Example sentences of "and [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
2 | The April 1 marriage , which creates an operation with a £38 million turnover , will enable the business to access wider markets and develop on a broader front in continental Europe . |
3 | Many such BESs are small and arranged on a local basis by accountants or solicitors . |
4 | Often , the usual guidelines still apply , but it may be reassuring to highlight and comment on a few of the special situations in which some parents are placed . |
5 | THE INSPIRALS move down to the Harbour area and sit on a green patch with the sun beating down like it can rarely do in Oldham . |
6 | Interest is paid annually upon each anniversary of the first deposit to your TESSA and calculated on a daily basis on cleared balances ( including any interest credited but not withdrawn ) . |
7 | Ownership of this asset accordingly conferred unchallengeable power and influence on a comparative minority , while at the same time working it gave the overwhelming majority of the population their livelihood . |
8 | Billy Wilder 's movie was a cynical , lacerating indictment of this hollow self-image , narrated by a corpse and centring on a vampish silent star who was thought long dead . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Dragging with them seventeen unwieldy brass cannon from Edinburgh castle , they took Norham castle on the south bank of the Tweed , and pressed on a few miles to Flodden in Northumberland . |
11 | DALE EVANS was born in 1956 and reared on a small Welsh farm in Cwmbran , Tredegar , South Wales , where her father breeds black Aberdeen cattle . |
12 | Human-sized , and resting on a wheeled platform , the puppet is operated by a shaman through wires and levers extending some six feet behind it . |
13 | The Ministers of Defence of the NATO countries and of the former member States of the Warsaw Pact , including most of the republics of the former Soviet Union , met in Brussels on April 1 and agreed on a wide-ranging programme of co-operation on military and security matters . |
14 | This is a very important consideration , for , as we shall see shortly in the discussion of the marketing mix , there are certain key issues , such as pricing , which have to be considered and agreed on a shared basis . |
15 | We discussed primary intervention ( aimed at prevention of further problems ) and agreed on a different method of drying clothes to prevent a similar accident happening again . |
16 | Afterwards a buffet lunch will be available for any who would like at The Forbury , Leominster-prepared by Amy Ormond ( Wootten 1943 ) — and in the afternoon at The Forbury Vicky Archard ( Lloyd 1966 ) , member and past president of the Hereford and Mid-Wales Philatelic Society will give a talk and display on a philatelic theme . |
17 | I sighed and tumbled on a great idea . |
18 | In 1884 , disenchanted with his life at Eton , Salt decided to live at Tilford in Surrey and concentrate on a simple life , following his many interests in the field of humanitarianism . |
19 | Since the advent of the Welfare State the members , through their trustees , have decided to freeze the sickness benefit and concentrate on a terminal benefit at retirement . |
20 | CHRISTIAN Aid worker Lis Perkins found poverty and fear on a three-week visit to the Philippines which included a frightening encounter with armed vigilantes . |
21 | She felt his chest rise and fall on a long , slightly unsteady intake of breath . |
22 | It urges links between guidance teachers and other agencies , such as social work , education welfare officers and children 's panels , and to work on a flexible approach to the curriculum , enabling fourth year leavers to follow particular classes while performing work experience and voluntary work in the community . |
23 | The rectory , some hundred yards from St Andrew 's , was a high Victorian monstrosity , facing north , and perched on a small mound the better to catch the chilly winds of the Cotswold country . |
24 | Groove and glue on a stout strip which can be gripped in the vice . |
25 | Pour boiling water over , cover and cook on a low boil for 10 minutes . |
26 | Put in a fireproof dish eight carrots cut in round pieces , about half an inch thick , half a dozen small onions , parsley , salt and pepper and a rasher of bacon cut in small pieces , add a tablespoon of water , cover the dish and cook on a slow fire for about three and a half hours . |
27 | The Crick Committee , which had been appointed in 1961 and reported on A Higher Award in Business Studies in 1964 , had originally been looking for an equivalent of the DipTech , but had waited for the Robbins Report before issuing its recommendations . |
28 | Coins may also be found and reported on a casual basis by interested members of the public or systematically searched out by treasure hunters with metal detectors . |
29 | Even without your help I 'd find my family , ’ she said in a low tone , ‘ and it would n't matter if I had to look up every Corosini in the phone book and knock on a hundred doors . ’ |
30 | Sotheby 's and Christie 's sales of Impressionist and Modern art of 10–11 November took the art world on a psychological roller-coaster ride beginning with a frightening drop and ending on a reassuring plateau . |