Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late 1960s various ways had been developed within English studies of dealing with the " inadequacies " which resulted from the dissonances between student attitudes to literary study and teaching based on the elevated canon of great literary texts or " classics " . |
| 2 | Services should have as a primary goal the alleviation of distress , by providing a programme of treatment , care and support based on the unique needs of an individual . |
| 3 | Maintaining confidence and support depends on the thousand little things that are done around the school . |
| 4 | Attempting to copy a decorative technique can confirm or disprove that it produces the same appearance and microstructure observed on the original item . |
| 5 | Rime and snow collect on the upper surface , depressing the floes and allowing the sea to flood over , freeze , and strengthen the ice further . |
| 6 | The main attraction of the Tenesor is its lovely pool area , often the scene of a pool party , with its king-size swimming pool and sun loungers on the surrounding sun terrace . |
| 7 | The degree of rise and fall depends on the relative intensity of emotive expression . |
| 8 | The Grand Bazaar on 19th–21st November 1891 realised over £6,000 — much more than Agnew had hoped for , and by the end of 1892 , Agnew had met his target for the Building Fund , and work commenced on the new Institute . |
| 9 | She was consoled , too , to have them in her house where they made an uncommon amount of noise and were certainly not easy guests but their beaming countenances and determination to look on the bright side of everything lightened the atmosphere immensely . |
| 10 | As the sound of the engines receded northwards , curtains and shutters twitched shut again and peace descended on the rural town 's main street once more . |
| 11 | Sitting in the steaming restaurant the rain and condensation dribbles on the upper half of the window competed with the lace curtains on the bottom half . |
| 12 | render invisible the vast amount of avoidable harm , injury , and deprivation imposed on the ordinary population by the state , transnational and other corporations , and thereby remove the effects of these ‘ crimes ’ from the causal nexus for explaining ‘ conventional crimes ’ committed by ordinary people . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , I 'm left pondering the age old Inspiral conundrum of farting jollity and dick fiddling on the one hand , and brooding , impassioned pop on the other . |
| 14 | Two- and three-dimensional graphics are included on the board with optional 24 plane two- and three-dimensional buffered modelling and visualisation offered on the 715/50 . |
| 15 | When fertility is low and juvenile mortality is high ( m , J A ; γ1 ) , r -(v+1) /2 , and selection depends on the average effect on juvenile and adult survival . |
| 16 | Use female screws on the outside , and screw covers on the interior ones |
| 17 | Press and television reports on the adverse consequences of the centre 's decision may lead to the decision being reconsidered . |
| 18 | As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . |
| 19 | It models precisely the position of alienation vis-a-vis design and society felt on the one hand by designers — who in general express profound unease at even thinking about the social sphere — and who embody this alienation in the very fabric of design practice ( mass housing is the obvious example ) — and on the other by society in general which remains both deeply suspicious of designers and their possible beneficial work and , paradoxically , deeply uncertain about objects — or , more precisely , about the significance of their form . |
| 20 | At this news , there was a great laugh and calm descended on the port-bibbing assembly . |
| 21 | Air-raid wardens in tin helmets watched the skies and silence descended on the empty streets . |
| 22 | As regards agreements to lease , the contingency principle will be applied to any rents reserved and duty charged on the VAT-inclusive rent . |
| 23 | MR JOHN MacGregor , the Education Secretary , has distanced himself from the Government 's loans scheme for students by appointing the two most junior ministers at the Department of Education and Science to sit on the parliamentary committee discussing the Education ( Student Loans ) Bill . |
| 24 | Ghost of the Tree and Oak-elder crouched on the swollen roots of a willow , watching their repair , occasionally singing . |
| 25 | The bulk of the domestic and workshop accommodation , however , falls into the category of simple rectilinear forms constructed in a variety of ways from timber and stone depending on the local availability of materials ( cf. fig. 2 D–I ) . |
| 26 | Over the last three years there has been vigorous discussion of the consequences of the removal of trade and currency controls on the eastern European economies . |
| 27 | Drive to the parking area and viewpoint shown on the western side of Walbury Hill , grid reference 370 east , 620 north . |
| 28 | He sensed the deadness paralysing the planet , could feel the chaos and destruction unfolding on the distant worlds of the Althosian system . |
| 29 | The history master had gathered up his flock and had paused outside the source of power in the Commonwealth and Empire to eulogize on the great men of the past who had entered the hallowed portals . |
| 30 | Groups of companies generally organise pooling arrangements with their bankers so that all cash balances are aggregated and interest paid on the net difference only . |