Example sentences of "[adv] we [vb base] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can delay cashing orders whenever the need arises and we have complete control over them and how much we save depending on the particular needs of the children at a particular time . |
| 2 | In erm Romans chapter three and verse twenty seven it says that er Jesus died for our sins and I 'd just like to leave this thought with you , that n er just like me , when I could have died the other week in that plane crash , that none of us knows how long we 've got on this life and , however long or short it is , there 's no time like the present to get right with God if you , if you are n't and the only way to do that is through Jesus . |
| 3 | For too long we have sat on the fence regarding when a lone rescuer should leave a collapsed victim to seek medical help . |
| 4 | In the light of this difficulty , perhaps we need to speculate on the Code 's purpose in a wider , policy-making context . |
| 5 | Perhaps we have hit on the real reason for scheduling … land ear-marked for government use but no one else 's ? |
| 6 | So we get to work on them and forty eight hours later we have the whole ring , including one Gerhard Mayer , twenty nine , from West Berlin , their linkman into the local drug community . |
| 7 | So we 've got on this side one hundred point |
| 8 | Right so we 've agreed on a maximum of sixteen and three quarter percent paper wastage , three hours setting up time , and er , four and half hours printing . |
| 9 | mill-stream-And meanwhile we have gone on living . |
| 10 | ‘ I need lots of bums in beds here at Crystal Springs , Michael , so the sooner we get moving on sales and promotion , the better . ’ |
| 11 | How deeply we tan depends on our genes , not on our suntan lotion . |
| 12 | Mr Yegor Gaidar , First Deputy Prime Minister , said : ‘ I am convinced that so far we have agreed on effective co-operation in order to resolve the problem by joint effort . |
| 13 | So far we have focused on the time-depth of vernacular variants in English , using ( h ) as an example and treating it as a binary variable ( we have assumed that in such words as hall , hit it is either pronounced or dropped ) . |
| 14 | In this chapter so far we have focused on specificities in your argument — the presuppositions in your sentences , the specific things you can say about particular texts , the setting of something in its context , and so on . |
| 15 | So far we have concentrated on taking control of feelings of humour or fright so you can represent them in a way which will evoke strong feelings in your readers . |
| 16 | So far we have concentrated on the meaning of specific symbols . |
| 17 | So far we have concentrated on the internal distribution of power . |
| 18 | So far we have concentrated on structural markers in written discourse . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've had two good wins away from home and now we want to put on a show for our fans . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Now we want to build on our success by improving other estates . |
| 21 | ‘ For some time now we have operated on a customer-led basis , ’ explained Paul . |
| 22 | In this mailing from the Office you will already see that a National Draw is taking place , this was planned 12 months ago to increase our income , now we have to rely on the profit to see us through the lean times . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's great news for us but now we have to concentrate on the football and try to achieve a good result , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Here we have stumbled on the first of many . |
| 25 | If we are to make further progress with our EC neighbours , surely we need to build on sure foundations . |
| 26 | We must move on , because we 've got to have a commercial break , and then we want to check on the traffic . |
| 27 | Then we have to depend on ourselves and what about the people in the boat — who 's going to save them ? ' ’ |
| 28 | Instead we want to focus on three different analytical conceptions of the state which can be discerned in elite theory accounts , and which partially cut across the divisions between classical elite theorists , the democratic elitists and radical elite theorists . |
| 29 | Instead we need to reflect on them , ponder and wonder , find out all we can about them , learn to appreciate some of the time-honoured ways of approaching them such as meditation and prayer , and be prepared to think about these matters in all sorts of different situations and moods . |
| 30 | We have already experienced the abolition of free eye and dental checks , we are suffering from the creeping privatization of the Health Service , the selling off of our water , our crumbling schools , and yet we have to concentrate on the issue of trade union , Labour Party links . |