Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb base] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Forget about all your worries and concentrate on the bright and dazzling prospects that lie ahead for someone as ingenious , industrious and invitingly delicious as you ! |
2 | For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world . |
3 | Taro Nakayama , the Japanese Foreign Minister , visited Hong Kong on Nov. 3-4 , 1989 , when he offered moral support for the colony in the future and help on the Indo-Chinese refugee problem . |
4 | Afterwards a buffet lunch will be available for any who would like at The Forbury , Leominster-prepared by Amy Ormond ( Wootten 1943 ) — and in the afternoon at The Forbury Vicky Archard ( Lloyd 1966 ) , member and past president of the Hereford and Mid-Wales Philatelic Society will give a talk and display on a philatelic theme . |
5 | A first raffle raised £140 which was promptly handed over following a talk and filmshow on the vital flying arm of the emergency service . |
6 | ‘ England 's batting , fielding and — apart from Emburey and Edmonds — their bowling proclaimed the lack of practice and resolve on a slow pitch which , had they been in the right frame of mind , would have given them an even chance of levelling the series , ’ asserted Wisden . |
7 | In 1884 , disenchanted with his life at Eton , Salt decided to live at Tilford in Surrey and concentrate on a simple life , following his many interests in the field of humanitarianism . |
8 | Different ruses were used to encourage Africans to leave their homes and work on the new colonial projects . |
9 | If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs . |
10 | Look at your diary of the seven to ten days of recorded eating and decide on the major sources of sugar present . |
11 | They yield 6.2 p.c. and stand on a historic multiple of 12½ . |
12 | Turn left from the entrance and wait on the first corner . |
13 | Open the glass fronted cupboard on the left-hand side and look on the fourth shelf from the top . |
14 | But it is clear we need to improve some aspects of our operations management if we are to increase profitability and capitalise on the good reputation achieved so far . |
15 | Since the advent of the Welfare State the members , through their trustees , have decided to freeze the sickness benefit and concentrate on a terminal benefit at retirement . |
16 | Lucy 's daughter , Lala Manners , has devised a ‘ track ’ for her classes over which the children climb , balance , roll on and over cushions and bounce on a small trampoline . |
17 | Put in a fireproof dish eight carrots cut in round pieces , about half an inch thick , half a dozen small onions , parsley , salt and pepper and a rasher of bacon cut in small pieces , add a tablespoon of water , cover the dish and cook on a slow fire for about three and a half hours . |
18 | At the time I wondered how any improvements could be visual , when I learnt that players could ignore March winds and appear on the 1st tee in shirt and slacks . |
19 | Lay a piece of paper over the artwork and draw on the actual positions of the components , showing the locations of all pinouts and terminals clearly . |
20 | At present he is director of planned giving and covenant on the diocesan finance team . |
21 | The Northern Arts ' Writers Awards 1992 will give two writers the chance to take off to Ireland and work on a literary project free from the distractions of everyday life . |
22 | Rent a horse or a motor bike and explore on a few leisurely sorties . |
23 | Many feel that judges could be given greater leeway than even under present rules , perhaps through case conferences , to cut away the deadwood of the case and focus on the principal points of dispute . |
24 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
25 | The reader 's relationship to Proust 's text switches from the closeness , produced by paraphrase and quotation , of listening to the text speaking for itself , to a more removed perspective from which de Man and his reader stand back from that text and speculate on a general rule about language . |
26 | Divide the cake mixture between the cans and place on a greased baking tray . |
27 | Their lungs are not particularly large , despite the fact that a dolphin can hold its breath for five minutes or more , and some species of whales can submerge for up to an hour and survive on a single breath . |
28 | But City are prone to concede goals in the last quarter of an hour and bang on the 75th minute the impressive young Dodd fed a wonderful 30-yard pass to Rod Wallace , who held off two defenders to equalise . |
29 | Cut out six 11cm ( 4½in ) rounds of pastry and place on an edged baking tray . |
30 | The charts given here are a little misleading , because Deneb has to be drawn on one section and Vega and Altair on the other , but the overall aspect is obvious enough . |