Example sentences of "and [noun] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | such infinite knives and forks on a dazzling table . |
| 2 | Everyone will be free to enjoy themselves as they wish , but we shall be arranging a programme of optional sightseeing excursions and activities on a daily basis , which will ensure you miss nothing of the best the region has to offer . |
| 3 | Crystal and Davy on the other hand are focusing on the language of a few speakers well known to them , and it may well be that in their case the nature of the personal ties between investigator and subject makes candid recording a less pressing ethical issue . |
| 4 | I would have thought that a large company like Fender could supply this information with their products as a matter of course , together with technical specifications and notes on the safe usage of this product — after all , I seem to recall several musicians being electrocuted when playing their electric guitars . |
| 5 | The rest of the 50 minutes should be used to look back on the previous lectures and notes on the same topic . |
| 6 | Thus as the recession of the early 1980s drew to its close ‘ condition of track ’ speed restrictions of some severity were imposed : for example stretches of 35 to 50mph between Selby and Hull on the straightest railway in Britain . |
| 7 | For nearly 500 years the people of this area built churches , cathedrals , schools and houses on the Byzantine model and , as time passed , adapted these designs to their own needs . |
| 8 | The night sky was still clouded picking up just a hint of the glow from the street lights that silhouetted the church , trees and houses on the opposite crest . |
| 9 | And erm one of the girls that was on there became a very very famous soprano in the country , erm Connie Shackelock you 've probably not heard of her , she 's sort of a bit before your time but er she always used to sing Land of Hope and Glory on the last night of the Proms a few years ago . |
| 10 | It is extremely tempting to suppose that this picture and the Centauromachy and Amazonomachy on the other vase are copied from three of the murals in the Theseion . |
| 11 | INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS APPEAL FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM ON THE MIDDLE EAST |
| 12 | The aim is to provide a comprehensive range of services and expertise on a national scale to the business community in particular . |
| 13 | Bailey asked , indicating Whitlock and Sabrina on the adjacent sofa . |
| 14 | of course , if the vacancy requirements fluctuate as well , as is the case with contractors , a kind of see-saw effect sets in with the recruitment team oscillating between periods of intense activity and chaos on the one hand , and having nothing to do on the other hand . |
| 15 | If tax is owing and payment on the due date is impossible , the Inland Revenue will discuss payment over a period of time to meet the liability ; and any taxpayer who is in difficulty in paying his or her tax should contact the Inland Revenue at the earliest opportunity to discuss how the difficulty might be resolved . |
| 16 | We have nothing like Louis Halphen 's great topographical study of the growth of Paris ; or the work of Keussen and Koebner on the physical development of Cologne , or of Des Marez on the city of Ghent . |
| 17 | The geographical nature of the North-East dictates that the vast majority of North-East based national football reporters gravitate to Newcastle and Sunderland on a daily basis because the clubs are in such close proximity . |
| 18 | In 1526 Wolsey was authorised to make such changes as were necessary to bring English coinage into equality with the principal continental currencies , and coins on the new standard were therefore issued . |
| 19 | The clouds have dropped down over the mountain so that the evangelicals and charismatics on the first contour above the town have vanished into the mist . |
| 20 | It will include access ramps for the disabled , new heating , fire alarm and fire detection systems and toilets on the first floor . |
| 21 | This must lead us to consider whether the differences in theistic belief between Near Eastern traditions like Judaism , Christianity , and Islam on the one hand , and Indian traditions like Hinduism on the other hand , have been exaggerated because of language . |
| 22 | A different press is needed , and a different paper is desirable , so to print pictures and text on the same page is awkward . |
| 23 | The challenge now for the egg industry is to communicate this message to consumers ; to look forward to the 1990s with confidence in the knowledge that its product is the best in the world — not to waste time and money on the constant examination of its collective navel and on cries of ‘ not fair ’ . |
| 24 | The Hoflin affair had n't worked out quite the way he 'd planned either , although he 'd spent a lot of time and money on the little thing . |
| 25 | He spat blood and saliva on the abused woman , and plunged his hands into her again … |
| 26 | February orders in the US , based on the usual three-month moving average , rose 0.8% on the average figure for the three months to January , to $2,065m and shipments on the same basis rose 2.2% to $1,750m . |
| 27 | The president said Russia 's 150 million people must be allowed to have their say in a 25 April vote of confidence in the presidency and referendum on a new constitution . |
| 28 | It is for this reason that in such cases there can be no conspiracy between the directors and shareholders on the one hand and the company on the other : Reg. v. McDonnell [ 1966 ] 1 Q.B . |
| 29 | By appealing directly to his fellow-citizens and banking on a generous response , the President may just have gambled correctly . |
| 30 | The tyrants of classical Sicily did indeed behave like the kings of hellenistic Greek history , intermarrying ( with a vengeance : they practised polygamy ) , shifting populations around ( Gelon 's transfer of capital and population to Syracuse ) , and building on a heroic scale . |