Example sentences of "and [conj] [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet prior to the 1996 riots , major disorder was almost entirely confined to ‘ dispersal prisons ’ — prisons which house prisoners on long sentences and which are not overcrowded or understaffed , where conditions are relatively good , and where security is at a maximum . |
| 2 | Like so many others , Baron de Tracy knew which way the wind blew and where gain was to be had . |
| 3 | This is entirely consistent with their view that people 's interests are what they say they are , and that interests are of political significance only when people organize to advance or defend them . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that the supply of slaves dried up and that slaves are by their nature infertile , so that a slave population dies out if not constantly recruited ; but neither proposition can be defended . |
| 5 | At the same time he realised that there was some form of seniority behind the counter , and that Maggie was in charge . |
| 6 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 7 | It says youths have also thrown stones and bottles , and that lives were in danger . |
| 8 | Bee Moore , who worked in Westlands and was a sister of Paccy Moore the shoemaker , had heard that Eve was dead from horrible injuries and that Benny was in such shock she could n't be told . |
| 9 | Initially it was suggested that it was impossible , and that quasars were in fact relatively nearby objects , their large speeds of retreat arising because , perhaps , they were being spat out by our Galaxy in some unknown way . |
| 10 | It is also conceded that many viewers will want to see the match and that ITV were in a tricky position because on that weekend in February they are planning to screen a Littlewoods Cup semi-final . |
| 11 | He prepared an instruction for the King 's signature , declaring that the Macdonalds of Glencoe were to be pursued ‘ by fire and sword ’ and that troops were to ‘ burn their houses , seize or destroy their goods or cattle , plenishings or clothes , and to cut off the men . ’ |
| 12 | He said that the Scottish transport scheme should be wound up and that there should be a transitional period to ensure continuity of pension provision and that employees are to be allowed to remain in TOPS for a limited period . |
| 13 | At the time when there were doubts about whether or not the tour would go ahead , after the first invitations were largely turned down , numerous stories started to circulate that there would be money available and that sponsors were in the country looking for players . |
| 14 | For when the Pisan detention-camp in 1946 compelled the poet to breach , though guardedly , the barrier of his reticence , he certainly wrote about the women he had loved ; and if Dorothy is of that company ( as she must be , surely ) , we need to know just where she figures , and on what terms . |
| 15 | But it is extremely unreasonable to suppose that all ( perhaps any ) human beings act from that motivation , either , and if morality is to be a generally human phenomenon , it is simply a mistake to equate it from the beginning with such exigently Kantian formulations , and it is a mistake even from the point of view of the human sciences . |
| 16 | That is simply because it has to be that low if some of these houses are to be considered habitable at all , and if others are to be inhabited by two , or often by three , families at the same time . |
| 17 | And if B is minus three , then here is plus three , plus five . |
| 18 | Individuals are therefore not subjects , and if history is to be a process without a subject there must be no subjects short of the ensemble of practices itself . |
| 19 | Pessimistic in the sense that is says people are basically nasty , and if society is to be possible , then nastiness has to be controlled in some way or other , and since human nature is anti-social , social order comes about against the grain of human nature as a rule , has to be imposed on human nature . |
| 20 | In most cases the length of I provides a useful assessment of the mean diameter , and if determinations are to be made in the field this diameter provides a useful measure of average size . |
| 21 | And if Amy is in need of help and if you were able to locate her , I think we 'd all be inestimably in your debt . ’ |
| 22 | Even index-linked stocks should benefit , and if inflation is on the rise again , will also protect your income and capital from its impact . |
| 23 | Japan 's money policy had to tighten sharply , if the yen were not to collapse and if inflation was to be kept under control . |
| 24 | Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon . |
| 25 | At some point during the course of the drafting of the documentation it will be necessary to consider when and if printers are to be engaged to print ( and most likely despatch ) the documentation to shareholders . |
| 26 | And if Jude was on the line , who the fuck was he fucking ? |
| 27 | Steps have already been taken and and others are in train to reduce the risk of such incidents ocurring again . |
| 28 | And because discs were on the market for a longer time , and attracted more investment , there are a correspondingly large number of ‘ freaks ’ around . |
| 29 | Flimsy metal rails and plastic counters jar with the handsome Neo-classical forms of the galleries ; large panels have been built in the entrance of the three main galleries , blocking the views and making them look smaller , and because space is at a premium , the paintings are sometimes crowded together . |
| 30 | Because there is a two-year birth interval and because females are in reproductive synchrony , the birth-rate is not constant from year to year . |