Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forms tell strongly on the curving surface and the figure-zone is widened for them , its background left bare or scattered with small flower-shapes , a calyx of pointed leaves or petals at the base and the areas of fine lines reduced to narrow borders of two or three ( figs. 7 and 8 ) . |
| 2 | High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires , taking their bearings . |
| 3 | Certainly , in St Ann 's , the condition of the houses bears immediately on the lives of the people . |
| 4 | The hairs lifted slightly on the nape of his neck and a rush of tingling spread on his scalp , then flooded his face so that he blushed in the darkness . |
| 5 | In the Kenyan savannahs where chimpanzees were first studied intensively in the wild , the animals live primarily on a vegetarian diet of fruit and leaves , together with insects such as termites . |
| 6 | In ( a ) no geometrical details are allowed for and the bounds depend only on the relative volumes of the constituents . |
| 7 | The people on the pavements were always sprucely dressed , they pushed their prams or followed their dogs at a leisurely , unhurried pace ; the cars purred quietly on the smooth roads ; there was always somebody playing at the Tennis Club . |
| 8 | With the water high up on the beach the sea is very choppy and launching is very difficult because the waves break viciously on the steep upper slopes of the beach which is frequently a shingle ridge . |
| 9 | He looked at the words written simply on the coffin lid — Fanny Robin and child . |
| 10 | John Hogan , chief operating officer , said : ‘ We have realised full value for the assets and the successful completion of the transactions reflects admirably on the skills of our staff in all departments . |
| 11 | yes I see , I think er unfortunately doctor I in this particular case I ought to make an order for certificate for counsel erm in the current , in respect of the costs incurred below on the thirteenth of August seems to me do er the proper kind of case in which to instruct counsel . |
| 12 | But the defendants claimed they were just using the boards to shelter behind on a windy day , while they had a cup of tea . |
| 13 | In chapter 12 Abraham was given a reason for his going , for the promises came hard on the heels of the command . |
| 14 | As I whip through , the dogs land lightly on the carpet . |
| 15 | Improved morale would also make possible organizational advances outside parliament , all linked to the issue of Ulster , and with the sights fixed firmly on the next election , an election that would make or break the Union , the Empire and Law 's leadership of the party . |
| 16 | And this shifting between the past and almost- present is equally felt in the choreography — it contains some of the cleanest , most authoritative classical dance Page has produced while simultaneously suggesting modern bodies and modern mores in the way the dancers loll negligently on the floor or challenge each other 's strength . |
| 17 | He said the figures came hard on the heels of the news that there were just 202 job vacancies for the 4,685 unemployed in the Darlington district . |
| 18 | The problem was that OpenForum ‘ 92 was originally intended to be an exhibition as well , and the relatively late decision by the organisers to focus more on the conference side was not communicated clearly enough to some of the exhibiting vendors . |
| 19 | And while the King was going through Andalusia , having the land at his mercy , a great power of the Moors assembled together on the other side , and entered the land , and besieged the castle of Gormaz , and did much evil . |
| 20 | Indeed , the Clintonians divide acrimoniously on the matter of the deficit . |
| 21 | They were all dressed in black , though I glimpsed the white three-pointed cross of the Templars daubed crudely on the shoulders of their cloaks . |
| 22 | It is now possible to draw together the comments made above on the various aspects of the division of labour . |
| 23 | How much truth there was in all these myths you now know as well as I. Certainly the Witnesses hit early on the fact that , rippling in and out of hyperspace , even ships as basic as the Bergen Kobold change slightly every time . |
| 24 | The faces are meek and accepting , the tears trembling gently on the cheeks ; one can not imagine these model women roaring with laughter or howling with rage . |
| 25 | The scientists reported also on the change in climate and the destruction of a flourishing fishing industry . |
| 26 | My growing interest in China was whetted by the best-seller ‘ The Good Earth ’ by Pearl Buck , while the newspapers reported daily on the Japanese attack on China at Chapei . |
| 27 | The results depend crucially on the symmetry and on the relative sizes of the eigenvalues of the linearised flow near the origin . |
| 28 | The results come hard on the heels of a forecast by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency , who says he is confident that a series of factors will lead to a ‘ relaunch ’ of nuclear power in a few years ' time . |
| 29 | Of the other large groups of courses , PGCE Primary students on between a quarter and a third of the courses received little on The Language of Specialist Subjects , Standard Language , Accent and Dialect , Bilingualism and Multilingualism , and Classroom Research . |
| 30 | An education department spokesman said teachers , governors and the police worked closely on a number of anti-crime schemes in the classroom . |