Example sentences of "and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abortion is a political act , and as a simple act of Parliament has brought about the slaughter , so only by a political action can the law be changed to stop it . ’ |
| 2 | Following the inroads made by professional astronomers , he abandoned meteor observations , and as a new challenge he began in 1953 to sweep the sky for comets , at first using a 10-cm ( 4-inch ) refractor . |
| 3 | These questions have lost nothing of their force in the decades since 1914 as subsequent conflicts have contributed their own appalling demonstration of man 's capacity for inhumanity , and as a new sensitivity has developed to the dilemmas facing the human race and to the degree of inequality and injustice in human affairs in general . |
| 4 | The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration and as a major employer , important as these are . |
| 5 | The development of peripheral axons seems to rely on Schwann cells , particularly for the formation of the basal lamina and as a major source of trophic factors , which regulate neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival . |
| 6 | I hope that the Party can use Marxism Today as its ‘ front door ’ , and as a major interface with the wider movement : MT has done more than anything else to build up the prestige of the CP , and that contribution should never be forgotten . |
| 7 | The former was one of the women most admired by Gregory , and as a sometime wife of Chlothar she may have been well informed about his children . |
| 8 | ‘ Eight acres is all the council needs — we 'd build the club and manage it both as pay and play and as a private club . |
| 9 | It is recognised universally as a free invitation to any party , and as a postmodern display of pop art in its most popular and utilitarian form . |
| 10 | In Huaiwiri , as well as Ajdabiya and Benghazi , it was impolitic to speak among men of women 's ‘ freedom ’ , as this caused misunderstanding ; but it was possible to speak of a condition ( that is to say , of education ) as a principle and as a practical measure . |
| 11 | If the shareholders agree on a value , and do not refer the matter to the company 's auditors , their agreement and the ensuing transaction may be invalid because the price of the shares has not been established in accordance with the company 's rules ; and as a practical matter it might be unfair to other shareholders . |
| 12 | The working hypothesis examined here was the proposition that NSEs would perform at least as well as standard entrants ( SEs ) In this part of the study the authors considered AEs both as part of the NSE category and as a separate group . |
| 13 | In summary , earn outs should only be used where the purchaser intends to allow the vendor to operate the business after completion on a very similar basis to the way the vendor operated it previously and as a separate entity . |
| 14 | There are no other comparable arrangements however , and as a separate facet of this sequence they are relatively uninstructive and more profitably considered at a more specific level of affinity ( section 2.2 and 3.3 , below pp. 30 and 33 ) . |
| 15 | We propose to carry that principle forward , both in communal discussions next year and as a key part of the British presidency in the second half of 1992 . |
| 16 | Thus it gives the retailer some immunity from intrabrand competition , as discussed above , and as a first-order effect increases the retailer 's margin . |
| 17 | Most observers expect Barbara McDougall to be impressive at External Affairs , after her apprenticeship with the immigration portfolio and as a junior finance minister . |
| 18 | She is equally fascinated by the stone as a specimen and as a phenomenological object , but whereas those of us working in drama who might agree with the wisdom of this position tend to see ‘ personal engagement ’ with the world through dramatic action as a proper way of helping the child to know the world , Dorothy Heathcote tends to delay the phenomenological process by a deliberate depersonalising of objects . |
| 19 | The State recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights , antecedent and superior to all positive law … |
| 20 | It must be some elaborate joke of Conchis 's , mounted for my exclusive benefit ; and as a subtle test of my own humour , tact and intelligence . |
| 21 | And as a first resort , come and bug m . |
| 22 | If the new work is given to you in a lecture , you can assume that you require two hours of study for each hour of lecture — for reading of the subject before the lecture , and as a first review ( " within the first 24 hours ) . |
| 23 | They saw municipal ownership and its efficient management as a means of improving public services and as a first step towards public ownership of the entire economy , and improved administration to prevent or cure social ills . |
| 24 | Hundreds of delegates from around 25 political groups amended a charter presented by the EPRDF , and as a first step towards its implementation elected an 87-member Council of Representatives . |
| 25 | And as a first step we should demand three things essential to give any chance to retain ship building on Tyneside . |
| 26 | In a joint communiqué issued after the meeting , the five countries said that they would establish guidelines seeking to " freeze , and as a final goal , to eliminate surface-to-surface missiles from the [ Middle East ] region " . |
| 27 | For our last week in NZ and as a final fling , as it were , we had booked a number of events in the Wellington International Festival . |
| 28 | Alternatively , the agreement should be subject to rectification ; or the agreement should be declared void ab initio ; and as a final option , the agreement should , in equity , be rescinded . |
| 29 | The state of goth — as catch-all historical movement for the too-ugly and the too-grim and as a modern phenom — is given little credence by UK Decay , the ridiculous Virgin Prunes , the talentless and misguided Christian Death , The Neff 's rubbish psychobilly and the new blood 's slavering adherence to the Sisters Of Mercy songbook ( eg Rosetta Stone , James Ray , Nosferatu ) . |
| 30 | He argues that the sociology of knowledge is a hermeneutic approach aimed at understanding rather than evaluation and as a critical theory it creates a level of communication and understanding across different perspectives . |