Example sentences of "[be] that they [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where many dieters fall down is that they concentrate on cutting down on food , cutting out pleasure from their lives . |
| 2 | The trouble with our research and development programmes in information technology ( IT ) today is that they concentrate on technology push . |
| 3 | My plea to the Government , therefore , is that they concentrate on what they can do , and that is to improve the long-term prospects for the economy . |
| 4 | What can be said about the most recent generation of US television narrative subgenres is that they display on the screen a much higher awareness of the conventions they are operating than is the general rule on UK television , and they are therefore much more inclined towards an ironic or parodic re-scoring of generic regimes . |
| 5 | Yet one of the striking characteristics of Shakespeare 's Sonnets is that they exist on an almost universal level ; they are generalized ( with none of the depersonalization that usually goes with generalization ) ; they are widely , perhaps indefinitely applicable . |
| 6 | A problem sometimes associated with salespeople who have worked for the same company for many years is that they rely on established customers to provide repeat orders rather than actively seeking new business . |
| 7 | Fatima : I think the main difference between the Feminist Movement in Europe and Third World Countries is that they originated on the basis of different histories . |
| 8 | Equally , the discomfort associated with gonorrhoea is usually of a greater order , and men who have suffered repeated attacks of both infections can usually tell which infection it is that they have on any given occasion . |