Example sentences of "and [noun prp] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the densest , yet at the same time one of the most persuasive sections of the book , wherein a variety of arguments drawn from the analytic tradition are deployed against Nietzsche 's lineage : Quine and Davidson on a theory of meaning both holistic and realist — demonstrating that there are more ways out of atomism and the myths of the given than Saussure 's ; and an anti-relativist notion of truth as a ‘ regulative ideal ’ derived from Tarski , Popper and Lakatos . |
| 2 | ‘ That Buster 's a naughty boy at times , but he likes to watch All Creatures Great and Small on a Sunday , does n't he , Swire ? ’ |
| 3 | It is estimated to cost in excess of £20,000 to run a car like McHale 's Celica GT4 or the Subarus of Fisher and McKinstry on a rally as long and demanding as this year 's 1,200 mile Circuit — and that 's before the cars are put back together again after a five-day pounding on some of the toughest roads in Ireland . |
| 4 | Diana and Charles take William and Harry on a Greek Islands cruise . |
| 5 | It features such spots as the Yosemite Valley in spring , the hypostyle hall at Karnak , the Olgas of central Australia , and Blencathra on a January day . |
| 6 | Michael , although reputedly a licentious and irreligious man , sent Cyril and Methodius on a mission which had far-reaching consequences for the future of Christianity , although their mission to Moravia achieved only a temporary victory for the Byzantine cause . |
| 7 | It includes a number of improvements that enable users to interoperate between Windows , MS-DOS and OS/2 on a SCO Unix server . |
| 8 | The composer visited France , Germany , and Italy on a number of occasions , writing operas to be performed in Mannheim and Paris . |
| 9 | Now the course of events for the trysting quartet from here on in would normally be predictable , except that one of the quatuor was Stuart , and Stuart on a double-date is defiantly cognate with a breadstick still in its wrapper . |
| 10 | Jammed down here between Tooting Bec and Balham on a train that 's going nowhere , with no reason given why , one can dread all sorts of things . |
| 11 | On Oct. 31 at the opening of a border crossing between Azerbaijan and Turkey on a bridge over the Arax river , 10,000 people seeking asylum crossed into Turkey and two were killed , according to the newspaper , Nezavisimaya gazeta . |
| 12 | Katelina had shared in that Mass , carried there by Diniz and Nicholas on a stretcher of rafters and carpets . |
| 13 | HOLIDAY FUN : Grandad Andrew with daughter Rachel and Alex on a holiday two years ago . |