Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] and [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major was told by Tory Ann Winterton that the 300 MPs and peers who viewed the material had been ‘ deeply shocked by what they saw ’ and were demanding an urgent review of the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 2 | Most British people and publications I am acquainted with are quite proud of their command of the English language and engage in quite a lot of patting themselves on the back . |
| 3 | It has evidently met with considerable enthusiasm , but there has been initial resistance from some staff and parents who still favour a more academic approach to teaching and learning . |
| 4 | Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . |
| 5 | The radicalism of his campaign for state investment owed nothing to latent dissent over economic theory , for neo-classical economics could accommodate public works and Keynes himself remained on orthodox disciple of Marshall . |
| 6 | The large numbers of the English gentry and aristocracy who enjoyed the profits from impropriated tithes were further alarmed when the Laudian ecclesiastical authorities made it clear they would spare no pains in an attempt to recover as much as they could of the church 's former wealth and power . |
| 7 | If it is seen in this way the burden for change rests with black staff and not with the white staff and institutions which perpetuate discrimination and racism . |
| 8 | ‘ The most resistant and decisive discourse within modernism ’ , abstract painting , despite its coming-of age , is gradually being redefined to encompass a range of diverse media and approaches which are no longer limited to the strict confines of paint on canvas . |
| 9 | But do n't expect your fellow students to constitute a representative cross-section of the community at large — if only because they contain an above-average proportion of younger people and others who are most able to sustain continuous study and to benefit from college education . |
| 10 | Sir Patrick Mayhew was among 90 MPs and peers who heard the plea for upgrading the main road to Larne and rail and road routes in south-west Scotland and north-west England . |
| 11 | To go to the one in the park we 'd have to go up that hill and there 's no way I can push this buggy with Bryony in the front and all these fruit and vegetables I could n't get up and the hang on to you two with your reins I could n't get up that steep hill . |
| 12 | Environmental data and expertise which exists already in the Corine resource , a project which ends this year , is in danger of being lost whilst the EEA wrangle continues . |
| 13 | You travel round quite a few diffent places and meet famous people and type it up on the computer , 1124 things like that . |
| 14 | Then there will be many people and organisations she will need to notify of her date of removal and her new address , such as the Gas and Electricity Boards ; the Department of Health and Social Security , for the transfer of the drawing of her pension to the post office near your home ; the local rates office , income tax office , and television rental office ; the bank manager , and building society or other places where she may have invested her savings ; her insurance agent , the headquarters of any pension fund to which she may belong , the telephone manager , and the post office for the redirection of her letters ( for which a form has to be completed and a fee paid ) . |
| 15 | There must be very many such incidents in which his influence has made itself felt in the West Riding ; and many staff and children who , without knowing it , have cause to be grateful for his work for them . |
| 16 | For this the clients , mostly professional people and businessmen who lack the time to organise their own expeditions , but who have some impressive climbing pedigrees , will get full sherpa support , oxygen and a well-stocked chain of camps along the standard South Col route from Nepal . |
| 17 | All those people and organisations who were involved in the accident , such as the operators and the manufacturers of the aircraft , the pilots and other crew members , Air Traffic Control , the Civil Aviation Authority , the passengers and anyone else who in the opinion of the commissioner has a proper interest in the accident , are entitled to be represented ; usually by counsel briefed by solicitors , but laymen are not excluded . |
| 18 | saying at this mediterranean diet that the more fruit and veg you eat the less chance you 've got of heart disease and cancer |
| 19 | SUNDAY LIFE has been looking at some of the Irish people and places which get a mention in the 1993 edition of the Guinness Book of Records . |
| 20 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 21 | Sally quite enjoyed the visits but Paula had no patience for making conversation with Gran , who tended to have very old-fashioned , dyed-in-the-wool ideas and was easily shocked , and she hated having to eat her way through the ham salad and bread and butter , Victoria sponge and tinned fruit and cream which Gran not only laid on but also piled high on her plate because she thought Paula much too thin . |
| 22 | In the winter , the flooded areas provided abundant fish and wildfowl which could be hunted , and in the summer , in the drier areas , there was rich open grassland for cattle and sheep , reeds , wood and timber for building and construction , and wild animals and birds , as well as abundant fruits and seeds which could be hunted and collected . |
| 23 | She has also been involved with the organisation of a few other projects including a National Sleep Out , which aimed to increase public awareness of Aberdeen 's homeless people and Dial-a-Santa which took place at the end of last year . |
| 24 | That 's the best fish and chips I 've ever had . |
| 25 | However , young people and adults who have the necessary intellectual competence , motivation and maturity to benefit from higher education ( even if they do n't have three top grade ‘ A ’ Levels to prove it ) are being allowed to do so . |
| 26 | Having access to influential people and people who can give you information is helpful . |
| 27 | And the the local people and professionals who were involved erm proved the need if you like . |
| 28 | Significant people and groups who have risked much in support of the bishops will be disappointed and disenchanted . |