Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A four-fold procedure could be used : first , the text should be read silently ; second , it should be re-told or described by the child to the teacher ; next the text should be read aloud , with the teacher marking miscues on a duplicate copy ; finally the text should be discussed in more detail with the teacher . |
| 2 | The New Hall collection , though primarily painted works made for hanging , extends these preoccupations : Laura Godfrey-Isaacs 's ‘ Fleshy Face ’ meditates on the feminine-coded colour pink with mordant hyperbole ; Judith Cowan 's ‘ Skin and Blister ’ ( rhyming slang for ‘ sister ’ ) transforms a common saucepan into an authoritative sculptural form ; Maggi Hambling takes a shocking newspaper image of a Gulf woman in a chador wielding a bazooka and suffuses it again with blooming pink , the garish , violated hue of feminine cosiness . |
| 3 | Philip meditates on the narrative representation of action : ‘ Strange how the reality of the past comes to our mind most immediately as fiction . |
| 4 | The major airlines , so the argument goes , can easily provide for all our serious air transportation needs on a suitable basis , thus leaving the less able to concentrate their resources on more worthy causes . |
| 5 | Would you like to represent the NCT and voice our member 's opinions and needs on an official body concerned with promoting good ante-natal care ? |
| 6 | And meeting training needs on an individual basis . |
| 7 | There is no danger of too many coaches spoiling the broth as far as the Hong Kong RFU is concerned though : Simpkin will have all the power he needs on the playing side . |
| 8 | Use female screws on the outside , and screw covers on the interior ones |
| 9 | Andrew Guest , of United , said the proposals for speed restrictions would mean buses travelling over 50 speed humps on a half hour round trip . |
| 10 | But with the accession of Sethos I ( probably the " new king " of 1:8 ) attention once again focusses on the fertile delta region . |
| 11 | Jacob 's dying blessing focusses on the distant future , when the descendants of these twelve will occupy the promised land . |
| 12 | Whereas make focusses on the mere producing of an effect , get evokes something which precedes the effect — prolonged efforts in ( 170b ) , persuasion winning out over unwillingness in ( 171b ) — and so to must be used before the infinitive to represent the latter 's event as a result coming after what led up to it . |
| 13 | With water privatization looming large , and with prosecutions against farmers for pollution continuing at an arguably pitiful level , concern naturally focusses on the future accountability of water companies to keep water courses clean . |
| 14 | In particular the debate focusses on the American variety of independent film , of which there have been a large number at this year 's festival , ranging from Jim Jarmusch 's annoyingly fashionable Mystery Train to Julia Cameron 's God 's Will , which cost only 31,000 dollars to make . |
| 15 | It exposes on a minuscule scale a widely misunderstood but tiresome fact which Australia , Canada and other nations spawned by Britain have learned and taught on a larger scale . |
| 16 | On the death of father or mother the guardianship devolves on the surviving spouse ; but either can by deed or will appoint guardians to act with the survivor . |
| 17 | , ( Jean ) Jacob ( 1740–1821 ) , inventor of the first means of manufacturing artificial mineral waters on a commercial scale , was born in Witzenhausen , Germany , and baptized in the Liebfrauen church 16 March 1740 , the son of Conrad Schweppe , a peasant . |
| 18 | The M-form economizes on the bounded rationality of top management by decentralizing operational decisions to the divisional level . |
| 19 | Standing by her place with an endearing air of domestic pride , she explained that her husband was away with the other men , spreading the meat strips on the higher thorn bushes to dry in safety . |
| 20 | The Senggigi Beach Hotel stands on a small promontory with an exceptionally lovely beach . |
| 21 | It stands on a small hill , higher than the other villas , with a private approach road and a large balcony looking out to sea . |
| 22 | The Eibenstein stands on a small hill in its own lovely park and garden , yet it is right in the middle of this bustling resort . |
| 23 | The Church of the Kapnikarea , built originally c. 875 and enlarged in the thirteenth century , now stands on a small island in the centre of Athens traffic . |
| 24 | It stands on a small mound at the junction of the two villages . |
| 25 | It is an idol , a false , man-made attempt at redefining God , and its position at the very heart of the Craft , as the innermost secret , simply serves to show how freemasonry stands on a spurious foundation . ’ |
| 26 | Sandaway stands on a low cliff at the very edge of the ocean with breathtaking sea views . |
| 27 | It stands on a rusticated arcade , the windows with their mullions and transoms still have their broken triangular pediments and the bays are divided with strapwork of Mannerist design . |
| 28 | Amidst the shifting currents of today 's financial markets , Bank of America stands on a solid foundation of experience . |
| 29 | The romantic and historic stronghold of Eilean Donan Castle stands on a rocky promontory of Loch Duich , connected to the shore by a picturesque causeway of arches . |
| 30 | At the building 's foundations , each vertical column stands on a semicircular slider that is seated in a concave , spherical surface of chromium steel . |