Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Navy sailing master was permitted to take over command only for the duration of the brief period when it was necessary for the Simonova to be manoeuvred to allow technical officers to service the weapons and telemetry mounted on the platforms . |
| 2 | By the late 1960s various ways had been developed within English studies of dealing with the " inadequacies " which resulted from the dissonances between student attitudes to literary study and teaching based on the elevated canon of great literary texts or " classics " . |
| 3 | Completing the two-year project to time and budget called on the skills of a first-class management team This included project manager Richard Smyth ; project coordinator , Peter Green ; senior agents Robert Vickers , Paul Cadman and Neil Sheddon and agent Barry Kingscote . |
| 4 | Services should have as a primary goal the alleviation of distress , by providing a programme of treatment , care and support based on the unique needs of an individual . |
| 5 | The payment of seamen 's wages only when the owner had been paid for the freight carried , on the ancient maxim that " freights are the mother of wages " , was discontinued and payment required on the basis of service , whether freight was carried or not . |
| 6 | Attempting to copy a decorative technique can confirm or disprove that it produces the same appearance and microstructure observed on the original item . |
| 7 | Corbett peered closer and saw a V-rod and crescent marked on the tree . |
| 8 | In this cycle emphasis would be on achieving acceptable standards of oracy and literacy ( in Sesotho ) , though oral English is also introduced , together with adequate numeracy and other basic elements : i.e. coordination of eye and hand ; simple powers of observation and reasoning based on the home , school and local environment ; personal health habits and positive attitudes appropriate to the age of the child . |
| 9 | They often appear in the form of socks and underwear left on the bedroom floor , lawn-mower left out in the rain , toilet seat left up , or bank account overdrawn . |
| 10 | Etty and tub landed on the floor . |
| 11 | The terrific open air restaurant and bar situated on the beach front serve a full range of local and international dishes , and the most popular disco in Gumbet is only a 300 metre stroll away across the beach . |
| 12 | The Grand Bazaar on 19th–21st November 1891 realised over £6,000 — much more than Agnew had hoped for , and by the end of 1892 , Agnew had met his target for the Building Fund , and work commenced on the new Institute . |
| 13 | A mock-up of the Firefly was accepted by the Admiralty on June 6 , 1940 and work commenced on the prototype Z1826 which made its first flight from Fairey 's Great West Aerodrome on December 22 , 1941 with test pilot Chris Staniland at the controls . |
| 14 | As the sound of the engines receded northwards , curtains and shutters twitched shut again and peace descended on the rural town 's main street once more . |
| 15 | More than 260 Windows applications were on show , covering dedicated 32-bit applications for the 386 and 486 range of PCs , multimedia solutions for home and business based on the recently released Microsoft Video for Windows technology and applications using the new Microsoft Windows for Pens operating system . |
| 16 | Where there were only a few birds they were carried in the guard 's van and released at the time and place stated on the label . |
| 17 | It was dark and rain spat on the cobblestones . |
| 18 | render invisible the vast amount of avoidable harm , injury , and deprivation imposed on the ordinary population by the state , transnational and other corporations , and thereby remove the effects of these ‘ crimes ’ from the causal nexus for explaining ‘ conventional crimes ’ committed by ordinary people . |
| 19 | It must be declared and tax paid on the cost to your employer ( a Christmas party is exempt if it is the only one held in the year and costs no more than £50 a head ) . |
| 20 | Ultimately , though , all of this setting and development depended on the acting and this is where Warner Bros could really score . |
| 21 | Two- and three-dimensional graphics are included on the board with optional 24 plane two- and three-dimensional buffered modelling and visualisation offered on the 715/50 . |
| 22 | The progressive and insidious nature of the illness should be explained , unreasonable expectation of a miraculous cure dispelled , and emphasis placed on the need to change behaviour and attitudes about eating . |
| 23 | While dishes such as sole , sea bream and lobster featured on the menu , the lunchtime speciality was sardines . |
| 24 | Addressing the conference on the opening day the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , announced further unilateral reductions in tactical nuclear forces in Europe , intimated that both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and the Warsaw Pact could undergo " transformations " at their forthcoming summits [ for Warsaw Pact summit in June see p. 37559 ] , and underlined the need for new broader structures of security and co-operation based on the CSCE . |
| 25 | Yarn is now stored beneath with carpets being laid out and pattern matched on the Planning floor above . |
| 26 | Fury was expressed at the idea that some gay men might have to change their sexual habits and scorn poured on the idea of trying to tell that to the callers . |
| 27 | The dragons , lilies , magnolias and lotus as well as the traditional activities and scenery depicted on the wine cups may be compared with those employed by jade-carvers and painters and deployed in poetry . |
| 28 | The woman , wishing to put an end to this outrage and feeling involved on the side of the toad , picked up a stick . |
| 29 | The most popular German salami that I sell is the square peppery variety , which is very finely minced pork and beef coated on the outside with ground black peppercorns ( see p7 ) . |
| 30 | It is extremely important to give full details of the people who can be contacted for further information , and this , of course , is in addition to the company or organisation 's name and address printed on the release paper . |