Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their dedication and support have been invaluable in both accounting for the Association 's funds and managing them effectively . |
| 2 | Its failure to provide the counselling and support needed was unfair to her and her parents . |
| 3 | The history of Glasgow Rangers Football Club , for example , makes it clear that riots , violence and vandalism have been well-established since at least the 1870s . |
| 4 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 5 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 6 | The British and Dutch had been worrying about Mons , but now Sharpe took a scrap of charcoal and scrawled a thick ring round the crossroads . |
| 7 | whether your job performance and attitude have been satisfactory over the years ; |
| 8 | The role of music , song , and poetry have been important to the YCCC as well , and this too is a central theme of Highlander . |
| 9 | The great endeavour which Peter Scott and a small group of inspired people began in 1961 may be said to have only just started to have the worldwide impact which will help mankind to learn once again to develop in full harmony with the natural world , but it is already indelibly clear that Peter 's influence and determination has been crucial in creating a force that will not be denied its place of importance on a planet which , in the foreseeable future , may be required to support a human population of double its present size . |
| 10 | The benefits of the system have already been recognised and Thistle has been successful in securing a number of major contracts for several North Sea oil operators . |
| 11 | Since that day of Dirac 's discovery the dual nature of light as wave and particle has been free of paradox for those in the know . |
| 12 | The material conditions of production and distribution have been crucial for the perpetuation of the romance form , and the romance form continues to thrive because it so well answers the commercial demands of a mass-market paperback and communications industry . |
| 13 | Your knowledge , experience and insight has been invaluable in getting the new Department of National Heritage off to a swift and successful start . |
| 14 | But this interplay between coercion and consent has been underemphasized in pluralist analysis by focusing only on the inadequacy of the coercive dimension . |
| 15 | Cash 's considered the houses to be ideal homes at a time when textile workers were suffering hardships everywhere , and machine-breaking had been widespread in the Midlands and the North . |
| 16 | Dundee United have been the corner shop competing with the hypermarkets of Glasgow , and business has been brisk with pockets of profitability . |
| 17 | And daddy 's been busy on your mum then has he darling ? |
| 18 | In the small village churches where he worshipped , the singing and organ playing was likely to be intolerable to somebody with an acute musical sensibility . |
| 19 | The attack on a dichotomy of form and content has been persistent in modern criticism ; to change so much as a word , the argument runs , is to change the meaning as well . |
| 20 | Traditionally , releases of major pollutants to air , land and water have been subject to separate controls . |
| 21 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 22 | Writing on a touch sensitive computer screen with a ‘ stylus ’ just like using a pen and paper has been possible for quite some time now . |
| 23 | All this is not to suggest that political advantage has not had and does not have any effect on the conduct of macro policy , but rather that the evidence and theory presented is consistent with its having a small rather than dominating impact . |
| 24 | Because he took over his new duties in the close season Love has not had too many opportunities to meet many of the players , but the squad have had two nets at Moray House College , Edinburgh , the last two Fridays and Love has been impressed by the effort put in by the players at these sessions . |
| 25 | The instructions and scale used were identical to those used for Studies 2 and 3 . |
| 26 | Over the years the weather and man have been responsible for destroying parts of the forested areas and , although some re-afforestation has taken place , large areas have remained depleted for many years . |
| 27 | For those interested in more energetic pursuits , horse riding and pony trekking are available at Garthewin Farm , Llanfair T.H. , Abergele and at Hwylfa Ddafydd , Llysfaen , Colwyn Bay . |
| 28 | The fact is that on the five station network in the office , file and printer sharing are transparent to the user . |
| 29 | The association between youth and beauty has been evident throughout history , particularly in ancient Greece and during the Renaissance . |
| 30 | Perhaps the least standardized range of facilities are those provided for high-resolution graphics , where not only is the grid size used different , but the forms of storage and manipulation provided are unique to the particular machine . |