Example sentences of "and the [adj] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul asked the Corinthians , and the unanswerable logic of his question was designed to cut decisively at the root of ingratitude . |
| 2 | And despite his smile and the teasing note in his voice , the look in his eyes said it was an order . |
| 3 | The risk of an even greater concentration of power , and the attendant risk of its mis-use , was recognised after the Second World War and it meant the pre-war attempts of active buying out were never resumed . |
| 4 | In not much of a festive mood , Princess Diana 's sons drove off yesterday to Sandringham and the first-ever Christmas without their mother , who has rejected the Queen 's invitation to join the family festivities . |
| 5 | He was conscious of the rush of warm fluid down on to his lips , and the salty taste of his own blood . |
| 6 | Rarely have Madam Speaker and the obstreperous MPs under her glare been so glad to see the back of it all . |
| 7 | Kiev 's flourishing trade had been undermined by inter-princely warfare , nomadic incursions , and the virtual severance of her commerce with Byzantium . |
| 8 | Pay special attention to sensitive areas , bald patches , nipples , nose , ears , and the often-forgotten soles of your feet . |
| 9 | For the last month he has relished driving through the cold and the foggy damp from his Nottingham home to the Headingley indoor nets a few days a week for practice with the rest of the England team . |
| 10 | the key decision criteria such as price and structure and the various options for their implementation ; |
| 11 | She took such a keen interest in politics , in literature , and the various lives of her children , grandchildren and great-grandchildren . |
| 12 | With a stiff nod , her cheeks burning , she turned and walked away in the direction of Palace Square and the temporary safety of her car . |
| 13 | The most eminent social scientist of the period , Karl Marx , worked in Britain , derived the framework of his concrete analysis from the un-German science of economics , and the empirical basis of his work from the ‘ classic ’ though by this time no longer unchallenged form of bourgeois society — the British . |
| 14 | Oil-spill experts from a number of countries flew into the area to assist with cleaning-up operations , which were largely limited to defending the intakes of desalination plants with the use of booms and " skimmer " vessels ; the slick was seen as too large for practical use of chemical dispersants , which might in any case damage marine life , and the best hope for its dispersal lay in a combination of the natural processes of evaporation and breakdown by marine bacteria . |
| 15 | He was known for his rugged good looks , and his best roles were in the Forties films The Ox-Bow Incident , Laura and The Best Years Of Their Lives . |
| 16 | All he could think of was his stepfather 's pale face on the pillow , and the ragged sound of his breathing . |
| 17 | But he would never actually touch her , Maria decided , directing a quick look at the resolute line of chin and jaw and the arrogant curve of his nose . |
| 18 | Instead of the sexy bits he 'd opted for poetic descriptions of London at night and the philosophic chapter from his last book about the beauties of a relationship between a young girl and an older man . |
| 19 | Drawing on the findings from three original research projects , the rest of this paper will illustrate some of the main features of the disability/ageing career , focusing in particular on people 's subjective experiences of the ageing process and the perceived impact on their quality of life . |
| 20 | We here append a line or two of an imaginary one-man percussion part , in order to familiarize the student with the notation , the indications of changes of instrument , and the recognized abbreviations of their names : |
| 21 | I 'm satisfied that with her persistence and the loving encouragement of her parents , she would by then have achieved the necessary entrance qualifications . |
| 22 | Through the glass she saw that she was on a shelf in the potion laboratory and the tall figure of her form-mistress was swirling out of the door . |
| 23 | In general terms , Gassendi 's notion of such ‘ hidden things ’ or ‘ natures ’ is entirely in accordance with tradition and the contemporary usage of his time . |
| 24 | Just as she had said , the porter 's wife opened up the main door and the inner gate from her room and then poked her head out . |
| 25 | For many years we sought access to him and the inner sanctum of his medieval palace , until in 1981 he finally gave us the first filmed interview ever granted by one of his line . |
| 26 | It was perhaps the poignant contrast between her privileged youth and the straitened circumstances of her later life that stimulated Alice to write ‘ my own book of my life , the collections of God 's dealings and mercies to me and all mine till my widowed condition ’ . |
| 27 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 28 | ‘ Then she flew high over the site of Callanish above the men and the fallen bodies of her kind which were scattered over the site . |
| 29 | Her eyes had been open in a fixed and vacant stare , and the waxen tinge to her skin had told its own tale . |
| 30 | N. K. Sanders 's summary of the plot of the epic sets the scene : When the story begins he is in mature manhood , and superior to all other men in beauty and strength and the unsatisfied cravings of his half-divine nature , for which he can find no worthy match in love or in war ; while his daemonic energy is wearing his subjects out . |