Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In episode three , the script required this seasoned gourmet to turn to his wife with the wide-eyed enquiry : ‘ Annie , what exactly IS a truffle ? ’ before scampering to open a reference book on the kitchen table so that the camera could zoom in on the illustration . |
| 2 | Er and could you also comment perhaps on the safeguarding of assets and any er points you would like to make in relation to the present five per cent limit on self investment . |
| 3 | George Bush could now cash in on the country 's post-war confidence by launching another war on the black home-front . |
| 4 | And Lucy Lane : ‘ I wonder he did n't cash in on the journals . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't cash in on the fact that you know I — I 'm susceptible to you . |
| 6 | Lucy Lane said : ‘ I wonder he did n't cash in on the journal . ’ |
| 7 | Theory Y , however , depends on mature individuals ; maturity , given the influence of group psychology etc , does not exist sufficiently on the shop floor to be practicable in its extreme form . |
| 8 | The idea of getting everyone away is to isolate them from mundane worries so that they can concentrate wholeheartedly on the task in hand . |
| 9 | Moreover , we should concentrate less on the education of an élite , and more on the average standards of attainment . |
| 10 | Perhaps the greatest restrictions are that he or she can act only on the request of an MP and the only weapon available is to publicize the misdeeds . |
| 11 | The research will focus especially on the preparation of proposals written in response to several key interdisciplinary initiatives , and on the papers , reports and discussions and participants accounts that are related to these proposals . |
| 12 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 13 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 14 | The course will concentrate entirely on the teachers ' deficits and have the following components : |
| 15 | Whilst the White Paper acknowledges that local policy objectives and resources must be a key context in planning and delivery services , the government appears to be clear that at the point of assessment , decisions must be needs-based and ‘ should not focus only on the user 's suitability for a particular existing scheme ’ ( DoH , 1989b , p. 18 ) . |
| 16 | At other times we will focus only on the instruments , and here you can make effects that are almost abstract . |
| 17 | You know , when you go straight there , and sometimes you get it , it 's not constructive , you know , but if I 'm getting jumped on , I tend to perhaps jump , jump down on the people below me . |
| 18 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 19 | A congregation 's attention should focus not on the pulpit , the choir gallery or the organ behind it , but on the Holy Table . |
| 20 | I 'm surprised you did n't fall over on the way here . ’ |
| 21 | If the ray focus does not fall exactly on the film , the image will be blurred . |
| 22 | Use a small selected group , say between four and eight , so that the audience can focus easily on the points you are making . |
| 23 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 24 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 25 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 26 | But much will hang also on the extent to which teachers succumb to the temptation to teach for the test , and thereby create a classroom atmosphere that focuses narrowly on learning the content and the skills that will be tested , and is therefore less lively , less varied , more repetitive and more anxiety-provoking for the pupils . |
| 27 | It will focus also on the demand side of the market , looking at the impact of real wages on employment and the determinants of aggregate demand , such as world economic activity , competitiveness , and monetary and fiscal policy . |
| 28 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 29 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 30 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |