Example sentences of "and [vb infin] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To recall and build on the earlier analysis , these rules have to do with truth-telling , sincerity , intelligibility , empathy and active listening . |
| 3 | The general purpose and scheme of the statutory superstructure is to strengthen and build on the continuing contractual foundation for the greater benefit of all affected — the company , the contributories , the creditors , both secured and unsecured , and the preferential creditors , as well as the public generally . |
| 4 | She felt his chest rise and fall on a long , slightly unsteady intake of breath . |
| 5 | " [ Mrs Kit Nash ] , year by year , extended the boundaries of her plot by trimming the bramble hedges always from the inside , allowing them to spread and flourish on the outside … |
| 6 | And he would sit and wait on the other side for someone to come and pick him up when he was coming home . ’ |
| 7 | I was allowed to get up and dress on the tenth day after Heather 's birth , and go to the day room of the hospital ready to go to my billet at the fortnight . |
| 8 | He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned . |
| 9 | The scanner is linked to a PC , which is used to display , manipulate , and work on the electronic image . |
| 10 | If they meet as a matter of course throughout the year they can review and plan on a regular basis . |
| 11 | ‘ Experts ’ from a variety of European agencies were brought together to discuss and report on the various cross-cultural attitudes to drug-taking among young people . |
| 12 | Dissatisfied with the quality of many land availability studies , the DoE commissioned Coopers and Lybrand to carry out a study to assess and report on the varying assessments and assumptions about new housing made by the planning authorities and house builders , and to assess the extent to which both the provision in plans and land which is made available for housing takes account of the requirements of the market for new private sector housing' . |
| 13 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 14 | It 's not a defeat to turn back and return on a better day . |
| 15 | They are produced by life and , though they do not constitute the animating principle , they are essential for the creative energy to manifest and function on the physical plane . |
| 16 | He said , however , that he wished the meeting to debate and vote on a revised resolution , as follows : |
| 17 | Perhaps another chap would come along and stop on the other side of the road . |
| 18 | She 's gon na go and slap on the fake tan |
| 19 | Games may be of the type where at the conclusion there is a specific winner , but for very young children the games are generally more in the form of an activity to experience and complete on an individual basis . |
| 20 | Rover has been quick to identify and exploit on the visual cues that so distinguish its cars , as witnessed by the successful return of the traditional chrome grille . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) Subject to para ( 3 ) ( below ) , the parties must make discovery by serving lists of documents and ; ( a ) subject to sub-para ( c ) , each party must make and serve on every other party a list of documents which are or have been in his possession , custody or power relating to any matter in question between them in the action ; ( b ) the court may , on application ; ( i ) order that discovery under this paragraph shall be limited to such documents or classes of documents only , or as to such only of the matters in question , as may be specified in the order , or ( ii ) if satisfied that discovery by all or any of the parties is not necessary , order that there shall be no discovery of documents by any or all of the parties ; and the court shall make such an order if and so far as it is of opinion that discovery is not necessary either for disposing fairly of the action or for saving costs ; ( c ) where liability is admitted or in an action for personal injuries arising out of a road accident , discovery shall be limited to disclosure of any documents relating to the amount of damages ; ( d ) the provisions of Ord 14 of these rules relating to inspection of documents shall apply where discovery is made under this paragraph as it applies where discovery is made under that Order . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's one person you meet sitting in a restaurant having a chat , and then that person will go and put on a see-through lurex all-in-one bodice and stand in front of 10,000 people and make a complete cunt of himself and not think about it . |
| 23 | Its edges , at first three-dimensionally sharp and rigid , after a while began to wave and shimmer on the red heat of the sand . |
| 24 | ‘ We have ‘ permission ’ to share and question on a deep and challenging level without fear of losing friends … |
| 25 | We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked . |
| 26 | Clouds of mosquitoes were beginning to arrive and settle on the wounded . |
| 27 | The green grasshoppers fittingly tended to go and settle on the green backgrounds , and the yellow grasshoppers on the yellow . |
| 28 | I 'll now examine three different ways of using the technique of Still Image — to initiate a drama , to develop understanding of narrative , to focus and reflect on a particular moment . |
| 29 | Using still image to focus and reflect on a particular moment |
| 30 | Of the science fiction writers he asked that each serial should explore and extrapolate on a known scientific or cultural theme , such as nuclear war , doppler imaging or xenophobia . |