Example sentences of "and [prep] a variety [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this land was uninhabited , and for a variety of reasons ranging from the incidence of tsetse fly to the competing claims of different clans , farmers were reluctant to move into it . |
| 2 | The woman is quite capable of using these varying qualities to draw out particular types of response ; she may do this instinctively , or consciously , and for a variety of reasons . |
| 3 | The better view is that the Whigs were for Reform with various degrees of conviction and for a variety of reasons , ranging from that political expediency which saw in it a cause which would get and keep the Tories out , to that of moral principle . |
| 4 | Particularly in the 1930s significant shifts in popular attitudes affected political postures , and for a variety of reasons there were calls for increased public sector intervention in a range of national economic and social affairs . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , our employers are becoming more involved , and for a variety of reasons . |
| 6 | 17.38 ( i ) Pupils should have frequent opportunities to write in different contexts and for a variety of purposes and audiences , including themselves . |
| 7 | Classifications of political systems have been undertaken in diverse ways and for a variety of purposes . |
| 8 | The increasing dependence of local government on financial support from the centre has already been noted , and through a variety of devices central government now restricts local-authority revenue and capital expenditure ( see pp. 198–205 ) . |
| 9 | This function has been called many times under many conditions , and with a variety of subjects . |
| 10 | It adds : ‘ The major influences on the use of inspectors ’ time appeared to be ad hoc requests both from institutions and from a variety of officers , and the personal professional interests of individual advisers . ’ |
| 11 | However , following Hirschi , and from a variety of sources of which Gibbs was only one ( and not a particularly favourably disposed one ) , the neglect of the classical concern with effective deterrence has been fully rectified . |
| 12 | The scheme faced criticism from orthodox Liberals , who objected to compulsion , and from a variety of sources in the trade union movement . |
| 13 | What clouds the issue is that I have caught hundreds of bream , of all sizes , and from a variety of waters , when the surface of the water has not been broken once by a fish . |
| 14 | She says you have to have evidence of continued use over a period of time and in a variety of sources so that it 's not just very specialised and short-lived . |
| 15 | Among the various species , such specialized glands have been found in almost all anatomical locations including the anus , sex organs , wrists , ankles , chest , under their leg articulation , upon their shoulders and back and in a variety of places around the head , face and ears . |
| 16 | To continue to applaud , rather than to call into question the already prevalent style of English teaching which makes space for pupil involvement with texts on a number of levels , and in a variety of ways |
| 17 | This approach is slightly linear , but the puzzles appear to be solvable in any order , and in a variety of ways . |
| 18 | The Society also communicated with solicitors directly at regional level and on a variety of courses and conferences . |
| 19 | Just after the end of our period , in the late 1150s , the celebrated intellectual and letter writer John of Salisbury recounted his travels : ‘ ten times have I crossed the chain of the Alps since I left England first ; twice have I travelled through Apulia ; I have done business often in the Roman court on behalf of my superiors and friends ; and on a variety of counts I have traversed England , and France too , many times . ’ |
| 20 | Thus over time , and at a variety of scales , cultures were mixed and accommodations were reached ( often between groups with unequal power ) , producing hybrid forms . |
| 21 | The example here is for a self-employed professional who charges for time spent on a number of projects and at a variety of rates . |
| 22 | Input supplied by video and audio cassette and by a variety of documents ( in the information file ) . |
| 23 | And this was provided , by revolutionary action in England in the seventeenth century , in America in the eighteenth , in France in the eighteenth and nineteenth , and by a variety of methods in most other Western countries sometime within those centuries . |