Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her features were well-shaped even so early , and the jaw placed finely on the white neck with its blue flush of springing hair . |
| 2 | Tsu Ma went across and stood there , one foot resting lightly on the tiled lip of the well as he looked back across the valley towards the south . |
| 3 | Providing authorities/hospitals would be paid for cases treated either on the basis of actual cost per case , or on some laid-down or agreed cost per case , and there seems little to prevent them behaving in the same manner as hospitals elsewhere where either ‘ Retrospective full cost reimbursement ’ or ‘ Prospective reimbursement ’ systems are in operation . |
| 4 | And I think I made it quite clear that it was not the quality of the Education Authority that was the basis of the Banbury School 's proposals , it was the County Council 's decision to go ahead on a consultation for tertiary education , an entirely different animal in Oxfordshire , and I , like Bob , would agree that the erm quality of education offered in Oxfordshire is first class . |
| 5 | my little note badge to go underneath on the |
| 6 | As Mr Crump meandered away on a line his wife had drawn for him and in which he half-believed , John-Augustus recalled vividly a discussion he had overheard in the stable-yard earlier that morning . |
| 7 | The other , the Left Bank , is open rolling country where sheep graze prosperously on the broad grassy slopes ; valleys are wide , hills less crowded , the cover sparse , and views extensive . |
| 8 | Only the church band — two clarionets , a serpent , a bassoon and an ill-tempered violoncello — brought much vigour to the services ; after the harmonies of King 's their enthusiasm fell stridently on the Rector 's ear . |
| 9 | A mile interviewer with sleek hair sits awkwardly on a high-tech chair , agreeing with him . |
| 10 | A covenant in a lease is , prima , a contract binding only on the lessor and lessee . |
| 11 | The decision centred mainly on the particular circumstances leading to the relationship between the bank and the debtor . |
| 12 | To achieve crosswind landing exactly on the spot without using the engine and in a strange machine offers a strong challenge even to the most experienced pilot . |
| 13 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has launched a multi-media messaging system , MXE , and also announced an agreement with Intel Corp to work together on a personal computer-based communications system . |
| 14 | The small birds clustered tightly on the swinging coconut were fighting for a firm grip . |
| 15 | Also , news bulletins concentrated heavily on the speeches and activities of leading politicians , particularly the president . |
| 16 | I sat at the kitchen table , staring at the blind white blankness in front of me , and slowly , like a clear spring welling up from the common earth , the poem rose and spread and filled me , unstoppable as flood water , technique unknotting even as it ran , like snags rolled away on the flood . |
| 17 | High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires , taking their bearings . |
| 18 | Frau Nordern moved uneasily on the bed . |
| 19 | Early in April 1848 the committee which Nicholas had set up under Menshikov reported negatively on the two most popular journals of the day , The Contemporary and Notes of the Fatherland , and recommended the creation of a new body to supervise the activity of the regime 's censors . |
| 20 | She spent the rest of her ‘ ninety years of aggressively independent living ’ 9 with only the consistent company of a pack of fox-terriers , alternatively at her Yorkshire cottage perched precariously on the edge of a cliff or in her Chelsea studio overlooking the river . |
| 21 | The call to baptism bore immediately on the restoration of Israel and the concomitant salvation of the nations . |
| 22 | The object of the authoring tool is to make it possible for the user to concentrate just on the information and design requirements of an application rather being diverted and befogged by the technical problems of putting them together in a system that works . |
| 23 | Helen was called home to help her sister , Irene , in her employment and during this ten-week secretarial stint she and Edward met frequently on the Common as Helen returned from her work . |
| 24 | So , a tiny red dot placed specifically on a large white area becomes a work of art , but it 's also a criticism that art is viewed too reverently since people will spend time and money to trek to view , maybe worship , the little red dot on the large white area in an art gallery but will swiftly get the handbag removed from the seat cos they want to sit down ! |
| 25 | The chorographer ( though not Reyce ) points out : ‘ That p't of the countrye that is nere unto the sea is nothing so fruiffull neyther so comodious for cattell as the other but more fitte for sheepe and come , ’ and so contained many more 20s. men — upwards of 43 per cent in Blything hundred , and more than twice as many as in townships situated wholly on the clay . |
| 26 | If they ask you what wing of the Party you belong to , say it is your intention to sit prettily on the fence . |
| 27 | I follow the line of the hedge along the side of the road , ducking once as a car drives past on the road ; its headlights sweep along the hedge above me . |
| 28 | During a night shoot outside the Locarno Ballroom , a leather-clad punk skidded past on a skateboard — pulled by a pair of Dobermanns . |
| 29 | The berths were practically dry at low water and vessels lay aground on the mud bottom whilst loading and discharging their cargoes . |
| 30 | The night-light glowed softly on the top of the chest of drawers . |