Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1981 she has been feature-writing for the bi-monthly alumni magazine of the University of Massachusetts , which gives her scope for science reporting and reporting on contemporary issues . |
| 2 | They can , for example , digitise outline maps , generate percentage distribution maps from point data input , transform co-ordinates , incorporate place-names from gazetteer databases into maps , and print base-maps and overlays on suitable plotters . |
| 3 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 4 | It 's the fifth year of a meet that hosts , as usual , over 1,000 entries and goes on non-stop for most of nine hours . |
| 5 | I 've left the question of accessibility of the venue until last , not because it 's less important but because it 's one of the most important considerations and impinges on one of the most difficult tasks any event organiser has to face : getting the right number of the right people to come to it . |
| 6 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 7 | The ban , initiated by the State Department and announced on 11 March by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service , is expected to affect fewer than 500 of the approximately 3000 Libyan students at American universities , and only those studying the proscribed subjects . |
| 8 | Rather than seeing the children as ‘ deprived ’ she can identify each child 's strengths and build on these . |
| 9 | Graham 's ( 1972 ) analysis of the social processes leading to the US Comprehensive ( sic ) Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act , 1970 , considers how , through tough lobbying tactics and calling on good connections — especially in the House of Representatives — the pharmaceutical manufacturers were able to limit the discussion of amphetamine abuse so that it focused on that small minority of persons who inject it . |
| 10 | Stren Withel hesitated hallway to the door as several very large trolls ducked under the doorway and stood on either side of the fat man , blinking in the light . |
| 11 | So we 're not proposing that you turn off the mainframe on Friday and turn on open systems on Monday . |
| 12 | They are allotted by tender each Friday and issued on each working day by the Bank of England . |
| 13 | They showed little awareness of , or interest in , HMI surveys and official reports , let alone other published research and writing on primary education . |
| 14 | Research and writing on this subject has concentrated almost exclusively on abuse by family members and most of it occurs in the domestic setting . |
| 15 | We adjusted our course to move off the reef and hover on this line . |
| 16 | 6 Turn right on farm track through farmyard and keep on main track after farm , avoiding left fork . |
| 17 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 18 | Ageing HM clowns with bottle tans and painted on black jeans held court at the wretched bar surrounded by sagging , middle-aged groupies who 'd made themselves up whilst drunk , it appeared . |
| 19 | ‘ I bought it as a deposit on another car and went on this journey for a reason , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Nicky was gasping , throwing Maria and Luke a quick apologetic glance and standing on one leg to examine an elegant leather shoe as the door closed . |
| 21 | Bradbury Star won over distances ranging from two miles to 25 furlongs and acts on any going . |
| 22 | The breeze dropped and the little valley lay completely still , held in long beams of light and enclosed on either side by the lines of the woods . |
| 23 | He had understudied Hayden Coffin for three months and had on two consecutive nights gone on for him . |
| 24 | He was probably an Augustinian canon of Thurgarton Priory near Newark in Nottinghamshire and died on 24 March 1396 . |
| 25 | ‘ Champagne , hot scented baths , Sibelius , tiny kittens , very , very , very expensive underwear that you hardly know you 're wearing , and skiing at night and going into the big stores on fifth Avenue and trying on all the three-hundred-dollar dresses and shoes and then saying that I do n't like any of them — I do that quite often — and … ’ |
| 26 | Dumped out of the Pilkington Cup last Saturday and sweating on four points , coach Keith Richardson admitted : ‘ This is a desperate time for the club , one where we have lost 12 players before the season started and too many games for comfort . |
| 27 | He has set up Klesch & Co to trade loans in troubled companies such as Heron and to advise on corporate restructurings . |
| 28 | Southall 's departure forced Kendall to take off winger Robert Warzycha and send on gutsy substitute Australian keeper Jason Kearton for a dazzling debut — never mind the scoreline . |
| 29 | This unifying issue can be presented at the beginning of the drama or at a later stage , after the children have taken on roles and started on small group work . |
| 30 | This Australian CD is a class introduction to Parsons and his time , from his homespun days with The Shilos , through to the genesis of country rock and closing on some hard-to-get live takes , plus a few epics from ‘ Grievous Angel ’ — his final , whacked-out testimony . |