Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , in the Superette , these days , it 's true , the eyes of Tod Friendly linger on the bodies of the local frauleins as they tug their carts . |
| 2 | A few lay on the ground in exhausted or inebriated sleep , oblivious to children and dogs who clambered over them , or to the kicks from porters who found them in the way . |
| 3 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 4 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 5 | Some depend on the ability to find or switch extra support , to seek outside help or to use the skills of new staff . |
| 6 | Our feelings about this depend on the concept of equity . |
| 7 | Of the 60 people at Rozos , about half sail on the dinghy programme . |
| 8 | ‘ And some wear on the elbows . ’ |
| 9 | Some last on the skin longer than others . |
| 10 | This was imported as N18548 in 1978 , and was last understood to be on extended rebuild on the Isle of Wight . |
| 11 | Many children have been injured in increasing numbers over the last year , and it was the idea of one school teacher in Oxford to bring a group of gendarmes over to England to teach children how the French behave on the roads . |
| 12 | The relative amounts of each depend on a number of factors of which the most important are pH and temperature . |
| 13 | The eighty six million pounds I am providing for care in the community is an increase of almost fifty million pounds on nineteen build on the introduction of the service in ninety three , ninety four year . |
| 14 | Cut the pipe square as above and form a 45 chamfer on the end o' the pipe using a file or special tool . |
| 15 | The Turkish military was reportedly increasingly frustrated by the continuing activity of the PKK , and on Sept. 20 the Foreign Ministry denied reports that a cross-border operation against PKK bases in Iran had been mounted in retaliation for a Sept. 10 attack on a border outpost in which seven Turkish soldiers were killed . |
| 16 | 10 Decide on the numbers of plants and the seeds required , and order accordingly , unless you are planning to plant up from various sources . |
| 17 | Hundreds gather on the platforms at Hof station , Bavaria , holding sheets of paper with names aloft on sticks , anxiously scanning the faces of the crowds pouring out of the trains , just as Germans did when millions fled before the advancing Russians or the avenging Poles and Czechs at the end of the war . |
| 18 | Bibbs ' effort was cancelled by Larder 's second try on the hour , Steadman managing to hit an upright with the kick from under the posts , and although Knapper was successful with two further penalties , David Plange tied the scores when Gary French squeezed a pass out of a tackle on the line 12 minutes from the end . |
| 19 | On Nov. 30 , immediately before the opening of the Congress of People 's Deputies , Russia 's Constitutional Court announced its verdict in the cases brought against Yeltsin 's August 1991 ban on the CPSU and the Russian Communist Party ( RCP ) , and also against the CPSU for having been " unconstitutional " [ for progress of CPSU hearing see pp. 38923 ; 39020 ; 39154-55 ] . |
| 20 | Most of these concentrate on a description of a particular technique and how it may be adapted to the colliding wave situation . |
| 21 | ‘ We did n't know ’ , he says as the three embark on the master plan , ‘ that we were playing with fire — Greek fire , ’ he adds , ‘ the kind that burns and destroys ’ , in case we do n't know what playing with fire means . |
| 22 | SCOTLAND 's prospects of advancing to the quarter-finals of the main competition in the Fiji international sevens depend on the outcome of their final pool tie against Western Samoa this morning . |
| 23 | These focus on the propensities of the defendant 's conduct to instil fear of violence , or alternatively to provoke it , whatever the defendant 's intention may have been . |
| 24 | Both of these depend on the capacity of organisms to integrate previously separated functions through the imposition of a superordinate system relating its subordinate parts ; and this requires the open transfer of information between those parts . |
| 25 | These depend on the size and circumstances of the company , but in smaller companies may well amount to at least 10% of the funds available for distribution . |
| 26 | The provision of more , and better , education , the provision of more , and better , health care , the building of roads and housing , all these depend on the creation of wealth . |
| 27 | do a quick kill on the tarmac and see what goes on in the town and then they move on |
| 28 | The authority of the Prime Minister was also undermined during December by the confusion generated by demands that Japan should mark the 50th anniversary of its 1941 attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour with a clear apology . |
| 29 | The move will also mean more connections and faster journey times between Teesside and London and see the introduction of the Class 158 train on the route to Manchester . |
| 30 | There will also be more connections and faster journey times between Teesside and London and the introduction of the Class 158 train on the route from Teesside to Manchester . |