Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Alexander , calling on Mrs Bottomley to meet a delegation of parents , said : ‘ Although it was Beverly Allitt who committed these crimes , my concern is that the hospital management failed to spot her character defects , failed to supervise her and failed to act on numerous clues , and delayed inexcusably before calling in the police . |
| 2 | They seem to have this idea about natural talent and any kid who shows the slightest promise is put into sport and made to concentrate on that . |
| 3 | Chapter 4 gives a review of things which teachers can do , in the face of difficult circumstances , to preserve their equanimity , and to try to keep on good form . |
| 4 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 5 | Her gaze had drifted as she spoke and seemed to rest on one of the photographs displayed nearby . |
| 6 | AND PLANS TO EMBARK ON THREE REFERENCE TECHNOLOGY SEARCHES THIS YEAR |
| 7 | They were more than fairly high , merry as grigs , and prepared to go on all night . |
| 8 | A long bandage was fixed to the bottom of the bed and he was encouraged and bullied to pull on this several times a day , and hoist himself forward and perform exercises to rebuild the muscles of his butchered back . |
| 9 | And prefers to concentrate on present concrete reality . |
| 10 | Jessamy pushed them irritably to one side and began to work on one of the dragons , filling in some of the more intricate details . |
| 11 | Most parents do not have a large lump sum to invest and have to rely on regular savings plans sometimes boosted by a modest capital investment . |
| 12 | What Mr Hurd had done ‘ is not to work out what he believes are essential categories and decide to legislate on those categories . |
| 13 | Here , phosphorylation by casein kinase II ( CKII ) , and/or glycogen synthase kinase 3 ( GSK3 ) , interferes with the DNA-binding potential of c-Jun and appears to occur on three residues ; Ser-243 , Ser-249 , and Thr-239 or Thr-231 ( 15 , 16 ) . |
| 14 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 15 | Murphy knew when he was beaten and decided to retreat on this occasion . |
| 16 | The firm abandoned the idea that it could be all things to all people and decided to focus on identified areas of expertise examples are the legal profession , building societies and the construction industry — and build a reputation for quality of service by becoming pre-eminent in those fields . |
| 17 | He could not bear to talk about what had happened and so he handed it to Julia and went to sit on one of the excruciatingly uncomfortable gilded chairs by the window while she read it . |
| 18 | Cut out a 23cm 19inch ) circle and leave to harden on non-stick paper for at least 24 hours . |
| 19 | Cut out two thin rectangles for the number plates and leave to dry on non-stick paper before securing on . |
| 20 | Cut out envelope shapes and an oval for the top sign , and leave to dry on non-stick paper for about 24 hours . |
| 21 | At the same time , mould two balls of red fondant for the buoys and leave to dry on non-stick paper . |
| 22 | At the same time , mould a large cone-shaped rocket module from white fondant and leave to dry on non-stick paper overnight . |
| 23 | Mould some bones from a piece of white fondant and leave to dry on non-stick paper . |
| 24 | Council has asked all its Boards to consider how savings might be made , and expects to decide on some of its longer term options in the context of its ‘ forward look ’ in February . |
| 25 | She had been less fortunate with the driver , who was not at all sure of the route to the Hook and had to rely on friendly passers-by to give directions . |
| 26 | These various assumptions were to become increasingly incompatible and awkward to reconcile — but they were deeply held in government circles and resistant to challenge from academics , who were few in number and had to rely on patchy ‘ open sources ’ for evidence of change . |
| 27 | He ran out of sponsorship money and had to take on odd jobs like window cleaning to fund his Formula Three programme . |
| 28 | Lack of travel concessions are another area involving burdens for many pensioners who can not afford cars and have to rely on public transport . |
| 29 | Many of these sections are descriptive rather than prescriptive and contain sentences such as ‘ Most legislators are not lawyers , however , and need to rely on skilled advice ’ . |
| 30 | Really bloody-minded children , I have been told — the MPs of the future , perhaps — deduce from all this lavish praise that the faeces are something worth keeping , and refuse to perform on that basis . |