree that it ill behoves the Labour party to comment on that because Labour was against the channel tunnel at its inception ? |
| 17 | Well I would n't want to comment on that because I do n't have the information to er to set against anything Mr . |
| 18 | Tom from Freeland , who has , as he said , erm some experience because he had erm been in the Middle East for some time , speaks Arabic and erm putting a very strong point there , if you 'd like to comment on that or other aspects of the Gulf erm conflict , do ring now , three double one , one double one . |
| 19 | Do you want me to comment on that as we go through or |
| 20 | I urge the Minister to comment on that and to look at the way in which capital is treated for income support purposes to ensure that such disadvantages do not continue . |
| 21 | Worldwide , the economy has continued to come on stronger than almost anyone forecast , which is why European central bankers agreed to throw another brick at it yesterday . |
| 22 | As children we tend to work on this and practise asking for what we want at every available opportunity . |
| 23 | Sadly many of the views , expressed to me , have taken a negative or critical tone , and far too infrequently have I been able to pass on constructive or positive ideas and opinions . |
| 24 | well I can understand that , yes well I , I , I , just say was n't going to rule on this and I 'm not in , not er convinced at the moment it would be appropriate to rule on it er as part of the er , in any judgment I gave , but it seemed to me quite important on reflection to , to hear the way what you were putting it |
| 25 | They were lovers now , and he preferred today to dwell on that than on the knottier problems . |
| 26 | Cos anyway we used to walk on those and sit under there and it was n't , did n't move did it ? |
| 27 | The troops were authorized on Jan. 17 to fire on Azerbaijani or Armenian militants to defend themselves or to protect weapons stores . |
| 28 | Postwar , the WTA declined in relative importance , opting to focus on tried and tested coach tours and specialist holidays , and losing its market share to the newer and more competitive tour operators who were promoting the package trade . |
| 29 | This would suggest that the study of politics and the mass media needs to take account of the relationships between the media and those in positions of power ; it also needs to focus on specific and recognizable instances of ‘ impact ’ and ‘ effects ’ as well as the deeper level of perceptions of politics and of the political system . |
| 30 | Yet the counsellor has to have the ability to focus on difficult and distressing areas in a way which is not threatening to the counsellee . |