Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [prep] [noun] and [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This may either affect the integrity of the complexes ( DMS also methylates proteins ) or , depending crucially on the composition of the binding buffer , strongly decrease the solubility and/or diffusibility of DMS and thus interfere with the final yield of the modification reaction .
2 The exclusion of wills and conveyancing originated in a recommendation of the Legal Aid Scrutiny that public money should be directed towards the enforcement or defence of rights and not simply to enable clients to arrange their own affairs .
3 Most of it is preserved in some way ; it is transported and various methods are employed to change and enhance its appearance ; it may be prepared or pre-cooked for convenience and finally aesthetically packaged for maximum appeal .
4 By dealing through brokers who have access to market-wide information and who are continually matching buying and selling offers , GEMMs can adjust their positions in the knowledge that prices will only move in response to generalised market shortages or surpluses of stock and not in anticipation of any particular deals of their own .
5 Art is seen as an exercise in fine motor skills or appreciation of nature and not as a creative activity .
6 Private rights of way apply to an individual or group of individuals and not to the public at large .
7 This Part of this Act shall have effect with a view to securing the observance of proper hours … of work by persons engaged in the carriage of passengers or goods by road and thereby protecting the public against the risks which arise in cases where the drivers of motor vehicles are suffering from fatigue .
8 The choice between the different types of bought space outlined below will depend partly on the product or service in question and partly on the available budget .
9 This would enable parcels of instruments to be made up to a given value , type or maturity for sale and thus improve their marketability .
10 In 1823 he commenced an apprenticeship to George Stephenson [ q.v. ] , working for two years in the shops of Robert Stephenson & Co. at Newcastle and then in the drawing office .
11 Culture influences almost every aspect of the reaction to a particular product — texture , colour , desire for innovation or respect for tradition and so on .
12 He thought he could remember that he and Peter had fastened their rope to a spur or spike of rock and accordingly it was for such a feature that he searched .
13 The other unauthorised absentees were a mixture of small numbers of ‘ ghost ’ pupils , wrongly on the register , or pupils in trouble and out of school — but they were largely pupils for whom some authorisation was expected .
14 Women may feed their husbands or lovers with energy and then , after a while , change tack , deciding that it is time to draw the tide of emotional response towards themselves .
15 In accrediting prior learning , the focus is on the outcomes or achievements of learning and not on the learning process itself .
16 This exception applies where the seller continues or is in possession of the goods or documents of title and subsequently delivers them to a new innocent purchaser .
17 involvement in outside interests and activities at university and elsewhere ;
18 You can do this through the many Hall and Department associations , through clubs and groups at home and abroad .
19 Discussion on the nature and forms of democracy and how it could be introduced into China was revived .
20 ‘ Let's hope so , ’ she said , and told them that her parents were furious because Josh , her grandmother 's lodger , had left all his money and possessions to Kate and not even mentioned her grandmother who had looked after him for years .
21 In the late seventeenth century too the main road from London to Aberystwyth did not pass through Oxford but followed the present minor road ( B4027 ) to the north , via Islip and Woodstock to Enstone and then via the modern A34 to Stratford-on-Avon .
22 By a single vote , the Commons withheld confidence from the government , Lord Melbourne sought and obtained a dissolution of Parliament , and the necessity for a Cabinet to secure the confidence and support of Parliament and thus be responsible to it was established .
23 Perhaps also under this heading might come an increase in complaining : people find themselves becoming self-centred and self-justifying in conversations and perhaps feeling that they are becoming boring ( and often are ) .
24 Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation .
25 certainly do n't think where we going is suitable for a puddy tat , hours and hours on end and not being allowed to go outside and even when we 're there , I say , we ca n't be running up and down them bloody staircases letting cats out , I could n't , I could n't bear the thought of it never going out .
26 John Power of Kilkenny has wrought tremendous harm and damage on Wexford and Offaly from the middle of the field , alongside Michael Phelan , so there 's a huge responsibility on the shoulders of Michael Coleman .
27 Clearly , the regulated devote considerable time , effort , and money to lobbying and otherwise trying to influence the regulator .
28 Its consequences are hostility to the strong state and vanguard party and sympathy with pluralism and perhaps forms of anarchism .
29 What the media should not do is cause friction and division within society and especially it should not encourage opposition or resistance to government decrees .
30 This major display of maps and related map-making equipment not only aroused considerable public interest during the three months the exhibition was open , but also generated new links with individuals and institutions in Scotland and elsewhere .
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