Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow it seemed delightfully ironic that on the very day that the Association of Tennis Professionals organised its fascinating and skilfully presented seminar on ‘ The Speed of the Game ’ , two renowned baseliners reached the final of the Lipton Players International Championships in Key Biscayne . |
| 2 | Mr Robertson told the second and final day of a hearing by the board 's video appeal committee that St Theresa was portrayed in mystical ecstasy — using pain to place herself at the mercy of her subconscious and thereby contemplate Jesus on the Cross . |
| 3 | In late 1989 the government launched a five-year plan aimed at diversifying Macao 's economy and thereby reducing dependence on the textile industry and tourism . |
| 4 | In the presidential elections held on Feb. 2 , 1986 [ see p. 34350 ] , Oscar Arias Sánchez of the social democratic National Liberation Party ( Partido de Liberación Nacional — PLN ) won 52.3 per cent of the vote and duly took office on May 8 . |
| 5 | Social workers operate in teams , take measured approaches to problems , and rarely take decisions on their own . |
| 6 | When James failed to arrive at York , Henry was furious and vengefully launched attacks on the Borders . |
| 7 | The letter from Petrarch to Boccaccio was written on 28 May 1362 , and besides casting doubt on the authenticity of the message , contained a fine defence of secular learning . |
| 8 | Weighting allows pre-judging of the relevance of any points and so reduces emphasis on suspect data . |
| 9 | He lied about his address and so received methadone on a maintenance basis . |
| 10 | Obviously it records when and to whom the king was giving what , and so provides evidence on royal possessions and patronage , although some texts specify that the grantee purchased the item concerned , and this may sometimes have occurred even when not stated . |
| 11 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |
| 12 | A ‘ classic approach ’ implies a static , long-established , well-recognised and highly valued approach on which particular policies in the future may be based . |
| 13 | For a long time they had led a life of measured grace ; regular sedate walks with their mistress , superb food in ample quantities and long snoring sessions on the rugs and armchairs . |
| 14 | I am very , very relieved and obviously taking advice on the next steps because naturally I am not going to leave it at this . ’ |
| 15 | Luther would wait until dark , when the rest of the family had vacated the kitchen , then would take everything from the larder , spreading it on the table , spilling it on the floor , and generally inflicting mayhem on a hitherto spotless environment . |
| 16 | And er a further er fly in the ointment , if one could put it that way , will be of course with the erm the local hospital whose site is just off this er the key plan provided , their decision from the first of next month to actually charge for spaces within their area , which of course will have a further effect of decanting even more cars into neighbouring streets and thus put pressure on some of the streets which hitherto have not benefited from ah residents ' parking so there will be further er obviously further requests from er from those residents of neighbouring streets . |
| 17 | The assumption is that increasing arousal should reduce the number of peripheral cues used and thus impair performance on the subsidiary task while improving performance on a main task . |
| 18 | Under it , major changes in reserves would have created an overwhelming presumption that a change in the exchange rate was around the corner , and thus encouraged speculation on what was in effect a certain bet . |
| 19 | We could shorten them anyway and just put lamps on them . |
| 20 | ‘ On the early things on Sun it 's him , and then later on , on RCA , occasionally he would play or , like you mentioned before , he would turn the guitar over and just keep time on the back of it . ’ |
| 21 | The monograph published by Prestel , by contrast , has to rank as one of the most beautifully designed and sensitively photographed volumes on a contemporary artist . |
| 22 | There were no houses in sight ; the sea on one side and steeply rising ground on the other had so far discouraged developers . |
| 23 | Within the 18th century former patrician villa there is exquisite little Baroque chapel and individually styled apartments on the second and third floors ( no lift ) . |
| 24 | They had never drunk more than a couple of beers each , never raised their voices , and always complimented Trent on the fish he grilled each evening . |
| 25 | But they are still surviving and they were surviving and still paying rent on land before nineteen forty nine . |
| 26 | We are indebted all the Gwili members for making it such a wonderful day , and particularly to driver Dave and fireman Roger who , apart from running three trains each way , spent the whole day admitting children of all ages to the footplate , firstly to explain the controls , and later to cook sausages on the fireman 's shovel in traditional style . |
| 27 | A series of two-seat conversions were undertaken , both for training and also to carry observers on test work . |
| 28 | Hence , the analysis of phospholipid composition in endoscopic biopsy specimens such as those used in this study , provides a way to investigate the various phases of individual gastric diseases , and also allows investigations on the length and the saturation level of phosopholipid linked fatty acid , and on the relation with the cell peculiarities of mucosa . |
| 29 | Here again there are local choices to be made , one option is the creation of new villages or larger settlements which could offer opportunities for high quality design , and also relieve pressures on existing towns and villages . |
| 30 | Kathy 's policeman husband and pimp Jeff , 42 , videotaped his wife 's activities from a wardrobe and also wrote reports on the varying skills of the clients . |