Example sentences of "and [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scuffles broke out everywhere as our officers came out of hiding and pounced on six members of the gang who bolted into the woods and sand dunes around the bay before being rounded up with the assistance of police dogs . |
| 2 | export subsidies on manufactured goods are prohibited , and limited on primary products . |
| 3 | No. 391 ( 47E ) was inspected and overhauled on 13 January 1948 and reappeared with brush panelling on both decks , that on the lower deck leaving the steel solebars exposed . |
| 4 | Then he wrote down what he expected would happen in the ensuing month with respect to each key task and what he was going to do about it , asked questions about policy , and commented on long-term opportunities , threats , and needs . |
| 5 | ‘ High interest rates … have dampened consumer expenditure and impacted on retail spending , ’ says the chairman , Geoffrey Maitland Smith . |
| 6 | In subsequent criminal proceedings , the High Court held that the police had a power to enter and remain on private property , against the wishes of the occupier , if they reasonably apprehended either that the commission of an offence was ‘ imminent or likely ’ or that any breach of the peace was likely to occur . |
| 7 | He stressed that community ethics must question a system that marginalises people by monopolising information and communication systems and insist on radical changes in society 's communication structures . |
| 8 | WACC is equally grateful to all those women who keep up the pressure and insist on equal opportunities for women and men . |
| 9 | Mr Gould promised the party would restore ‘ the great utilities ’ to public ownership and insist on higher standards of regulation than those which had prevailed under the Conservatives . |
| 10 | Members of a trade regularly brought together in workplace or community could acknowledge regular leaders and develop and insist on customary work practices without embedding any of this in formal regulations and procedures . |
| 11 | Daly invents new words , breaks them up in provocative , punning ways ( as with the title ; and therapist becomes the-rapist ) and plays on obsolete meanings , as with glamour ( originally ‘ possessed of magical powers ’ ) , haggard ( connected with witchcraft ) and spinster ( one who spins a new thread ) . |
| 12 | Since the press was now free to publish and comment on all aspects of political life , strident debates took place in the columns of the newspapers and even , though more timidly , within the Legislative Body itself . |
| 13 | While the Monk , usually politely addressed as ye , declines the invitation of the Host to " " be myrie of cheere " " as he tells his tale ( VII : 1924 – 5 ) , the Nun 's Priest , familiarly addressed as thou , is ready and able to provide what is wanted : The tale the Nun 's Priest tells is a beast-fable : a form of literature that should observe and comment on human traits and manners in a moral light , presenting those traits and manners in a fictional drama in which the characters are of the animal world . |
| 14 | Karen if you go and sit on that seat over there then , come on |
| 15 | Any tinkering with conservation measures will be a bad sign , and backsliding on established gains a cause for real alarm . |
| 16 | So the myths of ministerial accountability , bureaucratic neutrality and administrative anonymity have been preserved even though Parliament has proved incapable of controlling an administrative apparatus whose discretion and influence on public policy has been growing steadily : |
| 17 | Given Duchamp 's long residence in America , and his contacts with and influence on American art , I can see why he might be included , although most of the time he was a presence on the scene here he was n't working publicly . |
| 18 | That all 12 member state farmers ' organisations spoke with one voice was of major significance — the commission and the Council of Ministers should heed and build on that cohesion . |
| 19 | As indicated in paras 1.1. 5 and 6 above , the developments in European Studies and American Studies are expected to consolidate and build on existing research strengths in these fields . |
| 20 | The preparation of the ‘ new ’ nurse proposed by Project 2000 will reflect and build on this trend of helping people to initiate and promote healthy lifestyles . |
| 21 | Samples of natural grass were collected from the author 's garden , merely subjected to various conditions and placed on blackened baking trays . |
| 22 | Nine 3 micron sections ( every fourth section ) were cut from each formalin fixed , wax embedded block and placed on gelatinised slides . |
| 23 | At the end of the procedure , a Foley catheter was introduced through the Amplatz sheath and placed on free drainage . |
| 24 | She was given pain relieving drugs and placed on intravenous drips to replace vital blood plasma and fluids . |
| 25 | Not made of coloured crêpe paper , faded , dusty and crinkled on bent wire stems like Mrs Parvis had in her parlour . |
| 26 | 25 miles from Birmingham , Shakespeare 's home town of Stratford upon Avon boasts five beautifully preserved Shakespearian houses , the playwright 's birthplace , Anne Hathaway 's Cottage , Halls Croft , New Place , and Mary Arden 's House , with their period furnishings , and displays on contemporary life . |
| 27 | In Shakespeare 's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon you can visit beautifully preserved Shakespearean houses including the playwright 's birthplace , Anne Hathaway 's Cottage , Hall 's Croft , and Mary Arden 's House , with their period furniture and displays on contemporary life . |
| 28 | The committee was appointed to consider powers of delegated legislation and quasi-judicial decision and to report on any safeguards needed ‘ to secure the constitutional principles of the sovereignty of Parliament and the supremacy of the Law ’ . |
| 29 | Keep this simple : walk , trot and canter on both reins , plus halt , will be sufficient . |
| 30 | He worked almost unbelievably long hours and subsisted on occasional cups of tea ( rather as Krishna Menon had done during his long , lonely London years ) . |