Example sentences of "[adj] and on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even before what appears to have been an acute phase of illness in 1756 , Smart showed many characteristic signs : impulsiveness , reckless spending , drunkenness and — leading eventually to his confinement — his disinhibited behaviour of praying in public and on inappropriate occasions whenever the spirit moved him . |
| 2 | This approach is based on follow-up work to a project on protection of children thought to have been abused or neglected and on empirical studies of the effects of divorce on family income , published 1986 by OUP under the title of ‘ Maintenance after Divorce ’ and para-legal decision-making on divorce . |
| 3 | Their expertise is incredible and on many occasions they defeated Spanish invaders who were armed with swords and lances . |
| 4 | It is certainly possible to argue both on empirical and on conceptual grounds that there are institutions — for example , German or Swedish universities — which are not autonomous , but offer academic freedom to their academics . |
| 5 | St Peter was certainly married and on apostolic journeys took his wife with him . |
| 6 | In normal circumstances the American political culture is a restraint on leaders in general and on chief executives in particular . |
| 7 | The replacement of single payments by social fund loans will also have a disproportionate effect on women in general and on lone parents in particular . |
| 8 | David used to get drunk and on many occasions I had to pick him up and carry him home from London , absolutely pissed out of his brain . |
| 9 | He could be ruthless and on rare occasions callous . |