Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the tapes we receive arrive on dodgy cassettes , have various bits and pieces of other music on them , and we have to waste time trying to find the relevant bit of the tape . |
| 2 | Whether we choose to focus on military security or protection of the environment , the policy relevance of our research is evident . |
| 3 | Yes , we 've gone on wonderful bike races together , and he 's a wonderful balloonist . |
| 4 | I thought that the thought of , er , the thoughts gone into your erm plans and your presentation was much greater than we 've had on previous courses . |
| 5 | If we had to rely on other teams slipping up I would n't be quite so relaxed Kevin Keegan |
| 6 | ‘ If we had to rely on other teams slipping up I would n't be quite so relaxed . ’ |
| 7 | Instead , we had to play on other people 's grounds . |
| 8 | It seems to mean that , whereas we form ideas of substances by observation of commonly conjoined properties and qualities , the modes we form depend on human conventions , purposes , and institutions . |
| 9 | With regard to an absence of market demand , the economic development strategy produced by the County Council refers to inward investment , it refers to this as being a small portion of the portion of er job growth , the county is not necessarily best placed to attract inward investment in terms of the the type of economy that we have based on small firms and the availability of labour . |
| 10 | ‘ We have parted on amicable terms and wished each other all the best , ’ added Bates . |
| 11 | For the moment we have to rely on intermittent subcutaneous injections which impose quite definite restrictions . |
| 12 | We have to rely on other resources , such as the network of informers that we have built up within the trade . |
| 13 | If there are no explicit statements in the text itself about its date of composition , we have to rely on indirect evidence , such as the assumptions of the writer . |
| 14 | In the real world … we have to rely on momentary impressions , third-party reports , interpretations of expressions and remarks , letters , faces in the crowd , inferences based on knowledge of our own feelings , to understand others . |
| 15 | And so if we look at what was happening to income at that time , we find that the disposable income , meaning the amount of money we have to spend on other things after we 've bought essentials , that figure rose by only one and a half percent throughout this period . |
| 16 | The rules attached to the money the government is giving us tells use we have to spend on voluntary organisations and private care . |
| 17 | I had acquired his confidence , which I believe I still retain , but for a number of reasons which were quasi-political we drifted apart towards the end of his second premiership , and although we have remained on friendly terms , the intimacy has long vanished . |
| 18 | So far we have concentrated on structural markers in written discourse . |
| 19 | One such product is FABSIL which we have used on numerous occasions . |
| 20 | ‘ We want to be able to understand their needs and we have put on extra patrols in areas where Asians feel that they are vulnerable . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Yegor Gaidar , First Deputy Prime Minister , said : ‘ I am convinced that so far we have agreed on effective co-operation in order to resolve the problem by joint effort . |
| 22 | Accordingly , we plan to concentrate on geomorphic processes . |
| 23 | ‘ There are some things we need to move on big and fast , to achieve radical changes . |
| 24 | If we are to make further progress with our EC neighbours , surely we need to build on sure foundations . |
| 25 | On the other hand , it is essential that wherever possible , the pupils and staffs of our schools/colleges enjoy the same range of opportunity as is offered in the state sector — we need to compete on equal terms . |
| 26 | Historically , we tended to concentrate on high volume products and maximum utilisation of capacity . |
| 27 | None of us had reckoned on open-heart surgery . |