Example sentences of "and [noun pl] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month Versace opens his first , wholly owned flagship store in London , holding menswear , womenswear and accessories on four floors . |
| 2 | There are spacious arcades and galleries on all sides of the square , and on these I could see nobly sculpted medallions of famous Spaniards . |
| 3 | By special massage with the thumb and fingers on these areas of the feet , the body is ‘ tuned up ’ and helped to function more efficiently . |
| 4 | A thing 's properties , and its actions and reactions on other things , are understood instead in terms of the shapes , sizes , motions , and consequent mechanical reactions of its atomic constitution and make-up . |
| 5 | The formation of a National Maritime Board was announced on 23 November 1917 and standard wages for seamen announced six days later , recommending to the Shipping Controller £pound11 10s a month for able seamen and £pound12 for firemen , with proportionate increases for petty officers and seamen on weekly articles , backdated to 6 October . |
| 6 | ‘ Why else would there be so many fal-lals and thingamajigs on those cakes ? ’ the widow said , wearily . |
| 7 | There is a direct comparison here , not only with neighbouring Corbridge , but also with Wroxeter on the Welsh frontier and with major towns and cities on other frontiers such as Carnuntum , where the main trade route from the south Baltic to north Italy crossed the Danube . |
| 8 | TransPennine offers direct , fast and frequent services between large towns and cities on both sides of the Pennines , and is complemented by the InterCity network for journeys to other parts of Britain . |
| 9 | Bruskin and the poet-conceptualist Lev Rubinshteyn have displayed a collaborative work , a manuscript book of almost 200 pages with text and illustrations on separate leaves . |
| 10 | In January 1565 , she ordered Archbishop Parker of Canterbury to impose uniformity of clerical dress and ceremonials on those radicals who were disobeying her regulations . |
| 11 | This failure underlines the opposition of both some member states and employers to the development of a Community role in industrial relations , and represents the extension to the Community level of the national conflicts between trade unions and employers on many issues . |
| 12 | Urban road construction took a back seat as new interest was shown in restrictions on existing road usage , possibilities of upgrading public transport ( as suggested by the introduction of the metro for Tyne-Wear ) , and policies on subsidized fares . |
| 13 | Thus although it may be quite safe to sow grasses and clovers on dry soils in the regions of low rainfall in the South and East of England in August , and in exceptional years even later , in regions of high rainfall such as prevail in Wales and most of the North and West of England it is likely to be somewhat risky to defer sowing later than about the middle of June . |
| 14 | Use the words and pictures on these pages to help you build up a picture of what happened . |
| 15 | You know as well as I do that the Wharfmasters are living off the fat of the land on their company profits , but how are the dockers expected to support their wives and kids on seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week ? ’ |
| 16 | As the author of many papers and books on metallurgical topics , Desch 's most notable contribution was his book Metallography , which ran to six editions between 1910 and 1942 . |
| 17 | Also included are three bibliographies , catalogues raisonnes of individual artists , exhibitions held in Italy and books on Italian publishers and printers . |
| 18 | It had to come from some distance away since over the centuries the trees and bushes on both sides of the river had been lopped down . |
| 19 | English Estates had been in existence for some years , but its traditional role had been factory building and commercial development on green field sites with 5,000 factories and offices on 508 estates . |
| 20 | The Ethical Investment Research and Information Service ( EIRIS ) , an independent organisation which advises investors on the activities of companies , has found that nearly a quarter of Britain 's major companies breached the limitations on discharges into rivers and waterways on numerous occasions in the last three years . |
| 21 | Interest and bonuses on National Savings Certificates and the SAYE scheme . |
| 22 | Nothing daunted , the committee members set to ; they contacted friends and acquaintances on other islands , they studied ferry time-tables , and planned their campaign with a speed which matched that which had equipped the Law Centre . |
| 23 | Many a Jewish courtship has got off to a somewhat greasy start over pickled brisket sandwiches and chips on fine evenings outside the deli . |
| 24 | What 's more , so that you do n't have to walk too far to get from place to place , most of the nightlife is crammed into one strip no more than 400 metres long , which has bars , cafés and discos on 3 levels , just like one enormous night club with over 50 bars and dance floors . |
| 25 | Yet the banking Brits , too , chose to ignore the lessons of previous fiascos and bankers on both sides of the Atlantic are now trying to recoup by exacting most onerous prices : thus breaching another first principle . |
| 26 | This has been refuted both by the success rate of absent healing and trials on non-suggestible organisms such as the sick cress seeds healed by Boltwood in recent experiments at London University . |
| 27 | The non-poisonous snake , which is worth about £100 , is orange and tan with dark triangular markings and lives on dead mice . |
| 28 | MARK BOOMLA works in the Entertainments Division of Touche Ross , one of the biggest accountancy firms in the world , He has considerable experience of advising major pop artists and companies on all aspects of their finances . |
| 29 | It also highlights the additional risks arising in off-exchange transactions and transactions on foreign markets . |
| 30 | the promotion of short announcements and articles on religious programmes in TV magazines ; |