Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapter 4 gives a review of things which teachers can do , in the face of difficult circumstances , to preserve their equanimity , and to try to keep on good form . |
| 2 | There was a political will in Britain and in the United States to reduce spending on institutional care and to promote cheaper community-based services , not only in child care but also in other sectors of public care such as mental health and mental handicap . |
| 3 | The sense that something new was needed if I was to learn to breathe on empty air . |
| 4 | Stem stitch which would be fine on cloth tends to get hidden on knitted fabric . |
| 5 | He was reported to have acted on individual initiative , in expression of his radical Islamic sympathies . |
| 6 | Three of the alleged assaults are said to have occurred on New Year 's Eve 1991 . |
| 7 | Mr Michael Hesletine , the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , seems to have determined on informed exhortation rather than explicit research support . |
| 8 | His future freedom depends on the political will to act ; the political will to act depends on public pressure ; yet there 's still a strange and deeply distasteful , unsympathetic undercurrent . |
| 9 | Despite the immense firing power of the city , they had to cease relying on simple blockade and long-range cannon . |
| 10 | The company believes that the move may save it money in the long run — rather than merely lose it revenue — because reductions in electricity consumption should allow it to cut spending on new equipment needed to cope with increased demand . |
| 11 | There is enormous pressure to cut spending on social security , jobless benefits , public sector pay for five million workers , and on easing the council tax . |