Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They showed little awareness of , or interest in , HMI surveys and official reports , let alone other published research and writing on primary education . |
| 6 | Research and writing on this subject has concentrated almost exclusively on abuse by family members and most of it occurs in the domestic setting . |
| 7 | We adjusted our course to move off the reef and hover on this line . |
| 8 | 6 Turn right on farm track through farmyard and keep on main track after farm , avoiding left fork . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I bought it as a deposit on another car and went on this journey for a reason , ’ he said . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Hutton is the smaller village and stands on higher ground , the very name Hoot meaning ‘ a hill ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ So , go into my hut and meditate on that ’ , said the guru . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mumbling apologies , Stirling retreated into the corridor and decided on one more attempt . |
| 23 | Add garlic and cook on High for 30 secs . |
| 24 | The Housing Act , 1930 ( Arthur Greenwood 's Act ) , signalled a move away from State involvement in building additional dwellings , to one of encouraging slum clearance and rebuilding on cleared sites . |
| 25 | The nucleotides corresponding to the C-terminal region of each encoded peptide were converted to a BamHI site by filling in with Klenow polymerase and ligating on BamHI linkers . |
| 26 | Inevitably , containerized , multi-modal shipments require that the goods be unloaded from one mode of conveyance and reloaded on another . |
| 27 | The difference that is becoming increasingly clear , said Mr Botham , is that farmers are taking a thoroughly professional attitude and concentrating on precise timing of every application . |
| 28 | Keep this simple : walk , trot and canter on both reins , plus halt , will be sufficient . |
| 29 | All work was carried out using remote-controlled equipment and monitored on closed-circuit television screens . |
| 30 | Where a defendant makes against any other party in the same action a like claim , he may without leave issue and serve on such other party a notice making such a claim ( Ord 12 , r 5 ) . |