Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat .
2 The task is either hopeless or depends on a very bold speculation about brain differences , if one focuses only on the wink itself .
3 Frequently the tower had to be left unfinished or left on the drawing-board , awaiting more funds .
4 Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so .
5 The more light that falls on the eyes , the more the pupils contract to vertical slits ; the less light there is , the more they open up to round , black pools .
6 On arrival at the theatre I was met by Mr and Mrs Alexander Heymeyer , the latter was originally Scottish and born on the Isle of Skye .
7 To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content .
8 Go through this and continue on the good track into the woodland , passing a ‘ crossroads ’ with a wall and gate on the right .
9 It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass .
10 Briefly , serum ( 1 ml ) was diluted with two volumes of isotonic saline and extracted on a small column of octadecysilane bonded silica at 64°C .
11 She 's blond , Sloaney , utterly vacuous and gossips on the phone .
12 I held her , trying to appear calm and composed on the outside , a shaking wreck on the inside .
13 Worrying about people 's comments instead of keeping calm and concentrating on the flying and on getting down safely is often the root cause of a bad landing .
14 A vicar has now joined the ranks of the unemployed and signed on the dole .
15 Slice the eggs in half and arrange on a serving dish on a bed of torn frisee lettuce .
16 This castle , built c. 1130 , is of stone and is about 125 feet high and based on a plan 70 feet square .
17 The right hand was high and rested on a vertical spear , the left is on the hip .
18 The columns were part of an octastyle portico , each 48 feet high and standing on a 22 feet podium .
19 The house was old and situated on the outskirts of London .
20 After all , it is about the conservation of the old and founded on a suspicion of the new .
21 As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’
22 As the waves crashed round the hilltops the wizards ' palaces broke free and floated on the surface of the waves .
23 When the exercises finished for the day , he relaxed into numbness , his mind free and floating on a gently rocking tide .
24 He focused again on the patterns made by damp and mould on a patch of distempered mortar level with his eyes — a piece of coastline seen from a hill , headlands enclosing a bay with a wide curve .
25 Turning away from the commscreen , she saw Ari sitting hunched and troubled on the bed .
26 All of these sizes are theoretical and err on the generous side to ensure a safe and floating descent , but they can not take into account any climatic influence .
27 There are three pointed arm spines , the longest one located dorsally and nearly equal in length to segment , the other two much shorter and located on the ventral portion of the arm adjacent to the tentacle pores .
28 It specialised in producing the fusillage for A272 Coachliners , which were then transported to another of the corporation 's branches for assembling , and smaller ten-seater aircraft which were built , assembled and tested on the site .
29 Never mind , as long as you 're careful and tread on the drugget . ’
30 The shackles , the whip and the hoe , these emblems of slavery , lie broken and scattered on the ground ; while the plough , the sickle and the flail , emblematical of improved and free labour are conspicuously displayed .
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