Example sentences of "on under [art] " in BNC.

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1 can a radically different work still be carried on under a single heading or department when there is not just diversity of approach but more serious and fundamental differences about the object of knowledge ( despite overlapping of the actual material of study ) ?
2 Joseph Hucks now seemed a poor companion in comparison with Coleridge 's new Oxford friend , and as the two men walked on under a blazing sun , first to Gloucester — ‘ a nothing-to-be-said about Town ’ — and then to Ross-on-Wye , Coleridge 's thoughts returned constantly to the substance of his conversations with Southey .
3 Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor .
4 It 's a shame it 's going on under a microscope , spotlight or whatever but erm .
5 More importantly , it reflects his laconic style , and what was going on under the surface :
6 Whatever it was , she could do nothing about it herself , since she had n't the remotest idea what went on under the bonnet of the Renault .
7 At the end of this run the river strikes a high bank and swirls into a deep , clear pool , before swinging right and left , on under the old railway bridge , down towards Neidpath Castle .
8 Of all murders serial killings were the most frustrating , the most difficult and the chanciest to solve , the investigation carried on under the strain of vociferous public demand that the terrifying unknown devil be caught and exorcized for ever .
9 But he strongly disapproved of the proselytizing that went on under the cloak of humanitarianism .
10 She watched it keenly through opera glasses from the third row of the empty stalls , and I do n't know how the poor actress carried on under the circumstances .
11 Hodder & Stanchion carries on under the Attender brothers , Michel and Phalli .
12 The administration of an oath in England without lawful authority is an offence , but a person appointed by order of a foreign court or other judicial authority has the necessary authority by virtue of section 1 of the Oaths and Evidence ( Overseas Authorities and Countries ) Act 1963 , for use in civil proceedings carried on under the law of that country , and a consul may administer an oath under certain other statutory provisions .
13 If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river .
14 " I shall only allow those boys to use the range who have attained considerable proficiency in their physical exercises and drill ; and all shooting will be carried on under the strictest supervision .
15 After Egypt was conquered by the Persian king Kambyses in 525 BC the Greeks and Karians lost their old employers ; but it is certain from several pieces of evidence that they stayed on under the new management , as distinct ethnic groups , surviving until and beyond the Macedonian takeover in 331 .
16 There was a lot of dancing to the radio and , later , to John 's guitar ; a lot of Christmas cards were repeatedly sent toppling ; a lot of seasonal goings-on went on under the veritable forest of mistletoe that hung from the centre light .
17 But as the pony trotted on under the cloud-filled November sky the voice that soon stole into Abie Klugman 's mind was not from his past or his future , but from his present .
18 He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass .
19 ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces .
20 acknowledg 'd that the characters of the men were very unexceptionable in every respect … but the Statutes of the Univy , he thought , obliged him to proceed in this Manner — thus is Persecution carried on under the masque of Mildness and Moderation . ’
21 Moving on under the Almond Bridge ( which is the largest bridge in the town being 300 metres in length and 20 metres high ) you enter Almond Park which covers 30 hectares ( 75 acres ) and is south facing .
22 The lease was not renewed but the partners carried on under the terms of the existing one .
23 He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him .
24 Obviously , she thought sourly , checking to make sure that no hanky-panky was going on under the table between Piers and her , or else he was still so infatuated that he could n't bear not to look at her for too long .
25 I stayed on under the welding cold
26 ‘ What have you got on under the leather stuff ? ’
27 Crossroads lived on under the Central banner , but there were many more changes in store and some viewers did n't like take to those either .
28 South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director .
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