Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 It was vital to take account of children 's cognitive and emotional responses when evaluating their evidence .
2 The ethnography we pursued and the seminar papers we created all tended to include the subjective ‘ I ’ as part of the discourse , and we were encouraged to explore the effects of our history , our social , political , sexual , and economic influences and include our vision of what we had experienced during the fieldwork situation .
3 We publish all our own books , and our list of titles reflects the wide range of powerful , amusing and entertaining subjects that interest our Members .
4 It erodes savings and social benefits and threatens our currency .
5 Finally , hugging the bottle 's warmth to her chest , she checked on the bolts of the front and back doors and made her way up the uncarpeted stairs to bed .
6 American banks will need years to recover from the now souring loans to property developers and leveraged buy-outs that followed their third-world lending .
7 His dazzling victory makes him one of just six men with a realistic chance of hitting the jackpot at the Palace 100,000 dollars for overall victory and 30,000 dollars for winning their particular event .
8 Place a rubber band over your first and second fingers and hold your right hand facing downwards .
9 But fundamentally , of course , there is a massive overlap between the two movements in terms both of the issues and of the values and philosophical concerns that give our work any meaning at all .
10 They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms .
11 ‘ That silly old bugger , ’ Zylpha the beauty said , jangling her coral and amber beads and flashing her eyes at Otley .
12 It was n't easy to tell , from the filthy and shapeless rags that covered their filthy and shapeless bodies , but I guessed that there was a man and a woman and some smaller ones that were children .
13 drive round in his white socks and black loafers and drive his white R white , his white R S two thousand
14 The men sport black coats and long beards and dedicate their lives to prayer in a way that has changed little in 250 years .
15 Lazily , she stretched and smiled , letting her somnolent gaze drift over the procession of reeds and gnarled trees that dipped their branches low into the water .
16 Because of their low ratings , some of America 's biggest banks pay more for short- and long-term funds than do their industrial customers .
17 Whether or not the subject of a mosaic was chosen by the client , the mosaicist had to rely on a number of aids and methodical practices when organising his work .
18 The man was slight , with stooped shoulders , a pink face and thick spectacles that magnified his eyes , making the sockets look like deep pits in his skull .
19 Dr Balfour , the RAF pathologist , known to many through their joint work on the disaster teams , spoke about fatal air crashes and other disasters and illustrated his session with slides and fascinating tales .
20 Essences can be added to your bath simply for pleasure , to aid restful sleep , to help skin disorders , relieve muscular and other pains or to uplift your spirits .
21 The magistrate may question the suspect and other witnesses and conduct his own enquiries .
22 The following three sections take one class and two children and analyse their work in the way suggested in Discovering which words to teach ( page 12 ) .
23 On the one hand , interests in line with the prevailing policy and ideology of a local authority tend to secure effective access and substantive policies that advance their interest without any need for activity and organisation .
24 But equally it is important for the member of a department to understand something of the way in which it works , and the internal and external forces that shape its policies .
25 Ann and Beth had married into farming families and had the same careworn faces and workworn hands as had his wife and mother .
26 He let his gaze rest upon the awed and silent faces that fringed his passage , but without seeing them .
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