Example sentences of "it [verb] on [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BBC does n't deserve our support if it insists on betraying Selina Scott and promoting the less charming Esther Rantzen |
| 2 | He attacks oralism as an additional depriving agent since it insists on having no further stimulation other than speech , when it is the language stimulation which is most important not the modality of stimulation . |
| 3 | Whether handing over stretches , or allowing light railway lines to be built alongside BR lines , it insists on running special training programmes for the LRT workers to ensure their security on the track . |
| 4 | The humanitarian side of the Enlightenment , the emphasis it laid on making the ordinary man happier through religious toleration , economic progress and education , always made a genuine appeal to him . |
| 5 | As the dog learned the association between the sound of the bell and being fed , it salivated on hearing the bell in expectation of its meal . |
| 6 | Would it not be far better for the Government to end these punitive and ridiculous double tax payments — the Post Office already pays corporation tax — thus allowing it to concentrate on improving the quality of service to customers rather than pursuing abolition of the second delivery in towns and putting restrictions on rural services such as insisting that people have letter boxes at the bottom of their gardens or , in some cases , making people go to village centres for their letters ? |
| 7 | The building materials company has been a market defensive favourite for the past decade as it concentrated on keeping down the costs of making its cement , and joinery , glass and steel products . |
| 8 | It concentrated on talking the public back to work by exaggerated claims of the numbers of people at work . |
| 9 | Microsoft Corp says it plans on slapping a special introductory price on desktop Windows NT when it finally appears , a tactic bound to increase the force of the tidal wave when it hits . |
| 10 | Basically , it depends on fitting both camera and projector with zoom lenses , exactly synchronized in their movements , in addition to the normal synchronization of the shutters that govern exposure and projection of the image respectively of camera and shutter in simple front or rear projection . |
| 11 | This only confirms already-existing customary law ; and inasmuch as it depends on proving an actual intent partially or completely to destroy a particular group , it may be of only limited relevance as a basis for assessing the legality of nuclear possession or use . |
| 12 | It overturned on attempting to take the sharp corner into Ruskin Road and fell on its side in front of a doctor 's house . |
| 13 | Bull differentiates its approach saying it concentrates on getting the best business productivity from information technology installations , rather than just scaling down bad jobs . |
| 14 | Thus while it is young , the vine 's efforts are directed towards extending its root system , after which it concentrates on forming the structure of branches which will bear its flowers and fruit . |
| 15 | If the government 's hands were clean , why did it insist on hiding them behind its back ? |
| 16 | Despite the claims of its opponents that SWAPO was motivated by ideological extremism , the pragmatism it showed on coming to power , exemplified by the inclusion of non-SWAPO members in the government ( notably the white Finance Minister , Otto Herrigel ) was reflected in cautious economic policies and a policy of national reconciliation . |
| 17 | He pointed out that the council had arranged a private tutor for him while it worked on trying to find him a school . |
| 18 | In particular it relies on estimating the final cost of the investment , the amount and timing of returns , the rate of return on the alternative investment ( the ‘ hurdle rate ’ ) and the rate of real deterioration of items of productive capital . |
| 19 | Because it relies on continuing cognitive synthesis as a mechanism for the construction of dreams , it explains the apparently dreamlike quality of many experiences reported during NREM sleep , including hypnagogic imagery . |
| 20 | It insisted on calling a separate meeting for the kolkhoz women , so as to persuade them of their independence from their menfolk . |
| 21 | It focuses on developing comparative lists of qualifications and job descriptions for occupations at the skilled worker level across all EC member states . |
| 22 | So rattled has LT become that it rounded on paying customers last month and blamed them — for damaging carriages , vomiting , breaking windows , and falling under trains . |
| 23 | But the assessment suited me because much of it depended on riding an exercise bike and I do a lot of cycling . ’ |