Example sentences of "and [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The negligence action acts as a form of compensation for a negligently injured patient and as a deterrent to doctors . |
| 2 | Casein was used as a glue in ancient Egypt and as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters . |
| 3 | In London , where he spent a number of years , he had gained a reputation as a crook and as a threatener of whites and defender of the coloured-immigrant population . |
| 4 | Moreover , the roots or leaves used as fomentations are of considerable use when applied to sprains , swellings , and bruises , and as a poultice to cuts , boils and abscesses . |
| 5 | While unaware of the value of vitamins , an old lore recommended its use both as a laxative and as a poultice for sores . |
| 6 | Such an educational role clearly dismantles the authority of the teacher as the custodian of right and wrong answers and as a controller of behaviours . |
| 7 | Site overheads may be included in the tender sum in various ways , for example in the preliminaries , in a balancing item and as a percentage of rates across some or all of the items . |
| 8 | In the pharmaceutical industry it is used as a suspending agent for liquids and as a binder in tablets . |
| 9 | The success of the Akali Dal ( Mann ) faction was seen as a rejection by voters of the other , divided , Akali Dal factions led by Surjit Singh Barnala and Prakash Singh Badal , as being in support of a more militant stand and as a protest against police actions [ for various factions within Akali Dal see p. 36693 ] . |
| 10 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
| 11 | At present several attempts are being made to devise performance indicators which would enable schools to be graded , and serve both as a management tool and as a guide to parents in choosing a school . |
| 12 | On the one hand medicine is seen as a body of scientific knowledge and as a set of techniques , for which the GP feels himself to be relatively poorly equipped . |
| 13 | In an advertisement in the Northampton Mercury of 27 April 1747 he describes himself simply as a millwright , but goes on to offer his services as a manufacturer and repairer of many kinds of agricultural machinery , weighbridges and ‘ mathematical and philosophical instruments ’ , as a designer of all kinds of mills , as a maker of ventilators for hospitals , gaols , granaries , or ships , and as a surveyor of gentlemen 's estates . |
| 14 | The adversarial system of criminal justice in Britain and the USA , together with less emphasis on community policing , may be partly responsible for the alienation of doctors and police and for a lowering of standards . |
| 15 | She now does less tax work and more audit , and for a range of clients , from a group of Alexander relaxation teachers , for example , up to a £2m turnover company . |
| 16 | Write in a wider variety of forms , eg notes , personal letters , formal letters , instructions , essays , newspaper articles , reviews , biographies , stories , poems , playscripts , radio and TV scripts , for a wider range of purposes , eg to plan , to formulate hypotheses , to inform , to explain , to compare and contrast , to persuade , to entertain , to express attitudes or emotions , to shape experience imaginatively , and for a range of audiences . |
| 17 | And for a couple of hours they had talked . |
| 18 | Soon , though , Horsewoman Clair Dalton will be establishing a regular service around the town and for a couple of pounds , you 'll be able to step back in time and view the famous architecture in the same way that the Spa Towns Regency Founders did . |
| 19 | Terry and I were worst hit and for a couple of days I was left off the chain so that I could use the toilet whenever I needed . |
| 20 | Frequent reference has been made to a vote being taken and for a majority of meetings this will be by a show of hands for and against the motion , the Hon. |
| 21 | The case for fair voting for all elections , to bring together communities and encourage cooperation , and for a Bill of Rights to protect individuals , is even more pressing in Northern Ireland than it is in the rest of the UK . |
| 22 | The Constitution provided for an independent judiciary , with a Supreme Court as its highest body , and for a bill of rights ( including rights to fair trial and cultural and religious freedoms ) entrenched against amendment . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , our employers are becoming more involved , and for a variety of reasons . |
| 28 | 17.38 ( i ) Pupils should have frequent opportunities to write in different contexts and for a variety of purposes and audiences , including themselves . |
| 29 | Classifications of political systems have been undertaken in diverse ways and for a variety of purposes . |
| 30 | It is now recognized that the trachoma agent is very closely related to the organism that causes non-specific urethritis and is responsible for 50 per cent of sticky eyes in newborn babies and for a proportion of cases of salpingitis in women . |