Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have taken the technology as they found it , at relatively low cost , and invested in re-engineering the product for efficient production , quality and reliability and a better price/performance ratio . |
| 2 | They have taken the technology as they found it , at relatively low cost , and invested in re-engineering the product for efficient production , quality and reliability and a better price/performance ratio . |
| 3 | Now we 've got a good long a session and hour and a quarter and tea afterwards . |
| 4 | Although I have been a member of the board for less than a year , and chairman but a few weeks , I believe I have now been accepted into the bosom of the Athletico family . |
| 5 | I noticed that amongst our us includes capacity and scaleability since a database could span multiple machines , the capacity of any one machine would no longer limit the database size . |
| 6 | The world of learning , fired by the tension between the intellectual arguments of scholasticism and the more experiential piety of the monastic orders given a powerful voice by such men as Bernard of Clairvaux and Hugo and Richard of St Victor , was preoccupied with the relationship between the operations of reason and faith and a growing tendency to see them as distinct rather than complementary experiences , a climate of thought favourable to mystical theology . |
| 7 | In hilly country , horses always like to spend some of each day on the tops of the hills : they need to satisfy their desire for the space and freedom that a hilltop provides . |
| 8 | Just as markets , with their knowledge-gathering characteristics , are inherently superior to centralized planning systems so also is the common law , with its ability to respond to changing circumstances , more likely to maintain order and freedom than a central legislature responding to the concerns of transient majorities . |
| 9 | Thanks for this go to many generous people for their time and expertise and a specific mention must go to HM Army personnel at Catterick Base for the donation of carpets , chairs and cutlery . |
| 10 | Secular attitudes go with a low proportion of population engaged in family farming and agriculture and a high proportion of women working ( Lesthaeghe 1983 ) . |
| 11 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |
| 12 | Jolly frosty snowmen and frozen fir trees will add a touch of cold comfort to a gin and tonic or a fruit cup . |
| 13 | ‘ Señor Gracias , Buenas noches , ’ said the owner as he took Luke 's order for a vodka and tonic and a Bourbon . |
| 14 | We launch into a little Talmudic logic-chopping of our own on the question of free will and responsibility when a dybbuk is in residence . |
| 15 | It can either lead us into bitterness and despair , or it can drive us towards greater sensitivity and responsibility and a deepening love for God and for others . |
| 16 | Within a few weeks Richard was loading Marshal with honours , lands and responsibility and an incident such as this , combining skill at arms with sound political common sense , could well have impressed him . |
| 17 | Even if labour moves between firms , they carry with them more skill and experience than a new recruit and may therefore expect this to be rewarded . |
| 18 | I thought a cup of sweet English tea or warm camels ' milk and clove and a sleep , and certainly not to take the wheel of one of the cars on their way to Al Ain . |
| 19 | His ecumenical spirit was such that when two Spanish vessels visited Sydney in 1793 he ‘ outdid himself in his sociable gestures , particularly toward our chaplain fathers approaching them with a kindness and humility and a simplicity that was truly evangelical ’ ( The Spanish at Port Jackson , Australian Documentary Facsimile Society , 1967 ) . |
| 20 | However , the political system is " open " and there is nothing to prevent any issue coming onto the governmental agenda for action and decision if an interest group seeks to put it there . |
| 21 | The Zikr must have been devout too , of course , but he got round a lot more than Zoser , mixed with people , liked crowd and noise and a bit of fun . |
| 22 | ( 1988 ) contrast the political projection of the inner city as a place of hopelessness and blight and a residuum of crime and disorder with ‘ The Action for Cities ’ connoted vision of British values embodied in policy prescriptions extolling stability , partnership and self-help . |
| 23 | He had golden-brown hair and beard and a voice high in pitch but rich in timbre . |
| 24 | Chronic conditions such as diabetes and weakness after a stroke may also lead to incontinence . |
| 25 | and er prawn and avocado and a little bit of mayonnaise just mixed together |
| 26 | Until then , cattle had been required mainly for work and milk but an increasing demand for meat inspired Bakewell to breed for the butcher rather than for the plough . |
| 27 | She was free to stay in Rome , not at the palazzo — she could never do that , never let Nicolo provide her with room and board and a salary , and yet take her into his bed each night . |
| 28 | No violence , no rapid motion , just feeling and tenderness and a pressure that was beyond sex , somewhere on another plane . |
| 29 | It has a characteristic shortness of the leg between knee and fetlock and a much thicker and more solid conformation than the Kerry . |
| 30 | Roger Hymas is a lecturer and writer and a Director of Cadogan Management Ltd , a business development adviser to corporations and institutions . |