Example sentences of "and on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were to be very ‘ diplomatic ’ with recalcitrant poor peasants , and on no account were they to take to court more than a small minority in any one area , even if a majority were guilty . |
| 2 | Told him not to let his report run to more than it absolutely had to , and on no account to make a feature piece out of it . |
| 3 | Items should be withdrawn and dried rapidly after boiling has finished and on no account should they be left soaking . |
| 4 | This is totally different to the measurement for a walking stick to help an injured hip or ankle , and on no account should the stick be shortened . |
| 5 | If you do , bidding can be very exhilarating , and on no account should you bid more than your pre-determined limit . |
| 6 | They need flat water to perform well and on no account should they be taken into waves , since , not only are they difficult to manoeuvre well , but they are also liable to snap because of their length . |
| 7 | As with any other important investment decision , you would be well advised to take your time , do some basic research into the track record of any policies you might be considering ( specialist magazines such as Money Management provide a useful starting point ) and on no account sign any document without first being absolutely certain that you fully understand all the terms and conditions including the administrative charges . |
| 8 | He was told not to promise any date for attainment of Dominion status : ‘ There is no advantage in fixing paper dates ’ , and he was even told not to use the term Dominion status and on no account to make any reference to independence . |
| 9 | • Tip : Accept your baby 's unpredictability as far as you can , and on no account blame yourself for it ( or listen to anyone who implies you ought to get his act together ) . |
| 10 | I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell them that the funny-looking herb on the left of their kitchen garden was not really an obscure form of ivy and on no account must they attempt to smoke its leaves . |
| 11 | And on no account add butter or margarine . |
| 12 | Turn on the radio and on every station The Eagles are ‘ Living it up at de Hotel California ’ . |
| 13 | All these books have strengths that justify their place on the library shelf and on every reading list on the history of seventeenth-century science . |
| 14 | During his time as organizer there were no instances of damage to the coaches , and on every trip a whip-round was arranged for the driver . |
| 15 | It 's a play I have seen acted regularly in each village , and on every occasion it 's exactly the same . |
| 16 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 17 | Repeatedly , the stars of the team were pictured on primetime television thanks to BT 's technology , and on every occasion there was the obligatory mention for BY . |
| 18 | Over the years they had attended the same victuallers ' functions , and on every occasion Harcourt had kept very much to his own table . |
| 19 | ‘ , ‘ Fish ! ’ and ‘ Meat pies ! ’ and on every corner stood tipplers who sold drinks to passers-by out of small , iron-hooped barrels . |
| 20 | Then in the spring of 1980 came the disaster of the rescue mission , with agonising pictures of wrecked helicopters and charred bodies across the pages of every newspaper and on every television channel . |
| 21 | And on every page , you 'll find warmth , humour and lively illustration making the educational process as joyful as it is instructive . |
| 22 | Over a twenty-year production run nearly 1,700 were eventually built , and they have served reliably in 65 countries in every climate and on every continent ( including Antarctica ) . |
| 23 | Now planning huge work to take place simultaneously in every town in Greece and on every mountain . |
| 24 | He worked furiously to revise and expand ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ , and on a night in February wrote a poem of wonderful beauty addressed to his infant son . |
| 25 | Toronto had scored on a sacrifice fly and a single in the second inning and on a home run by Ernie Whitt in the fourth inning . |
| 26 | After the 21 May rally , demonstrations became relatively commonplace and on a scale which would have been unthinkable a month earlier . |
| 27 | This meant that an older social critique , whose pedigree went back hundreds of years , was expanded to take account of juvenile employment in such a manner as to make the critique more subtle , at least in the sense that some reformers began to suggest that the combination of juvenile psychology , conditions of labour and industrial training was influential far beyond the workplace and on a scale previously unrecognized . |
| 28 | Only a small number of countries meet those criteria ( figure 3.5 ) , and on a scale of political rights ( Gastil , 1981 ) very many of those lacking liberal democracy rate among the ‘ least free ’ ( figure 3.6 ) . |
| 29 | He got into the fish trade ; got on a bit and on a bit , and that 's how he started going to Lowestoft and buying his own . |
| 30 | And they did it for 20-year-old centre-half Darren Salton , who is still in a coma and on a life support machine after Thursday 's road crash in which Paul Telfer was also injured . |