Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In discussion which followed ‘ many members remained sceptical as to the feasibility of the Dip.H.E. and commented on the ephemeral interest in existing Dip.H.E.s … enrolment for future courses would depend on the flexibility exercised in allowing entrants with qualifications other than two ‘ A ’ levels to enrol , and members regretted the intransigence of the DES in this matter' . |
| 2 | Time will show whether the training has long-term benefits — or whether it merely creates LRT junkies , capable of happiness only in an environment unnaturally charged with emotion and hooked on an expensive promise of love and everlasting life . |
| 3 | We went through Dick Whittington 's archway and banged on the metal-studded door for access . |
| 4 | She sat among coarse dune-grass and fixed on the distant |
| 5 | They could then be converted back into vector form as polygon data and superimposed on the deterministic results . |
| 6 | Interest is paid annually upon each anniversary of the first deposit to your TESSA and calculated on a daily basis on cleared balances ( including any interest credited but not withdrawn ) . |
| 7 | She screwed a pair of gold hoops into her earlobes , moistened her lips and pasted on the impersonal smile that had served her so well during her months on the catwalk . |
| 8 | The methanolic eluates were pooled in the original round bottomed flask and dried on a rotary evaporator . |
| 9 | Though the theory was many years ahead of its time it was almost wholly guesswork and rested on no satisfactory contemporary experimental evidence . |
| 10 | The cathedral of Bayonne is another disappointment if , like me , you travel south in order to rest eyes sated with the Perpendicular and Pointed on the rounded splendours of the Romanesque . |
| 11 | Each month Norma Steinberg will be showing one of the wild animals which has become an endangered species on a beautifully drawn chart and portrayed on a suitable sweater style . |
| 12 | Torn between passing the letter to Alice or Amelia , Robert tossed a coin and settled on the latter . |
| 13 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 14 | Satellite television stations under the control of press barons and modelled on the tabloid press may make inaction even more indefensible . |
| 15 | ‘ All specialist subject teaching during the secondary phase ’ , they continue , ‘ requires teachers whose study of the subject concerned was at a level appropriate to higher education , represented a substantial part of the total higher education and training period and built on a suitable A level base ’ . |
| 16 | Goth , of Liverton Avenue , Whinney Banks , was taken into police custody , informed of the murder charge and released on the same bail conditions to appear on May 5 . |
| 17 | After a while a kitten is placed in a small , secure cage and left on the far side of a room , while the phobic is gently reassured that it can not get near . |
| 18 | On Dec. 4 King Bhumibol made a highly unusual intervention and called on the two sides to settle the affair peacefully . |
| 19 | Curtis pulled over , doused the lights and parked on the wide verge next to the break in the barrier . |
| 20 | In 1987 , however , Sainte-Engrâce got its road out , at the far , eastern end of the valley , over what suddenly became the Col de Soudet ; it was inaugurated one day and used on the next by the toiling cyclists of the Tour de France , as part of one of their horribly taxing mountain climbs . |
| 21 | For too long we have regarded the pound as sacrosanct , but who wants to be paid in funny money that is for ever being debased by inflation and buffeted on the financial and foreign exchange markets ? |
| 22 | At last Lachlan descended the spiral and stopped on the final step . |
| 23 | An old car which had been driven across in front of the shooting targets was ideal , so we attached fifteen kilos of the explosive to it in different places , fixed up the detonators , trailed fuse wire back several yards and clipped on the incendiary devices which would activate the firing process . |
| 24 | Alec stood his ground and hauled on the heavy chain . |
| 25 | Strachan had plugged away all day and was rewarded in the closing moments when he dispossessed a Southampton player on the byline , came across the penalty area and laid on a beautiful ball from Speed to slot in the net . |
| 26 | Participant observation , then , is an attempt to put both observer and observed on the same side by making the former a member of the group so that he can experience what they experience and work within their frame of reference . |
| 27 | He pushed some coins across the counter and settled on the next stool to Albert . |
| 28 | The new package reduced import tariffs on 562 items ; tariff surcharges were reduced on 365 items and abolished on a further 137 items . |
| 29 | He reaffirmed his support for a Palestinian state and called on the Israeli government to enter into direct negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , but also denounced the Arab economic boycott of Israel and said that he would press the European Communities ( EC ) to pass measures opposing it . |
| 30 | She 's cast off Charlene 's greasy overalls and pulled on a few slinky numbers for this role . |