Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [Wh pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book-collector can obviously fight his corner here with examples from well-known authors and historic figures who either drew the cheques or were at the receiving end . |
| 2 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 3 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 4 | During its six years of existence , Minton was one of a wide range of English and French artists who either visited it or , like Léger , lectured there , or who performed as guest teacher-critics . |
| 5 | A staff of 1,400 employees of the North-Eastern Railway worked there , not to mention men of the North British and Caledonian railways who also had a part of the station . |
| 6 | Though he published little under his sole name , the best testimony to his erudition is to be found in the prefaces of numerous books on Mozart by both English and foreign authors who readily acknowledged his guidance . |
| 7 | The direct results of the Prime Minister 's aversion to the EMS are : interest rates which are higher than is needed to take the heat out of the economy ; an incipient sterling crisis ; the prospect of recession ; jittery financial markets waiting in vain for a clear signal about the direction of policy ; poisoned relationships with some of her most senior colleagues and Tory MPs who increasingly fear that her arrogance and stubbornness will cost them their seats . |
| 8 | This politico-religious stance originated in the necessary defence of Western Europe from the Slavs , Saxons and Saracens , three pagan and savage races who continually sought to invade . |
| 9 | That year 's Annual General Meeting reported a male membership of 200 and 69 ladies who now had a ceiling of 80 . |
| 10 | There is a sense of community and many women who previously had no political involvement but were forced to flee because of the government policy of attacking civilians , have become very committed to the cause . |
| 11 | The Reives are kind and solicitous hosts who obviously enjoy the challenge of making their guests ' holidays as relaxing and pleasant as possible . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , despite the above positive features of assessment and certification , there may be some well-motivated and diligent pupils who still fail to achieve all the learning outcomes . |
| 13 | This was a passage of history hardly known even to the ablest scholars or the twelfth-century Renaissance , and very imperfectly known to those of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries who self-consciously implanted the democratic institutions of republican Rome and ancient Athens in their own Florence . |
| 14 | So women have to challenge owner-occupation and , in particular , council-house sales and cuts in public expenditure in housing , since it is they as housewives , mothers and single parents who inevitably bear the brunt of reduced decent public housing , and the increased push towards owner-occupation . |
| 15 | If so , it would have to do it without Kinnock , and at the risk of alienating Scots and Welsh Unionists who still vote Labour because they think economic and social matters more important than constitutional reform . |
| 16 | There we discovered the £7.50 hamburger meal , flower-selling girls with Chanel handbags and wealthy exhibitionists who apparently enjoyed being part of a human zoo , preening themselves on their extravagant yachts while the hoi-polloi stared up from the quayside . |
| 17 | The occupational community becomes what can be called an ‘ encapsulated community ’ , a village within the village , suspicious of and resistant to any intimate social contact with the commuters and second-home owners who now comprise a substantial proportion of the population . |
| 18 | Idealistic friars now put their arguments for a propertyless church to the service of Gaunt and other laymen who simply wanted to avail themselves of church wealth for the relief of their own tax burden . |
| 19 | They had a daughter who died at fourteen , and two sons who both became directors of Meccano Ltd . |
| 20 | Costumed in an elegant silk blouse , Corocraft jewellery , and bouffant and bewinged steel-grey wig , I sailed forth into a studio full of camera crew , agency men and sundry traders who basically sat there blinking expectantly in my direction . |
| 21 | ‘ Those of my colleagues and fellow theatregoers who constantly compare British theatre unfavourably with the depth , vitality and style of of the European stage should cop a load of this . ’ |