Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These initiatives enable those who are responsible for drawing up programmes of modules to offer provision which realistically addresses the needs of inmates , whether at the start of a sentence or embarking on pre-release courses . |
| 2 | a method of printing where pages are imposed in one forme or assembled on one film . |
| 3 | Other than these disclosures , the DTI may also take action towards disqualification or prosecute on other Companies Act offences . |
| 4 | You can then treat the timber by spraying or brushing on two generous coats , working backwards towards the loft hatch . |
| 5 | Among those eligible were ( i ) surviving spouses , children or parents of those killed ; ( ii ) anyone detained for more than 30 days , imprisoned , pressed into forced labour or deported on racial , religious political grounds during the Second World War ; and ( iii ) soldiers sent to Soviet labour camps at the end of the war . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They showed little awareness of , or interest in , HMI surveys and official reports , let alone other published research and writing on primary education . |
| 11 | Research and writing on this subject has concentrated almost exclusively on abuse by family members and most of it occurs in the domestic setting . |
| 12 | We adjusted our course to move off the reef and hover on this line . |
| 13 | 6 Turn right on farm track through farmyard and keep on main track after farm , avoiding left fork . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I bought it as a deposit on another car and went on this journey for a reason , ’ he said . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They knew that the village police sergeant and constable were there not only to deal with ordinary crime but to report on any political activity in their district . |
| 20 | While redundancy rights can sometimes arise in the context of men being laid off from work or put on short time , in the case of a business executive , redundancy almost always involves a dismissal . |
| 21 | It might not be in strain-on-your-meat-pies Trideocolor or go on all night like America 's bloody buggering 119 channels , but at least some nice bint like his old French teacher came on at ten-thirty and said good night as you drank your bloody buggering Ovaltine and waited for the shipping forecast . |
| 22 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 23 | Hutton is the smaller village and stands on higher ground , the very name Hoot meaning ‘ a hill ’ . |
| 24 | There is much that is unsatisfactory in the current convention for allocating women to a social class , and this project , which uses the Longitudinal Study , a 1% sample of the census , aims to develop a social classification scheme for women in and out of paid work and based on full or part time paid work and domestic responsibilities . |
| 25 | The software , which Data General is styling AV Image , is based on an SQL client-server architecture and runs on Windows-based personal computers , Motif-based workstations and X terminals networked via NetWare or TCP/IP to a relational database on an AViiON server . |
| 26 | The software , which DG is styling AV Image , is based on an SQL client/server architecture and runs on Windows-based PCs , Motif-based workstations and X terminals networked via NetWare or TCP/IP to a relational database on an AViiON server . |
| 27 | Who said and on which occasion : ‘ In church on Sunday it was lovely , and the sun was coming through the stained glass window and falling on some flowers . |
| 28 | ‘ So , go into my hut and meditate on that ’ , said the guru . |
| 29 | Speaking on July 5 after the signing ceremony , Patten said that the UK had offered Brazil its " colonial experience " in forest management and called on other industrialized countries to provide similar aid in order that Brazil 's fear of " ecological imperialism " [ see p. 36793 ] could be overcome . |
| 30 | Mumbling apologies , Stirling retreated into the corridor and decided on one more attempt . |