Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] an [noun sg] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must keep an eye on that . |
| 2 | Because salt is added to the water , you must keep an eye on high ammonia and nitrite levels . |
| 3 | And apparently her view now is that because the Government ha have said , anybody who is interested in becoming a in nineteen ninety three , must register an interest on sixteenth this year , which is really , that 's , you know , there legislating for what they have n't got any power in nineteen ninety three . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll keep an eye on these bastards . |
| 5 | ‘ You might have an opinion on this , Mr … |
| 6 | The result of those studies might have an impact on future incineration policy . |
| 7 | Later on this channel , you 'll get an update on all the stories making the headlines in Scotland — that 's at eleven o'clock . |
| 8 | Chair , erm , every year we try and hold er , an event or something of interest to the local business community , to local industries , and we have contacts with local freight-forwarders , banks and companies that have exported , embassies , and we 're proposing that we erm , hold the event this year on the subject of exporting and how to do it , because we 've had very many small companies that might be clueless and want to know erm , exact nuts and bolts of it , so if we could run an event on that basis , and then use that event as the core of a group to take across in this case , Ireland , but perhaps in the future , Holland , who knows where else , to actually sell , using the services of erm , the Embassy in Dublin , our Embassy and the Chamber , with whom we have very good links , then it would be to the benefit of our businesses . |
| 9 | He spent three years in New York State as resident secretary of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club , a rich men 's recreation park on the Hudson River , whence he could keep an eye on wealthy Irish-Americans . |
| 10 | Today 's judgement could have an impact on other forthcoming cases . |
| 11 | The fact that we can examine what local authorities are doing has been comprehensively ignored , yet it could have an effect on many of the points that were raise . |
| 12 | Whereas adjectives of this sort in English only make their presence felt by their effect on interpretation , it is noteworthy that in at least some cases the peculiar relationship of comparable words in other languages may have an influence on observable form . |
| 13 | It may be , too , that the mere quantity of the chromosomal material may have an effect on secondary sexual characteristics if not on primary ones . |
| 14 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 15 | Commenting on the new arrangements , Jim Gorie , of the Forum of Private Business , said they would have an impact on small expanding companies . |
| 16 | The same applies to the care of the young , but it would take an article on this subject alone to cover all the variations on these themes . |
| 17 | The 1992 , Europe and Trade campaign , beginning in September 1992 , will have an emphasis on Latin America for the first four months and then for the remainder of the year will focus on Europe and Trade in the global context . |
| 18 | The curator , John Elderfield , muses on the rival reputations of Matisse and Picasso and suggests that Matisse 's real influence has yet to make itself felt : ‘ I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition will have an effect on contemporary painting ’ |
| 19 | But if they can only be anticipated at the end of one of the odd periods , they will have an effect on real output because prices are fixed . |
| 20 | It has also been suggested that the clustering or grouping of the water molecules will have an effect on any biological material which is dissolved in it , or which contains it . |
| 21 | Joseph 's father has told him that things are going to change , meaning , of course , that the new baby will have an impact on all of them . |
| 22 | Allan here can keep an eye on this place , and handle ambitious little Robertson if he tries to nail up his damned lists . |
| 23 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |