Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distinction depends on a range of factors of varying importance and weight depending on the circumstances ; but generally what must be in contemplation is that there will be " an inquiry in the nature of a judicial inquiry " ( quoted from Lord Esher MR in Re Carus-Wilson and Greene ( 1886 ) 18 QBD 7 , at 9 ) . |
| 2 | There was a half-full glass of pale sherry standing beside the notepad and pen resting on the arm of the heavy leather chair . |
| 3 | The menopause , career disappointments , the death of their own parents , and retirement looming on the horizon herald other separations and endings . |
| 4 | Spring in Southern Africa is a glory of blossoms — jacaranda , bougainvillea , poinsettia — against a background of brown , sun-baked earth and blue , sun-drenched skies ; and war rumbling on the borders . |
| 5 | My unwanted guest and I spent five long days and evenings together , with the wind and rain beating on the windows . |
| 6 | Farmers may have to accept that grain and crop sowing on the valley sides is an unacceptably risky business and turn to grass which would bind the soil more firmly when , not if , the Tay is unleashed again . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , I 'm left pondering the age old Inspiral conundrum of farting jollity and dick fiddling on the one hand , and brooding , impassioned pop on the other . |
| 8 | In addition to the separate criteria related to men and mechanisms there are others to do with information acquisition , storage and presentation focussing on the interface design which has its own design criteria . |
| 9 | As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . |
| 10 | Advertising was directed to restricting peak sales , and capital spending on the building of new shops was limited by the shortages of building materials . |
| 11 | Sintered glass is superheated to provide a myriad of tiny cavities , and it is usually claimed that both aerobic ( nitrite and ammonia converting on the outside of the media ) and anaerobic bacteria ( nitrate converting on the inside of the media ) will thrive in such media . |
| 12 | In the morning , she rose early and already the fires were lit and breakfast cooking on the range . |
| 13 | The bulk of the domestic and workshop accommodation , however , falls into the category of simple rectilinear forms constructed in a variety of ways from timber and stone depending on the local availability of materials ( cf. fig. 2 D–I ) . |
| 14 | For information on other forms of cancer induced by tobacco use , see Factsheet No. 12 in this series and for the effects of pipe and cigar smoking on the lungs , see Factsheet No. 13 . |
| 15 | An hour or so ago , she had seen a stone of the right size and shape lying on the edge of a garden , and had put it into her pocket . |
| 16 | The foundations of a building will vary in design and cost depending on the bearing capacity and nature of the sub-soil . |
| 17 | He sensed the deadness paralysing the planet , could feel the chaos and destruction unfolding on the distant worlds of the Althosian system . |