Example sentences of "[verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven projects were funded under this initiative ; three focussed on multilingual education whilst the other four were concerned with the relationship of ethnic minority pupils with their white counterparts , their teachers and the organisational structure of schools . |
| 2 | If we are to compete effectively in world markets and to communicate on equal terms with our European partners we need to increase substantially the numbers of young people leaving school with a good grounding in at least one foreign language . |
| 3 | A recent article in the New Statesman & Society listed some of the current operations at Menwith Hill , including those that involve eavesdropping on Russian and West European telephone calls . |
| 4 | Both these titles were cover-names for the department responsible for eavesdropping on foreign embassies and trade missions in London . |
| 5 | ‘ The only place where all classes of British society mingle on equal terms is the motorway service area . |
| 6 | Now group selection is , is the idea which grew up after Darwin and remained very common until the nineteen sixties and seventies , that natural selection could act on entire groups or species . |
| 7 | Anyway , he will certainly act on good ground . ’ |
| 8 | No suitable candidates have yet been detected , but it is readily understood how such traces could arise : solar uv radiation and the thunderstorms which are known to occur in the Jovian atmosphere could act on various atmospheric constituents to produce a rich variety of coloured substances . |
| 9 | It is not yet known how the active components of ginseng , compounds called triterpenoidal saponins , achieve these effects , although by analogy with the related steroidal saponins , such as digitalis , they may act on specific cell membranes . |
| 10 | These cells release enzymes , lymphokines , cytokines , and growth factors that can act on parenchymal and mesenchymal cells . |
| 11 | The maximum flush permitted on new wcs in the UK was reduced from 9 litres to 7.5 litres from 1989 , and this is likely to be further reduced to 6 litres . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the value of a given site is increased not only by the development permitted on that site , but also by the development not permitted on other sites . |
| 13 | Commercial battles are not always won on technical merit , and at present X Windows is probably winning . |
| 14 | For example , the Oxford Text Archive is a collection of computerised texts , each of which you can buy on floppy disc for the price of a printed copy . |
| 15 | Other than these disclosures , the DTI may also take action towards disqualification or prosecute on other Companies Act offences . |
| 16 | Hornby delivers the expected critical kicking to out-of-touch literary lads Martin Amis and Bill Buford , meditates on fannish obsession and the emptiness of suburban adolescence and finds time to ponder the eternal mysteries ( eg Malcolm Macdonald 's sideburns ) . |
| 17 | US-Mexican trade pact attacked on environmental grounds |
| 18 | In the United States of America , ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ legislation has been unsuccessfully attacked on constitutional grounds including the vagueness of the terms of the statutes , the absence of procedural due process safeguards and the infringement of the first amendment rights of free speech . |
| 19 | The possibility of being attacked on public transport is still low , especially if you avoid the more notorious stations , such as those in Central London and at the southern end of the Northern Line . |
| 20 | The current volume of vehicles could triple , or even quadruple , over the next 30 years and the bulk of the increase will fall on rural roads rather than urban streets or motorways . |
| 21 | The unit argues that traffic on motorways and urban roads is unlikely to increase over 50% , so the main impact will fall on rural byways which are not equipped to cope with such a volume of vehicles . |
| 22 | Almost two thirds of the £6.75 billion worth of tax increases already pencilled in for 1994-95 will fall on personal incomes , only a third will be fall on spending . |
| 23 | Injunctions to love the slugs in your garden may fall on deaf ears . |
| 24 | If the Outhwaite investors get their way in court , much of the burden of the claims could fall on other Lloyd 's underwriters who sell ‘ errors and omission ’ policies , designed to cover against losses because a professional simply made a mistake . |
| 25 | A heavy tax burden would fall on certain sectors of the middle classes , but not on others . |
| 26 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman 's words will fall on sympathetic ears when the Minister of State replies . |
| 27 | However , if the yield does fall on equity-based PEPs , it means that other investments , such as gilts and building society deposits will become more competitive . |
| 28 | It had been only a few hours , but that was enough to ensure that birthdays would always fall on public holidays and the correct number of hours could therefore be spent languishing . |
| 29 | When his reign ends , they could fall on hard times . |
| 30 | The focus in this sale of 19th-century European paintings will fall on northern European works and a selection from The Hague School . |