Example sentences of "[adj] and on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | State prosecutors on Sept. 24 filed a further seven counts of tax evasion against her , claiming that she had failed to pay taxes amounting to US$205 million on her income for 1985-86 and on the estate left by her late husband . |
| 2 | Josh was still bewildered by the sudden change in living standard from California sun and the constant care of cheerful Kathy ( now working for another family in nearby Markham Square ) to the stuffy flat in Pimlico where his babysitter , Mrs Gooden , a retired cook , watched over Josh and her other six little charges , one of whom always seemed to be bare-bottomed and on the potty . |
| 3 | She says : ‘ People think I 'm brave and on the outside I am brave that 's the message I 've put across since Donald 's funeral . |
| 4 | The contradiction was direct and on the whole he believed Andrus to be an honest man . |
| 5 | She stumbled away , broken and on the verge of despair . |
| 6 | The roads are terrifyingly steep and on the map look like coils of intestines , which translated into reality become dizzying sets of hairpin bends , too narrow for two vehicles to pass in comfort at any speed . |
| 7 | Most specifically , which types of specialist focus demand a particular team structure ; which alternatives can function on both an individual and on a team basis ? |
| 8 | Theorizing and debate about law-breaking and law enforcement have been premised on a model of the criminal actor as individual and on a conception of enforcement as practised by a uniformed and public police . |
| 9 | Patients and professionals both at Bodypositive and on the ward , say , coming to terms with the diagnosis is the key . |
| 10 | The older villas are gorgeous shades of pink and ochre and on the hillside , beneath the towering peak of Monte Baldo , are the distinctive battlements of a Scaliger tower . |
| 11 | Emphasis should be placed on mental calculation where appropriate and on the use of both digital and traditional " clock " display . |
| 12 | Glenn Hoddle is the Manager of the Month ; that 's official and on the evidence of this top of the table battle with Newcastle his team must be serious contenders for promotion to the premier league . |
| 13 | I danced , and went through all the motions of enjoying myself , but we left early and on the way home I burst into tears , and cried and cried and would n't stop . |
| 14 | Paul seven , Mark eight , is at nine , Gary ten , Tony eleven and on the bench David and Rob back from their long term injuries , a Michael , Paul and the goalkeeper Bob . |
| 15 | She was not going to dig up ancient grievances or remind Gloria of days gone by , when she used to come into the Watermen with half a dozen different gentlemen-friends in tow or , which was even worse , unaccompanied and on the look-out for a lonely man who might take a fancy to her . |
| 16 | The girl , many months pregnant and on the verge of delivery , was in solitary confinement in an African prison , separated from and unable to see her husband . |
| 17 | All key figures were live — up to the instant the screen was called — and available in total and on an office by office basis . |
| 18 | A GALLUP poll on meat-eating habits claims to show that vegetarianism is rampant and on the increase . |
| 19 | Will my hon. Friend please comment on the cost of that and on the fact that , 50 years after the Beveridge report , we have moved a long way from the principle of paying into the kitty through insurance before being allowed to draw out of it ? |
| 20 | By Monday morning when she got back , the numbers were up to 75 and on the day we had 80 people . ’ |
| 21 | However , in the winter of 1659 she became desperately ill and on the point of death . |
| 22 | Richard Baxter and his friend , Dr. William Bates narrowly escaped arrest when they were due to meet to pray for the recovery of a woman who was ill and on the point of death . |
| 23 | Three precious points to lift Everton clear of the bottom three and on the day John Barnes began his return in the Liverpool A team a performance from Goodison 's 29-year-old comeback kid to raise hopes that this second marriage might yet have a happy ending . |
| 24 | He became New Spool Weaving Supervisor in 1969 and on the closure of the department transferred as Supervisor to the Crabtree Threading section . |
| 25 | I would class him as one of the promising youngsters ( he is only about 21 and on the verge of the Norway team ) Remember Standli is Wilko 's ‘ most exciting ’ signing since he got Hirst for Sheff Wed . |
| 26 | ‘ We wanted someone young , ambitious and on the way up a lad from Tesco applied |
| 27 | He added : ’ We were looking for someone who was young , ambitious and on the way up in management . |
| 28 | Systems coping with cursive script are fewer and on the whole less accurate than their unconnected character counterparts because recognition of cursive script is much more difficult . |
| 29 | On the decorated sword scabbard he is depicted , like the god Jupiter , half-nude and on a throne . |
| 30 | Even those who went regularly , and who spoke Malay fairly fluently , were always tense and on the look-out for danger . |