Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shut her eyes and concentrated on the four last things listed by the catechism : death , judgment , heaven and hell . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | Having analysed the parts of a question take and rephrase the question , using your own words and concentrating on the key factor , phrase or word of the title . |
| 4 | At first she hovered in the farmyard , then she wandered over to the stables and sat on the outside steps up to Louis 's workroom . |
| 5 | Different ruses were used to encourage Africans to leave their homes and work on the new colonial projects . |
| 6 | Briefly , these factors are : the total population of the area and the number of registered library members ; trends in book publishing — i.e. the number of new books published per annum , broken down by subjects ; the length of life of stock on the open shelves ( depreciation rate ) ; the risen costs of books and binding on the previous year 's fund ; and the range and condition of the existing stock . |
| 7 | Miss Jarman was heaving herself out of the carriage with the help of the crabbed old driver ; marching up the steps and rapping on the front door shouting : |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He swam up and away from the tangle of lines and disappeared on the other side of the iceberg . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Remember that demand , leading to overload and pressure , is a function of the disparity between duties and wishes on the one hand and limitations on the other . |
| 12 | An extremely fat and gummy bus conductress wobbles and frets and poddles and wets on the opposite seat to me of the bus 's lower , non smokers deck in fierce counterpoint to the holey road beneath . |
| 13 | They are , in brief , of the form If A , even if X , then still B. ( 1.4 ) Certain facts stated by the latter conditionals , together with effects being taken as later in time , are all that is needed to explain the difference we find or make between causal circumstances and causes on the one hand , and , on the other , their effects . |
| 14 | By the process of psychology the subject is all too often bound to the negative events in their lives and focuses on the negative results in their personality . |
| 15 | Volume 47 ( 1993 ) will include articles and reviews on the following subjects : |
| 16 | Whatever it was , he appointed one John Leathart , a mining engineer , to conduct a survey of the Coniston Mines and to advise on the true position there . |
| 17 | This meeting notes with concern the potential for exploitation of junior members of the Bar with the introduction of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts and calls on the Legal Aid and Fees Committee to liaise with the Law Society , the Legal Aid Board and the Lord Chancellor 's Department with a view to agreeing a fair approach to fixing Counsel 's fees and making such practical arrangements as are necessary . ’ |
| 18 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 19 | The character of Olivia carries no more conviction when after dangerous conflicts and escapes on the Spanish Main and after Stukeley 's treacherous dealings with the Spanish government on the Isthmus of Darien and his death from yellow fever , she falls into Charles Margaret 's arms . |
| 20 | This means they just sent it off , hoping it would pass all the checks and get on the right flight . |
| 21 | The journalists gathered in knots to compare notes and decide on the best angle on the story . |
| 22 | Satellite television stations under the control of press barons and modelled on the tabloid press may make inaction even more indefensible . |
| 23 | Like modern reform Judaism , it wished to discard laws of purity of time , space and bodily fluids and to focus on the ethical and universalist aspects of the biblical faith . |
| 24 | Curtis pulled over , doused the lights and parked on the wide verge next to the break in the barrier . |
| 25 | Produce de-seasonalized figures and comment on the overall trend and any anomalous quarterly values . |
| 26 | Grill the kebabs and place on the hot rice to serve . |
| 27 | Stitching pains and lies on the painful side |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They used to come out every summer to Southmoor , where I lived , to pick the hops and work on the local market garden and erm I agree with whoever said if you treat them right they 'll treat you right . |
| 30 | 10.30am It 's Alan 's job to set up the picture , arrange various props and decide on the complicated lighting . |