Example sentences of "and [adv] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that the yeast , encouraged by the warmth of the wort and the temperature of the brewery , works quickly and vigorously on top of the wort to produce alcohol . |
| 2 | The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off . |
| 3 | And right on song … the battle to find the best of British buskers . |
| 4 | And right on song … the battle to find the best of British buskers . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've done a bloody good job on the interiors — and right on schedule too . |
| 6 | And right on cue there was Elise at the door of the shop , elegant as always in slim skirt and silk shirt , her face alight with welcome which changed quickly to surprise as she realised the man with her sister was a stranger . |
| 7 | If you extend £100,000 of credit for a period of one year and during that year the inflation rate averages 10 per cent per annum , you will have effectively lost £1 0,000 even if you are paid in full and right on time . |
| 8 | Over one hundred of the works known to have passed through his hands will be shown , many now in private collections and rarely on view to the public . |
| 9 | Johnson went into an apothecary 's with a prescription he filled out for himself ; on account of the Latin , and perhaps on account of his title , the chemist 's counter-hand took Dr Johnson for a medical man . |
| 10 | He was , after all , proposing to jerk up and down on top of a naked woman not more than three or four strides away from a sleeping child , her child . |
| 11 | When you have experienced past disappointments , hardship and disillusionment , you know you have been up and down on life 's waves . |
| 12 | We need to improve the quality of public expenditure with more money on primary health care and education and less on defence and parastatal subsidies . |
| 13 | Jones says Oxfordshire would like more comprehensive information on health needs and less on education . |
| 14 | New guidelines on restraining young people , due next week , will call on social services to put more emphasis on control and discipline in children 's homes , and less on therapy . |
| 15 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 16 | Today in Britain 's N H S we are spending more and more on accountants and fi financial consultants and less and less on health care workers . |
| 17 | What impact will the proposed station have on its environment and especially on traffic ? |
| 18 | Public right of passage by bicycle is permitted on cycle tracks ( usually specially designated and signposted ) , and generally on road carriageways ( except where subject to motorway , special road or specific traffic regulation orders prohibiting bicycle use ) . |
| 19 | Moreover , part of a nation 's wealth is spent on investment goods , and not on consumption goods ; these are therefore also included in the calculation . |
| 20 | If we ask people to rank in order the six goals listed earlier , approximately 60 per cent of the workforce will put their highest value on relationships at work and home and not on advancement or achievement in a career sense , unlike top managers who place relatively much less emphasis on relationships . |
| 21 | Animals still travel up to the high pastures , but today the migration is by truck , and not on foot . |
| 22 | There is no CGT on the difference between the purchase and sale/redemption price ( provided that they are held as investments and not on trading account ) , and this can enhance the after-tax yield of low coupon gilts near to maturity if they are trading at below par . |
| 23 | Academics , like accountants , should be on tap , and not on top . ’ |
| 24 | One of the central ideas here is that persuasion through the use of enthymemes relies on what is expected , habitual and assumed , and not on truth , reality , or the way things ought to be . |
| 25 | The point to make here is that the logic of adversary adjudication is that the decision of the court should be based on the case put to it by the parties in dispute and not on material or information supplied by third parties ; and rules of evidence are designed to achieve this result . |
| 26 | When we changed the concept of insurance totally , and we have said that the sum assured will be paid out on the diagnosis of the disease , and not on death or anything else . |
| 27 | The Russian leadership relied in its work on the authority of one populist leader , Yeltsin , and not on party programmes . |
| 28 | This practice should be based on proven principles , acceptable to all , and not on routine and ritual . |
| 29 | For the next two years , the SQL Access Group ( SAG ) will focus its efforts on getting the market to accept its its SQL standard specifications — the Call-Level Interface and Formats and Protocols — and not on technology development , it says . |
| 30 | Problems problems over the alloc because the allocation is mainly based on pupil numbers and not on pupil 's needs , by the use of average salaries and not actual salaries , by changes in level of grants for support and training , and the needs of the school and the children . |