Example sentences of "and the [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in the 1980s public service broadcasters and the EBU seized on changes in technology and regulation in order to realise the promise of a pan-European public service television channel . |
| 2 | and the drum went on the floor . |
| 3 | He said that at the end of the day the appeal court was concerned with the proper interpretation of the act and the issue turned on the words used in it . |
| 4 | Léonie did n't know where to put herself and the knowledge dumped on her by Thérèse . |
| 5 | ‘ I would be delighted to design the flowers for your wedding … | ’ The daydream was so engrossing that she almost did n't see the man and the girl struggling on the pavement opposite . |
| 6 | The supernatant was discarded and the precipitate counted on a gammacounter . |
| 7 | The whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency : the walls were emulsioned so that they could be repainted at little cost , and the tables stood on plastic tiles which could be quickly wiped and disinfected . |
| 8 | We found our men and the Germans standing on their respective parapets . |
| 9 | Climbing steep snow in a series of zigzags as in ( Fig. 2b ) , the axe is held in the uphill hand and the rope goes on the downhill side direct to the next person on the rope . |
| 10 | The relationship between father and son was always strained and the child insisted on having himself called by his second name , Lawrence , from quite an early age . |
| 11 | Note the date of contact and the person contacted on the ABN enquiry form . |
| 12 | Assume that we have an additional relation which is also in TNF giving details about the students taking modules and the lecturers teaching on those modules . |
| 13 | The program will keep each teacher 's texts and the exercises generated on those texts in separate files which are only accessible using that teacher 's password . |
| 14 | Your energies would be better employed in concentrating on the riots and the panic unfolding on this planet . ’ |
| 15 | The Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and Spain reached that conclusion , inter alia , on the basis of the judgment in Pesca Valentia Ltd. v. Minister for Fisheries and Forestry ( Case 223/86 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 83 , 107 , para. 13 , on the one hand , and the obligation imposed on member states by Community rules , in particular Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 101/76 , to grant all fishing vessels flying their flags equal access to their fishing grounds , on the other . |
| 16 | And that 's why you can expect to find the car in the morning with the windows all covered in saliva and the wing mirrors all bent and the chrome strips on the doors are often with tufts of cow hair . |
| 17 | If a pub is closed , that is a commercial judgment by the publican and the brewer depending on the relationship between them . |
| 18 | And then it was over , and Jennifer was left alone to watch as the gravediggers , tumbled the pile of earth and stones down onto the coffin , with the wind bending the sea pinks and the guillemots balancing on the upcurrents , and in the distance a farmer 's wife called " Pru-it ! " to her cow . |
| 19 | Poland and the Ukraine agreed on Sept. 8 to establish diplomatic relations in the near future . |
| 20 | She smoked cheap cigars , and the ash lay on her cardigans like catkins . |
| 21 | The first piece , which happens to consist of five correct sentences , one spoken to me , and the rest written on objects and on pages around me , simply does not make sense . |
| 22 | He gave me £30 a week and I 'd pay for the bills , £12 rent , £5.50 for two bags of coal and the rest went on food . |
| 23 | The next day County issued a press release announcing that 48.9% of the shares had been taken up and the rest sold on the market . |
| 24 | The other crches thought we were nuts , but useful , and since they relied on government funds , and the butis worked on spontaneous gifts of love and the sale of silk flowers , we had outlasted most of them . |
| 25 | He clawed at the edge of the closing door , but the butt of a lance shoved hard under his ribs heaved him back gasping into the room , and the door closed on his convulsed face . |
| 26 | The doorknob turned easily , and the door opened on the blue-and-green room . |
| 27 | We sold ourselves short then but we believe we have the ability and the temperament to cope on Sunday . ’ |
| 28 | Did n't the Stationmaster and the clerk live on the premises ? |
| 29 | As the hippies had all but gone the police and the RSPCA pounced on a lorry , inside was a horse which had been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 30 | The factual circumstances that can arise are infinite and the judges rely on a mixture of legal principle , policy and common sense to guide them through the maze . |