Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big serious routes on its south and west faces on perfect granite do n't appear in Collomb , but details are easily gained if you can speak and read French . |
| 2 | He needs to have time and freedom to concentrate on proper spending ! ) |
| 3 | Games and contests depend on good organisation and the clear enthusiasm of the teacher . |
| 4 | Spectra from a clean tungsten surface and from oxygen and hydrogen chemisorbed on that surface are shown in Fig. 2 . |
| 5 | She and Frances fell on each other . |
| 6 | And , of course , talk of cost must never overlook what are known as opportunity costs : time , effort , and money spent on one thing necessarily means a lost opportunity to spend them on something else , which may be of just as much value . |
| 7 | Costa Rica and Panama agreed on ecological protection measures for their joint border areas . |
| 8 | According to India 's planning commission , nearly three-quarters of households in towns and cities depend on non-commercial energy for cooking . |
| 9 | The civil service and institutions based on this style see feeling as irrelevant in work performance . |
| 10 | Lancaster and Lincoln served on this basis in Gascony in 1294 and 1298 ; and in Edward II 's reign contract armies became more common as a means of defending the northern border in the absence of the king . |
| 11 | Such problems may well be the product of social arrangements which are regarded as ‘ good ’ , ‘ right ’ and ‘ desirable ’ ; for example , high divorce rates may be the product of the high expectations and demands centred on monogamous marriage . |
| 12 | He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity , and indeterminacy to comment on free will . |
| 13 | Capital spending is seen to total some 7.8% of general government expenditure and covers spending on new construction , land , building and other physical assets , as well as grants to the private sector , the nationalized industries and other public corporations ( see also Fig. 15.5 ) . |
| 14 | ( 20 ) Hold exchange until completion dates and readiness to exchange on concurrent sale and purchase established . |
| 15 | China and Taiwan co-operate on radioactive waste disposal |
| 16 | The DBA is based on full or part-time study and the PhD and MPhil based on full-time study only . |
| 17 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 18 | A link programme between Britain and Brazil focusing on primary care has resulted in exchange of ideas and staff between the two countries . |
| 19 | Finally , we must consider the effect on national income of a change in the lump-sum tax ( T ) on the assumption that consumption , saving and imports depend on disposable income ( Y d ) rather than national income ( Y ) : recall that Y d = Y - T. Suppose that the lump-sum tax is raised by £2 million ( from £2m. to £4m . ) . |
| 20 | Georgia , Alabama and Florida agree on one point . |
| 21 | Not only do Greece , Portugal and Spain rely on northern employment for their ‘ surplus ’ manpower , they also gain considerably from remittance money in balancing at least in part their serious trade deficits . |
| 22 | And Quiksilver insisted on good light for the shots . ’ |
| 23 | The greeny brown surface of the stone is dappled with grey and yellow lichens , and wisteria and ceanothus thrive on this south façade . |
| 24 | They were objecting to having to travel by bus everyday to their laboratories and classrooms located on another site . |
| 25 | The character of the area will suffer if further permissions are granted in respect of ‘ redundant farm buildings ’ and buildings lost on this basis are replaced with modern agricultural buildings devoid of character . |
| 26 | Relatively deprived towns , cities and conurbations based on declining manufacturing industry , mainly found in the North . |
| 27 | After death the bodies of the victims of the eruption were rapidly buried by the accumulating ash , and rain falling on this ash soon after the eruption cemented it into a fairly hard mass before the flesh of the corpses had decayed . |
| 28 | As Jonathan Culler points out , the pun is to the synchronic dimension of language what etymology is to the diachronic dimension ( 1988:2 ) , and Julia plays on this parallel by confusing the two . |
| 29 | Kozyrev highlighted the spirit of co-operation between the two sides : " We worked as friends and allies standing on one side of the barricade of all the problems that beset us on the other . " |
| 30 | This fitted in with the idea of mixed programming , whereby music , talks , variety and drama appeared on each station , exposing the listener to a varied choice , rather than the stations being specialized . |