Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier this month , a pregnant mare was killed and mutilated in fields near St Austell , Cornwall , and 16 colts had their manes and tails cut in an attack near Weymouth , Dorset . |
| 2 | Plans for the extensive use of privatization coupons , reserving 40 per cent of nationalized property for sale to citizens at special low prices , encountered problems when it was revealed on Jan. 20 that up to 6,000,000 of the 8,000,000 books printed ( each worth Kcs1,035 or about US$35 — and exchangeable for shares in state companies — see also pp. 38584-85 ) had disappeared , allegedly bought up by private investment funds promising individuals a tenfold return on their investment after a year . |
| 3 | Shadow chancellor Gordon Brown accused him of being ‘ complacent , arrogant and deaf to pleas from industry for action ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The Chancellor is ending the year as he began it — complacent , arrogant and deaf to pleas from industry for action , ’ said Mr Brown . |
| 5 | They were rifled and sighted , and complete with tools for charging and repair . |
| 6 | Then they became knowledgeable and technical about differences between national styles . |
| 7 | LONG LIVE AUNG SAN , THAN TUN AND THE REST OF OUR CHERISHED FREEDOM LOVERS DOWN WITH TWERPS AND LOW DOWN PUNKS LIKE APPLETON — DOH BUMAH ! ! ! |
| 8 | This means that rather than having to be deliberately cut down and low on features for fear of competing with its big brother , it can try its best . |
| 9 | His explanation for the coming of the prison at that time is that this was ‘ the moment when it became understood that it was more efficient and profitable in terms of the economy of power to place people under surveillance than to subject them to some exemplary penalty ’ ( Foucault , 1990 : 39 ) . |
| 10 | For short periods of stress in an amorphous elastomer , the entanglement and intertwining of chains with their neighbours acts as a physical restraint to excessive chain movement and the elastomer regains its original length when the stress is removed . |
| 11 | Looking at foreign experience , as the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry had also done , it was argued that the trade unions were weak in countries with family allowances and strong in countries without them . |
| 12 | However , yours is a very young tank and prone to rises in ammonia nitrite , which are killers for most marines . |
| 13 | An excellent example of such a walk has been developed and waymarked by councils in the eastern county of Gwent — a move which in itself is a sign of changed official attitudes and priorities . |
| 14 | Until the 1983–84 submission to the CNAA ( discussed below ) , for example , several new areas felt constrained and unconvinced by aspects of the operation ( especially timetabling ) which made perfect sense for a full-time course in science but considerably less for other kinds of demands . |
| 15 | He was aloof and wooden in dealings with his followers . |
| 16 | The problem is to come up with an analysis and structure which is not only reasonably clear and self-consistent in terms of concepts of knowledge , but which maps on to and helps to explain the curricular structures that are already in place . |
| 17 | The locals find they must leave , while houses in their village remain locked and empty for months at a time . |
| 18 | Masturbation is critical to our enterprise , for it connects the most repetitive and mindless of actions to the inducement of ecstasy . |
| 19 | Keep the machine clean and free from smells by using a special cleaner , such as the one from Finish , once a month . |
| 20 | The ground they stood on was dry and cushiony with centuries of yew-needles , nothing grew there . |
| 21 | Picking my way over the cobbles , slimy and damp with centuries of hiding from the sun , I reached the musty room where I collected my raincoat from the attendant . |
| 22 | While bold designs will be in demand , sportswear styles will become more casual and tonal in terms of silhouette and colouration , to tempt customers . |
| 23 | But the book should be useful and popular for courses on microbial biochemistry/genetics and the molecular biology of prokaryotes . |
| 24 | Dredge beef in flour and brown in batches in oil over high heat in a flameproof casserole . |
| 25 | Power is legitimate authority in that it is generally accepted as just and proper by members of society as a whole . |
| 26 | If the poor have their faces ground into a mud made sharp and painful by slivers of diamond and chunks of ruby , whose fault is that ? |
| 27 | One of the most important aspects of a writer 's creative personality is the degree to which he or she is sensitive and responsive to changes in public tastes , and is able to sense when such changes are in the ascendancy , acceptable to the vast majority of people , and can be successfully used within an advertising context . |
| 28 | The impact of the changes on people living in rural areas and dependent on cars for travel was highlighted by the RAC and by several Scottish MPs . |
| 29 | He argued that many organisations ( especially those that were relatively long-lasting and dependent on leaderships for their organisation and continuance ) could be interpreted in terms of the transference of early childhood affections . |
| 30 | The present proceedings are not precisely covered by any of the statutory relaxations of the privilege but they are similar to and analogous to situations in which Parliament has intervened . |