Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And George Felse dived forward at the jerking ankles under the archway , felt his way forward towards the knees , and hauled strongly backwards as the roof sagged slowly and ponderously inwards on top of Gus Hambro . |
| 2 | Interactionists stress that definitions of crime reflect the power of groups who have managed to impose their ideas about right and wrong , normality and so on on society . |
| 3 | As Dingwall and his colleagues ( 1983 ) comment , ‘ Attention was first focused on protection from children and only latterly on protection of children . ’ |
| 4 | He had seldom been to the village and only once on foot but he could remember the layout of it with surprising clarity . |
| 5 | And with the help of all these er er pieces of equipment er we found in general that we were reaching a new standard of production , where we were increasing it er and we were able to bargain more strongly and more favourably on behalf of our members . |
| 6 | Newer classifications depend on pathotyping and more recently on sequence similarities of the δ-endotoxin genes . |
| 7 | Parochlus steinenii , a winged midge , occurs sparsely about the South Shetland Islands and more commonly on South Georgia . |
| 8 | The pirate recording of the Berlin Lucia has been a huge success on LP and even now on CD . |
| 9 | We found much literature on client participation and even more on effectiveness , but there is considerable controversy on how to measure these variables . |
| 10 | Since 1962 they have had very few opportunities to express their opinions in the national press , and even less on radio and television . |
| 11 | We seem to be able to argue vigorously and passionately about anything and equally passionately on reflection that we did n't really need the rule and regulation in the first place . |
| 12 | At crossing of tracks turn left and immediately right on track , passing under footbridge and skirting school buildings . |
| 13 | No development could take place without permission from the local planning authority and then only on payment of a betterment charge to the Central Land Board . |
| 14 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |
| 15 | In 1937 he succeeded Richard Maunsell , chief mechanical engineer of the Southern Railway , which had concentrated its capital expenditure on widespread electrification and relatively little on improvement of its steam-operated services . |
| 16 | There is relatively less emphasis on contact with relatives and relatively more on choosing , making , and keeping friends , often from a fairly wide geographical area and not just from the neighbourhood or street . |
| 17 | I said , ‘ You know I 've rarely said this to anyone in real life and certainly never on television , but Nigel , your flies are undone . ’ |
| 18 | We should remember that homosexuals form part of society , and they can exert their influence on the prevailing norms and values and therefore also on legislation . |