Example sentences of "[verb] to [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour councils tended to spend relatively more and be more committed to spending on social services than Conservative councils which spent a higher proportion of their budgets on education , but the bulk of spending was similar and handled through nationally organized professionals rather than locally based politicians . |
| 2 | He had been exposed as a secret police informer under the ousted communist regime , although he insisted that his activities had been confined to reporting on foreign visitors to Sofia 's Natural History Museum ( where he had been a department head ) and on his visits abroad for scientific research ; he categorically denied that he had ever informed on dissidents . |
| 3 | The breed was largely restricted to its light-soiled native area in East Anglia , especially on the poorer , sandy Suffolk lands where it was so well adapted to living on sparse , low-quality grazing that on good pasture it would grow too much and become coarse in the bone . |
| 4 | Nudibranchs usually also have distinct dietary preferences and are adapted to feeding on one single form of prey . |
| 5 | Its ‘ business as usual ’ slogan has helped to get passengers accustomed to flying on bankrupt airlines . |
| 6 | Much of a seven page appendix to the Head 's progress report on his Five Year Plan 1974 to 1979 had been devoted to commenting on these earlier departmental reviews . |
| 7 | However , in many cases even this did not take place and the self-appraisal amounted to reflecting on past events and reproducing information for the benefit of advisers . |
| 8 | However , you would not be limited to advising on existing law . |
| 9 | By 1986 he had reverted to freelancing on several national newspapers and magazines before joining the newly launched Independent as rock critic . |
| 10 | This approach ( as opposed to relying on remote link via a telephone line ) made it possible to provide interactive analyses during negotiation meetings . |
| 11 | This acknowledgement of the debt [ normally by signing on the face of the bill ] gives the exporter more peace of mind as opposed to selling on open account terms , although there is still no guarantee of payment . |
| 12 | Before presenting the Service 's estimates to Parliament , the department should , in theory , prune its programmes down to the financial target line imposed by the Treasury ; but , in practice , it has been found that the bow-wave tends to dissipate as the actual financial year goes by because there are always delays in most programmes that lead to underspending on individual projects . |