Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , if there is significant excess capacity at the agreed output , and the agreed price is well above marginal cost , then a significant output expansion would be both feasible and profitable and so reneging on the agreement could appear attractive . |
| 2 | In the end , Reagan came very close to defeating Ford , obtaining more popular votes in the primaries than the president and only losing on the ballot for the nomination in the Convention by 111 votes out of a total cast of 2,257 . |
| 3 | The hours passed in fruitless speculation on one side of the room and loud snoring on the other . |
| 4 | Throughout Iraq and even in neighbouring Kuwait , it was possible to share something of the flavour of the front line through the early evening transmissions of Suwar min al-maarakah ( pictures from the battle ) , which followed the news and which , in addition to depicting the bombardment of distant Iranian positions by Iraqi artillery , contributed some human interest with groups of soldiers , sometimes regulars , sometimes from the People 's Army , having a brew-up in some operational area , waving to the camera and generally putting on a show . |
| 5 | First they send you all round the town and then you get processed into a system with thousands of other people and it does n't feel at all like driving to a town on the coast and just getting on a boat . |
| 6 | At the Dixie Dude , I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing . |
| 7 | The American Adventure opens at 10.00am and closes between 5.00pm and 7.00pm depending on the time of year . |
| 8 | STRACHAN Never beaten in his heart and always penetrating on the ball 8 |
| 9 | As a party it is described , variously , as characterized by its insurrectionary mentality and always hovering on the brink of insurrection . |
| 10 | Ricky was not long out of the navy , training as a body builder , doing carpentry , and also working on the door at clubs , as he was saving for a motor bike which Minton helped him to buy . |
| 11 | In town , it only returns 23mpg but at a steady 56mph , it gives an amazing 40mpg and even cruising on the motorway , drivers can expect over 32mpg . |
| 12 | The fish was of course a familiar ecclesiastical emblem , originating with the cryptogram of the early disciples , and then elaborating on the analogy of ‘ fishers of men ’ . |
| 13 | The result of all this has been that proponents in the press of the fashionable pro-government doctrine of ‘ new realism ’ have somehow found themselves spending most of their time constructing and then reporting on a fantasy world . |
| 14 | In his book , On the Trail of Terror , David Leppard wrote later that , privately , Hayes believed the Lockerbie bomb had been a dual device , triggered by a barometric switch and then running on a timer , but that not enough of it had been recovered to be sure . |
| 15 | where you 're just watching , helping , washing a few cups with somebody and , and then going on a course one or two days a week , and then you 're consider whether being took on and even if you 're not took on at that place at least you 've got something to say you 've done when you 're |
| 16 | In this process of consultation , the emphasis moves from deciding how to spend available resources to identifying needs , establishing priorities and then deciding on the budget " ( Nightingale 1990 : 110 ) . |
| 17 | She spent each afternoon in bed , coming down for dinner and then lying on the sofa afterwards . |
| 18 | While Nyasha bravely went into the temple and there sitting on the throne that was made only for the chiefs there sat not a king not a prince |
| 19 | Well , there is a kind of waiting process here , that is in political life particularly , some people are more important than others in their political views and opinions and certainly depending on the nature of the society . |