Example sentences of "and [adv] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of a flat board , the artwork was mounted on ‘ easels ’ , giant panes of glass , 5 ½ x 12 feet ( 1.7 x 3.7m ) , which moved to and fro on tracks , as well as sideways or up and down . |
| 2 | And , despite some tensions , generally social rather than musical and mostly on tours abroad , there is no doubt that his work with the orchestra helped revolutionize the whole idea of the conductor — orchestra relationship . |
| 3 | It is difficult to program naturally with such a restricted set of conditional jumps , so it is usual to provide the ability to jump on any of four accumulator conditions zero , non-zero , positive ( including zero ) , and negative — and perhaps on combinations of these conditions . |
| 4 | IN THE HOME , as in industry , it is overwhelmingly men who are the designers and repairers of machines , while women are the operators , expected to perform neatly and swiftly on typewriters , sewing machines and the rest , but not to understand how they work . |
| 5 | From these you can begin questioning why you are spending so much time on certain activities and less on others . |
| 6 | If you eat more on some days and less on others , you will shed weight just as successfully as if you stuck to the same number of calories each day . |
| 7 | I would put more emphasis on the role of schools and teachers in dissuading girls from science , and less on girls ' internal states . |
| 8 | In the early sixteenth century the prices of essential goods rose more sharply than those of inessentials , and at the same time wage differentials increased again , so it is likely that by this date population was rising again , and that as real wages declined a higher proportion of them was being spent on essential goods and less on luxuries . |
| 9 | More precisely , it meant that discussion about the organization and use of state power turned more on means and less on ends . |
| 10 | Cost per pupil may be the same , although one authority spends much more on teachers and less on books and equipment . |
| 11 | The British had been taken to the cleaners because foolish politicians in post-war Britain had elected to produce sociologists instead of engineers , and the predictable end result was that Britain had been short on wealth creators and long on spenders . |
| 12 | To buy recommended shares , call 021 233 9666 between 8.30am and 6pm on weekdays or 10am and 4pm at weekends . |
| 13 | It now takes about twelve years from the development of a new chemical to the marketing of it as a medicine , so that twelve years is used in testing it — first of all on animals and then on human volunteers and finally on patients . |
| 14 | Increasingly governments in the Western world have become reliant on their advisers , scientific specialists , experts in systems analysis , and supremely on economists . |
| 15 | Natro shops thronged the uniformly cobbled streets , where people whizzed back and forth on bicycles or skates — often their only form of exercise . |
| 16 | With modern knowledge , however , we suspect that the outcome of this historic race depended less on the character traits of these two species and more on differences in their innate 24 h activity cycles . |
| 17 | As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years . |
| 18 | Other criticisms of pluralist democratic theory rely less on epistemological differences and more on inconsistencies and omissions . |
| 19 | The Government Family Spending survey found people are splashing out less on food and clothing and more on homes . |
| 20 | It has provided a valuable structure for our thinking and discussions , but , because we have had to focus less on teachers and more on pupils , we have not found it appropriate to map programmes of study directly on to the model . |
| 21 | Hence we have come to rely more and more on books , classes and professional advice to tell us how to give birth and bring up children . |
| 22 | It falls partly on firms , who must pay a higher gross wage W' , and partly on workers , who receive the lower net wage W ’ ; . |
| 23 | Analysis focuses on general themes emerging from the accounts of mothers , young people and health workers and also on differences according to age , ethnicity , gender and familiarity with the UK setting . |
| 24 | The boys are to sing with the lay vicars for the other three weekend services and also on Tuesdays , Thursdays and Fridays . |
| 25 | In the handling of claims , whether before or after a Writ is served , the same principles apply , both in relation to matters of law and also on questions of tactics and so forth . |
| 26 | ‘ It is part of the expectation of the President that I should be available to represent the Church , so I have been to Strasbourg to the European Parliament and also on visits to the churches in Nigeria and Kenya . |
| 27 | It relied both on the circumstances of the shooting and on a confession alleged to have been made by telephone by the defendant to Paulette 's husband , Jimmy Zaidie ( ‘ Zaidie ’ ) immediately after the shooting , and also on threats previously made by the defendant to kill Paulette , as alleged by the prosecution and as testified to in evidence by Zaidie and by Daphne Matadial ( ‘ Matadial ’ ) , Paulette 's sister . |
| 28 | Where can I find the best information on keeping and breeding koi , and also on diseases , such as fin rot , white spot ? |
| 29 | This depends partly on how " cluttered " the table is and also on pupils ' familiarity with the subject of the data. ) — interpretative requirements ; ( Any differences between the questions asked about the table and the labelling of the table 's headings appear to reduce success rates . |
| 30 | On occasions such as this , and also on occasions such as coffee breaks , exam supervision and staff booze-ups . |