Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in fact each sex is acting in good faith , unaware — as one might be with a foreign speaker of one 's own language — that the other is following different rules and acting on different assumptions . |
| 2 | They showed little awareness of , or interest in , HMI surveys and official reports , let alone other published research and writing on primary education . |
| 3 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 4 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 5 | Mr Gould promised the party would restore ‘ the great utilities ’ to public ownership and insist on higher standards of regulation than those which had prevailed under the Conservatives . |
| 6 | The goal is to market and distribute technology with SVR4.2 enabling software vendors to write , package and distribute one single version of their applications that can run unchanged on laptops , workstations , servers , mainframes and even supercomputers , from different vendors and based on different microprocessors . |
| 7 | All young hypertensives were given repeated advice and support on associated or causal risks for coronary disease , particularly smoking . |
| 8 | Beetle larvae and adults usually occupy different habitats and rely on different food supplies . |
| 9 | Tel. ( 0622 688292 ) offers free advice and help on any aspects of cremation and publishes a leaflet , What you should know about cremations , which explains what happens at the crematorium on the day of the funeral . |
| 10 | A redshank swept its bill through soft patches of wet mud and breakfasted on tiny insects , shrimps and wriggling worms . |
| 11 | The club Console Countdown offers such benefits as up to 10 per cent discount on hardware , 20 per cent discount on all games , a 50-page free catalogue and updates on all the latest launches and releases . |
| 12 | When he was looking to expand with another concept , he looked at the labels in his shops for something with a distinctive yet commercial image and decided on this French casualwear label . |
| 13 | The report cited numerous examples of arbitrary arrest , torture and extra-judicial killing and called on Indian politicians to use the general election of May and June to commit themselves to ending seven years of " rampant human rights abuses " in the state . |
| 14 | He went on to write many books , such as Architectural Hints and Hints on Ornamental Gardening , which were invaluable to aspiring ‘ men of taste ’ , and on being acclaimed as a second Michelangelo by his friends because he drew so well , he made ‘ Buonarroti ’ his middle name . |
| 15 | All work was carried out using remote-controlled equipment and monitored on closed-circuit television screens . |
| 16 | But that is to ignore the possible effect of indecent displays on the unwary viewer , which may be to invade the realm of the most private emotions and to play on these in an unsettling and intrusive fashion , utterly without permission . |
| 17 | The difference that is becoming increasingly clear , said Mr Botham , is that farmers are taking a thoroughly professional attitude and concentrating on precise timing of every application . |
| 18 | The Government are keen on people exercising choice when buying the weekly groceries , but such choice is removed from people who live in rural areas and depend on public transport . |
| 19 | Thanks to Sybille two local women were hired to do extra cooking and cleaning on these occasions , when it seemed the concept of the extended family had turned the Ashleys into hoteliers . |
| 20 | To draw a parabola with an included angle exceeding 140° , draw two straight lines and mark on each a series of equal intervals . |
| 21 | A number of documentary collections , some of them drawing on Soviet publications , were compiled by western scholars , but they tended to bear the strong imprint of liberal editorship and to concentrate on political rather than socio-economic material . |
| 22 | Using the right sized appropriate screwdriver and WORKING ON ONE SIDE AT A TIME , remove the outside round brushes and plastic gears . |
| 23 | ‘ We would expect calendar year 1993 , based on the early performance and based on last year , to be a good solid year from a profit perspective , ’ Roach told the news wire . |
| 24 | God alone is the sole author of the universe , but , as it were , one of the characters created by God refused to accept the dependency of a created being and insisted on equal powers and rights with the author . |
| 25 | We are happy to visit you to discuss individual requirements and advise on all aspects of letting , including : |
| 26 | He was a zealous MP and served on numerous committees , but the House never elected him to the council of state . |
| 27 | Last year the prototype was run as a simple mower and tested on several farms in Bucks . |
| 28 | The latter course kept the family together , a consideration which became increasingly important during the first half of the twentieth century , but which was believed to be open to abuse unless the state assumed the role of the male breadwinner and insisted on good household management and sexual fidelity . |
| 29 | The executive board of ICI uses an information base which includes limited operational data and concentrates on strategic information . |
| 30 | This involves cleaning the ends of the pipe with solvent cleaner and brushing on solvent-weld cement . |