Example sentences of "and [adv] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Top left : Pattern drawing of ranking worn on the transverse shoulder straps attached to the 1895 ‘ sack coat ’ , and 1898 four-pocket blouse , and latterly on the blue shirt .
2 The Wenlock/Niagaran limestones spread gently and widely on the shallow shelves .
3 The Madeirans describe the voyage as uphill to Porto Santo and downhill on the return journey , as the outward journey from Madeira is always rougher .
4 Similarly for ‘ punchball ’ , the predominant way of signing it was threefold : shape ( ball on a stick ) , movement ( springs to and fro on a pivot ) and how a person interacts with it ( hands punching alternately ) ; these three are salient features .
5 While they waited , Lissa made hot drinks , then stood apart and listened as Rourke spoke quietly with the woman , who still rocked slowly to and fro on the settee .
6 His Canadian passport was beautifully forged and had brought him effortlessly into the Republic of Ireland and thence on the ferry to England .
7 First , what happens to a site or cell in our lattice depends on the neighbours ' scores , and thence on the state of the neighbours ' neighbours .
8 Sec. suggested that the main trip be by BR from Newtown , Powys to Towyn and thence on the Talyllyn narrow Gauge railway .
9 ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour .
10 He spoke frequently and effectively on the Conservative front bench until the progress of Parkinson 's disease made it impossible .
11 Then , Higueras noticed Chang 's ability to use his head , think smart and flexibly on the court during match play .
12 A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic .
13 A ‘ tump ’ is n't punctual , whereas women poets are ‘ businesslike , able , /good dri vers , and right on the ball ’ and despite her pose as a loser in love and dieting , Cope is as good as her word .
14 It 's the ideal offensive weapon , and right on the spot . ’
15 And right on the doorstep of the Convention and Exhibition Centre .
16 Next door to each other , and right on the water 's edge , the family run ‘ Şah ’ and ‘ Yali Han ’ Hotels look after our guests with a friendly style of service that 's difficult to beat .
17 Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples .
18 Paul McCartan pulled one back for Distillery three minutes from time and right on the final whistle Gregg was shown the red card .
19 The visitors reduced the arrears with a try on twenty minutes scored by Colin Vynal and converted by Neil Smith , and right on the interval took the lead with another try , this time from skipper , Simon Grater erm again converted by Neil Smith following a mistake in the Old Boys ' defence .
20 And right on the almost on the final whistle just before United scored in injury time , I think mid-fielder Martin Cool got in a very good volley did n't he from some distance , but it really was whistling toward goal ?
21 A chancre is also sometimes found on the cervix and rarely on the vaginal wall .
22 But for all the changes , the prime emphasis in the retail market , so far as movies are concerned , still seems to be on the past , and predominantly on the mainstream Hollywood past .
23 You 're listening to B B C Radio Oxford and Talking Sport , twenty six minutes past five it is ; we 're going to change sports now and have a little chat about speedway , because one or two things have happened nationally and locally on the speedway scene .
24 This puts the Law literally and metaphorically on the side of the blacks , who are also deemed ‘ out of order ’ for having broken the rules of a fair fight .
25 Glendenen , who also hit a century against Glamorgan in the NatWest Trophy , drove straight and powerfully on a slow wicket and he and Parker hit seven fours apiece .
26 If its enemy is still not daunted and picks up the toad in its teeth , the poison acts so swiftly and powerfully on the mucous membranes of the mouth that the attacker drops the toad almost immediately .
27 And so on the bottom On the bottom we 've got three left over .
28 And that was invariably reserved for sort of erm weddings , births , and funerals , and perhaps on a at Christmas you 'd go in there .
29 O nine O four six four one six four one and perhaps on a lighter note according to speculation in the Yorkshire Post newspaper this morning Gazzer could be heading towards Alan Rhodes .
30 The language teacher needs knowledge of the ways in which this discussion has bearing on foreign language teaching and perhaps on the general teaching of those who are already bilingual .
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