Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Howe attended the village school in Skirling but left still young and incompletely educated on account of his deafness . |
| 2 | It is only when extended memory is available that DR-DOS can make use of it to reduce its demands on conventional memory and so improve on MS-DOS 3.3 . |
| 3 | Four months ago Alan Govier was looking forward to early retirement , buying a new car and perhaps going on holiday . |
| 4 | The savings come from less absenteeism , lower insurance costs , more productivity , fewer deaths ( Weis calls this ‘ much lower rates of worker mortality ’ ) , not so much deterioration in furniture , carpets and so on , including office machines , less maintenance and less spent on air-conditioning and heating . |
| 5 | The young pedlar cast him a wary glance and apparently decided on practicality over valour . |
| 6 | In order to understand better and to compare offers received , it would be helpful to my clients if you were prepared to discuss the mechanics of your offer price which should be worked assuming a debt free group and thus based on profit before tax and interest . |
| 7 | ‘ I have had to be flexible and open minded on selection for all of the six-and-a-half years I have had this job , ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 8 | In Britain alone , Glasgow St Enoch 's was torn down in European Architectural Heritage Year ( 1975 ) ; Birmingham Snow Hill was allowed to rot for years and finally demolished on safety grounds , epitomizing a technique in all too frequent use — deliberate and wanton neglect given as a justification for removal . |
| 9 | In the future we need to be quicker than the competition and totally focused on customer satisfaction and production requirements . |
| 10 | Max has been to numerous rehearsals with his celebrity owner and once appeared on breakfast TV . |
| 11 | ‘ I always take him out in knee-pads , and usually put on exercise bandages , as we are still wary of his split tendon operation . |
| 12 | However , many thanks to my MP , Derek Foster , and all others who voted for a more civilised society and thanks on behalf of the unfortunate foxes , stags and hares , still running for their innocent , tormented lives and still relying on humanity to get moving . |
| 13 | When things go wrong , liability is more and more falling on company directors , with their own personal wealth at stake when they get sued , Neil Fitzgerald reports . |
| 14 | I advised the Camerons to ensure that both dogs always moved towards them to receive any affection , and preferably sat on command before receiving it . |
| 15 | A man was arrested and later freed on bail . |
| 16 | He competed for the Swiss cross-country and ski-jumping team at the Student Winter Games and later concentrated on single sculls . |
| 17 | On the same day the B & I ferry Norrona caught fire en route from Pembroke in Wales to Rosslare in Ireland ; two men suspected of arson were detained and later released on bail . |
| 18 | Peter Righton from Evesham in Worcestershire , was questioned and later released on bail . |
| 19 | The Construction industry Council is becoming increasingly influential and now speaks on behalf of all industry professionals . |
| 20 | The pubs of the Birmingham suburbs by local architects such as Bateman and Bateman , Buckland and Haywood and Holland W. Hobbiss were brick Tudor , occasionaly neo-Georgian , rather more restrained externally , and often situated on traffic roundabouts . |
| 21 | Investigations are going on , but a health official said : ‘ The sandwiches were prepared by 10am and often remained on display in a warm room until 10 at night . ’ |
| 22 | The firm 's new Personal Video System Model 70 enables users working in a Microsoft Corp Windows environment to see each other in a scalable video window as they talk and simultaneously collaborate on computer documents . |
| 23 | She continued to visit her former foster parents and even went on holiday to Spain with them . |
| 24 | In pursuing the campaign for family allowances ( initially intended to provide the mother with a wage as well as allowances for children ) , mainstream feminists of the inter-war years were picking up one of the major demands of labour women 's groups prior to World War I and consciously taking on board social issues of importance to working class women . |
| 25 | He was a member of the Shropshire grand jury and frequently acted on behalf of his parish in legal matters . |
| 26 | Thousands are graded for size , shape and consistency and then strung on leather bootlaces . |
| 27 | Cook the poppadoms in hot oil for a few seconds on both sides and then drain on kitchen paper . |
| 28 | The Jordanian canteen manager noticed that the expiry date stamped on the cases by the Dutch manufacturers had already passed ; he sent a telex to Tripoli explaining his reasons for refusing to accept delivery , and then went on holiday . |
| 29 | A LONE gunman killed a French Nazi collaborator yesterday , and then went on television to claim responsibility . |
| 30 | Mr Vassiliou , a 61-year-old self-made millionaire , telephoned his opponent to congratulate him and then went on television to concede defeat and appeal for national unity . |