Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doric Order is used on both stages , as three-quarter piers on the ground storey and as three-quarter columns above . |
| 2 | The film flatly denied that there was any problem with dolphin entanglements in drift-nets , saying that the nets were always set in the direction of the prevailing currents , and as marine mammals generally swam with the currents , entanglement was unlikely . |
| 3 | Yesterday they each sentenced him — for six years for leading a gang rape attack on the 14-year-old , and for five years consecutively for raping and robbing the older girl . |
| 4 | The outward speed of the solar wind is very high , about 400 km/s , and for various reasons hardly changes as it moves outwards . |
| 5 | To be able to make an accurate replica of a sculpture without touching its surface has far-reaching implications , both for the museum replication industry and for open-air sites where stone sculpture is suffering from irretrievable decay . |
| 6 | An incentive for the sprinters , and for all-around roadmen too . |
| 7 | ‘ We have used our experience and our ability to sharpen up our image and our content and for six months now have been using full colour every week . ’ |
| 8 | The captain was silent for the rest of the evening , and for many evenings afterwards . |
| 9 | That night and for many nights afterwards he took the lighter to bed with him , and lay there , thinking of Kate and feeling the metal growing warm in his hand , until he fell asleep . |
| 10 | They are regarded as a valuable source of meat , and for many years also supplied a US market for oil from the pilot whale melon . |
| 11 | Long after he left to become a flight engineer it continued to light them through the war and for many years after . |
| 12 | That was the case throughout my pre-war playing days and for many years afterwards . |
| 13 | This reticence is all the more striking when contrasted with the plethora of Second World War movies made both during the war and for many years afterwards . |
| 14 | The third-class passengers on the Beira and Mashonaland railway travelled in this way in 1900 and for many years afterwards . |
| 15 | I recall feeling an empty numbness on that day and for many months after . |
| 16 | Western scientists were not allowed on the scene then , and for many months afterwards had only restricted access . |
| 17 | These are magnificent ridge walks quite apart from the reward of a bagful of Munros , but they are long and arduous and for experienced hillwalkers only . |
| 18 | Its rationale shifted but its purpose in one respect at least remained , and orthodox women to this day follow through the ritual of purification at the mikva every month and abstain from physical contact with their husbands during their times of bleeding and for seven days thereafter ( = two weeks every month ) . |
| 19 | They also set up a programme of constant monitoring of the overall environment , both within the mine and for some miles around ’ . |
| 20 | The Japanese learned that their Far Eastern neighbours were better at making portable radios and black and white televisions and for some years now have passed over production of these items when only 10 years ago they were world leaders . |
| 21 | There are 25 families , 19 of them from ethnic minorities , which form the core of the project , and for these families alone £46,400 of unclaimed benefits has been recovered . |
| 22 | Twelve homes refused to take part and for these homes only basic information on the type of home , address , and number of beds was available . |
| 23 | Subsequently it increased again , and for several decades now the magnitude has hovered around 2.2 . |
| 24 | The Roman city of Aurae Phiala remained closed to the public next day , and for several days following , an apologetic notice on the gate making known the fact to a largely indifferent general public . |
| 25 | The Germans left with their prey , and no one knew if they were going to return , but all through the night and for several days more the orphanage was looted . |
| 26 | In 1317 the communes in the valley forced the Benedictines to sign an agreement to share power and for several centuries thereafter local affairs were managed jointly by the abbey and by the ‘ Republic of Saint-Savin' . |
| 27 | As , chairman of the ASB said : ‘ Merger and acquisition accounting produce radically different reported profits and group balance sheets both in the year of the transaction and for several years after . |
| 28 | Within a month of his return from London Gandhi found himself in prison , and for several years thereafter his bluffs were resolutely called . |
| 29 | Rosemary Moon provide recipes for success every day and for special occasions too |
| 30 | They thus have some control over the speed with which the AGV moves through their section , and for those sections where the carrier does not move for the full 20 minutes there is the opportunity to pace their work over that span . |