Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] [noun] of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or What ? ’ controversy , and as the manufacturer of shockingly tasteless , but nevertheless very popular , gaudy mountain clothes . |
| 2 | No blue skies , just the same depressing grey she had grown used to , and as the events of yesterday flooded relentlessly into her mind her eyes filled with helpless tears . |
| 3 | Between these walls , Carrington , I will pledge to you that there are plotters in high places , and as an indicator of just how high , I will add that Lord Halifax himself is possibly among them . |
| 4 | Providing the necessary care is obviously problematic — and for a number of very different kinds of reason . |
| 5 | Responsibility for broad planning policies and for the development of both structure and local plans must , however , rest with the county councils . |
| 6 | Everyone has the gift of life — and for the sake of just a little pain over a week it 's a wonderful opportunity to take . |
| 7 | Reforms of the internal practices of trade unions and legal changes in their status would provide opportunities for managers to regain authority and for the emergence of more ‘ responsible ’ and less ‘ political ’ trade unions . |
| 8 | That is yet more Tory doublespeak for a decade that has seen the Government inspire a decline in coal production from 120 million tonnes per annum to 91 million tonnes ; for a decline in employment from 223,000 jobs to 74,000 jobs and for the closure of more than two thirds of our collieries . |
| 9 | In BR especially , it has been the vehicle for the comprehensive internal regulation of railway affairs and for the resolution of both collective and individual conflicts . |
| 10 | Women , being closer to nature because of their biology , were more likely to be overcome by powerful feelings , and the burden therefore fell upon women to control themselves , for their good and for the good of all around them . |
| 11 | This could be both through research work and through the organisation of more lengthy round-table discussions , of the kind held at Uig last October , between representatives of the various organisations engaged in the development of the area and some experts from outside . |
| 12 | And after a week of not earning I said , There something wrong here . |
| 13 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 14 | Very soon , he knew , he would have to choose sides , and despite the success of tonight 's endeavour , and the security he 'd won with it , he was by no means sure that he belonged amongst the ranks of the purgers , even though they were certain to carry the day . |
| 15 | Is not the Secretary of State aware of the deplorably low level of home ownership among other ranks in the armed forces and of the dearth of easily affordable council properties as a result of Government policies ? |
| 16 | Big big quite a big priority there so and you know are obviously people that like them like the guidelines that come with the company like the ideas of belonging to the company and like the ideas of actually extolling the virtues of the company and following the company policy . |
| 17 | Imagine how they must have felt in St Peter 's Square at the start of their journey — apprehensive , isolated and with no knowledge of either Italian , French or German . |
| 18 | As they are stupid they are unreliable , and with a leadership of only 4 they will almost always fail their test . |
| 19 | And with a mass of highly critical evidence built up against him , chief executive Venables faces a mammoth task in trying to persuade the court he should be allowed to stay on the board despite his sacking on May 14 . |
| 20 | Isolated in the middle of the pacific Ocean , 3,200 miles from Tahiti , and with a sea-crossing of almost a month stretching out before him to the next port of call , Darwin 's stay in this inhospitable volcanic outcrop must have been one of the lowest points for him on the entire trip . |
| 21 | I was convinced that a small company with sound quality credentials and low overhead expenses , and with a team of highly skilled and capable engineers , could get a good portion of these smaller contracts . ’ |
| 22 | As on so many occasions when we discuss matters in the House , we are faced with a conflict between principles , each of which is important , and with the question of how properly to resolve such a conflict . |
| 23 | It is sufficient to say that I agree with what my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , has to say about these cases in the speech to be delivered by him , and that in my opinion a person who thus procures the company 's consent dishonestly and with the intention of permanently depriving the company of the money is guilty of theft contrary to section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 . |
| 24 | And with the use of both muslin and hessian it will form a tunnel or tunnels from the place of entry to the ‘ centre ’ of the denlike structure , full of tactile hangings and sounds , floor coverings and fairy lights , feathers and leaves , crawl-spaces and wheelchair tunnels . |
| 25 | But even here I was on the very lip of the world , peering over one of the suture lines of the globe and into the darkness of yesterday . |
| 26 | Who dare offer anything to her in such an orderly and wellgoverned house as yours , and under a master of so good a character for virtue and honour ? |
| 27 | The Masai moran customarily spent ten to fifteen years of warriorhood living communally , apart from their families and under the supervision of specially designated elders , in warrior villages , or manyattas , at the end of which time they married and settled down . |
| 28 | In the old days before the local government reorganization of 1974 , it had been possible for Local Education Authorities to make their decisions relatively autonomously , with a view to the educational needs of local children , and under the guidance of often very high-powered and imaginative Chief Education Officers . |
| 29 | Generally the experiments were small , with a current of around 10 kiloamps passing through hydrogen gas at low pressure and in a torus of about 30-cm bore . |
| 30 | report on the reliability and validity of the scale for samples of speech collected both naturalistically , as in the original project and in a variety of more structured situations . |