Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] [verb] and " in BNC.

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1 While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit .
2 I could afford the naked women but not the naked scepticism , the carping and sniping and the public washing of dirty linen which represents freedom to an English editor .
3 First , members of the public , as local government electors , have the right to inspect , question and object to the accounts and to question and take issue with the auditor on matters arising in his or her report .
4 Pursuing , perhaps riskily , a computer analogy we can argue that while the body resembles the hardware of a computer the mind comprises the software , the programmes that analyse and organize information to produce responses to inputs .
5 Now , that 's and example of functional group isomerism what I 'd like you to do now is to try and decide what these two things are called I 'm gon na put on the board and try and decide what you would call them in terms these general labels under structural isomerism .
6 Gradually stir in the milk until thickened and smooth .
7 ‘ They have been tapping the money that Place and Egan left with them for safety .
8 Among the scattered debris he found a watch which he kept as souvenir until shortly before he died when he asked his nephew , John , to take the watch and try and trace a relative of the crew to give it to .
9 Farms and outbuildings stood out grey-white against the green of the fields and the darker green of the hedges that parcelled and patched the land .
10 Such occasions were constructed to confirm the high value of the cause , to energise the ranks and maintain and strengthen the internal links in the movement .
11 IN THE tunnel between Gloucester Road and Earls Court , the train-supposedly bound for Richmond-has come to a halt : 25 minutes pass , a hot , cross silence broken only by the coughs and tuts and groans and rattling Evening Standards of disgruntled passengers ( sorry , ‘ customers ’ ; London Underground now wishes to refer to the sad user of the subterranean network as a ‘ customer , ’ dictionary definition : n. one who buys ) .
12 These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back .
13 She took no part in the exclaiming and protesting and analysing nor would she indulge in speculation as to what had really happened or as to why the letter of authority had not been used against Ellen .
14 If B is threatened with a breach of contract he may be able to treat the contract as repudiated and sue for anticipatory breach or , of course , he may await the breach and then sue for damages .
15 If he fails to do so , he is in breach of condition ; the buyer can treat the contract as repudiated and sue for non-delivery .
16 If that breach ‘ goes to the root of the contract ’ or deprives the other party of ‘ substantially the whole benefit of the contract , ’ then it entitles the latter to treat the contract as repudiated and himself as discharged from it .
17 Similarly , breach of condition by the buyer allows the seller to treat the contract as repudiated and terminate it .
18 But , first , they have to understand why such an instruction is given , even when it appears to be against their interests , and secondly they have to have been involved in the decision and to understand and accept the consequences of such a strategic direction .
19 They won the toss and batted and are all out for ( 107 ) one hundred and seven .
20 Then he could think back over the rising and understand and admit its weaknesses and set himself to imagine a better future …
21 To understand it we shall need to know the special characteristics of the groups that create and use it . ’
22 Stop lurking in the kitchen and come and meet people . ’
23 so I said if you go up and see Pat I said I 'm sure Pat will say well you know why do n't you use the kitchen and come and live in
24 Take her to the kitchen and try and wash some of that glass out . ’
25 It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’
26 Although he was initially delighted to be a father , Keith was totally unable to cope with the responsibility and came and went in their relationship as he pleased , giving little help or support .
27 Though king and magnates depended ( as Chapter 2 showed ) on the labours of a vast peasant labour-force for the surpluses that sustained and funded their activities , their direct personal contact with peasants seems to have been rare , even within the lands they ruled most intensively .
28 They would then fail to observe any evidence to the contrary and see and record only that which fitted their preconceived conclusions .
29 Then gradually into the mind of the child comes the story that justifies and , still more , inspires and seems to explain those westward-pointing promontories .
30 The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again .
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