Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] [pron] [vb base] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Without his burning enthusiasm and complete conviction I doubt that WWF would have come into being , for there were many doubters in those days .
2 Because of this the Judaeo-Christian world-view recognises the need to create political and economic structures which ensure that the family is not debarred from a permanent interest in economic life .
3 This point has been clearly demonstrated by recent reconsiderations of , for example , the nature of uneven regional development and economic under-development which show that both processes , whilst creating spatial patterns are , more fundamentally , outcomes of the operation of the economy rather than the result of autonomous geographical factors .
4 How is it that the sociologists and oral historians who interview and record the elderly have not already countered the derogatory myth of old age as helpless degeneration ?
5 In terms of the implementation of strategy , the project examines the nature of leadership and of top management , the role of information , the triggers for change , the role of external influences and the political , cognitive and social factors which impede or enable strategic change .
6 We must build on the success and continue to press all political parties to develop financial and social policies which ensure that sufficient affordable homes for rent are made available as a matter of policy .
7 Here we describe geochemical and microbiological studies which suggest that contemporary formation of siderite concretions in a salt-marsh sediment results from the activity of sulphate-reducing bacteria .
8 The primary function of the centres is the documentation of modern and contemporary artists who work or have worked in the former Eastern-bloc countries and the promotion of living artists previously unknown to the West .
9 Attractive blossoms with mauve and white petals which blend and merge into one another .
10 Certainly , concentrated wealth is in the hands of the few , and the separation of ownership and management has been excessively overstated ; it is the upper and upper-middle classes who own and manage , if not together , then within a class .
11 As a consultant specialising in environmental impact assessments and environmental audits I feel that this criticism is rather unfair .
12 There are positive and negative reinforcers which increase and decrease this rate of occurrence respectively .
13 As the above examples illustrate , migration depends not merely on ‘ push ’ factors such as poverty and unemployment , but also the ‘ pull ’ factors of employment opportunities in other regions or countries , coupled with favourable political climates and legal frameworks which enable and encourage movement .
14 Two muscular and sinewy songs which prove that Wilder may just have something special after all .
15 Because of considerable conservation of RNA polymerase domains and critical sites we suggest that the two identified genes correspond to RNA polymerase subunits of ASFV .
16 It happened with us , when we borrowed money to pay for this car , finished it off now , the bank , oh the letters they send you , about three months before you 're about to finish paying , I am an esteemed and valued customer you know and all that crap
17 They 're really not interested in mad pop kids with big cocks and big noise who appear and disappear in the twinkling of an eye .
18 But it 's not only Trodd and other producers who believe that what makes good work in a collaborative art is the challenge of having to justify decisions to your colleagues , and having colleagues who are not afraid to make those challenges .
19 For this and other reasons we recommend that most of the fibre is obtained from vegetables , salad , and fruit , which does not have this effect , and that you do not simply spoon on dollops of bran in order to increase fibre intake .
20 These produce what he terms locality specialization , technological specialization , and institutional specialization which interact and ‘ once they start interacting , the degree and rate of differentiation increase ’ ( p. 297 ) .
21 ‘ Green ’ pest control techniques include the electronic detection of rodents and special services which reduce or completely eliminate the use of toxic materials .
22 The Ego , then , has a whole array of negative beliefs , payoffs and hidden agenda which limit or even wreck our lives , and block our attempts to programme what we want .
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