Example sentences of "and [noun] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a sudden vision of families in endless reproduction — Willmots and Stannards and the rest replicating themselves down the years , perfecting their most infamous capacities . |
| 2 | Slumps and sickness and tithes and taxes and the Milk Board and the Marketing Board , and working one 's fingers to the bone and trying to bring up children … |
| 3 | She 's coming again Christmas-time — she and Ben and the baby . |
| 4 | Despite the existence of some domestic deposits of coal and uranium and the exploitation of North Sea oil and natural gas , the countries of the European Community continue to be net importers of energy . |
| 5 | Add the chopped , de-seeded peppers and chilli and the sliced mushrooms , then cook for a further 5 minutes . |
| 6 | There were various clicks and buzzes and the peal of a bell , followed by a different female voice . |
| 7 | Hanging vines drip down into the canyon which resounds with the sounds of frogs and birds and the sweet smell of Madonna lilies . |
| 8 | This was a matter both of the outlook of individuals and groups and the product of periodic reassessments by abolitionists of both circumstances and objectives and therefore of the most appropriate forms of activity . |
| 9 | It was argued earlier that the role of state enterprises partly reflects the interests of social classes and groups and the way they are represented within the polity . |
| 10 | As I sit here in the dark in , what is , after all , an artist 's home , writing by the light of the overhead lamp , I can see the shapes and colours and forms and the old excited feelings are returning . |
| 11 | He wanted a settlement of the long-standing problem of Berlin , demanding a treaty recognizing the division of Germany between east and west and the internationalization of the city ( CORE , p. 153 ) . |
| 12 | Sessile oak woods are commonest on the poorer acid soils of the north and west and the characteristic openness and lack of shrub layer beneath the canopy proves attractive to a certain bird clientele , including the pied flycatchers . |
| 13 | Much of the post-war period was dominated by two highly significant sets of events , the Cold War between East and West and the dissolution of the European colonial empires . |
| 14 | Witnesses told of beatings with rifle butts and sticks and the use of bayonets and guns , he said . |
| 15 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
| 16 | This journey is a little different ; boats and maps and the challenge of getting there . |
| 17 | When you 're footsore from walking the city streets , make a visit to Roundhay Park , with its landscaped gardens and woods and the Waterloo Lake , where you can hire a boat or go fishing . |
| 18 | Other reference libraries — Humanities and Social Sciences , General Reference , Irish and Local Studies , Fine Arts and Literature and the Music Library are situated on other floors of the Central Library . |
| 19 | I was aware of your love of language and literature and the involvement which you obviously felt was contagious , and came over to me as being very real . |
| 20 | We all know of the dramatic effects of the venoms of snakes and spiders , the savage stings of wasps and jellyfish and the virulent poisons of scorpions and stingrays , but there are many other examples in the animal kingdom and some of them are even more lethal . |
| 21 | The right to use their skills and talents and the right to assert their employability through the use of their own language was possible only in this kind of work environment . |
| 22 | Leaving aside those bodies that , for the purposes of this discussion will be treated as presidential staff agencies — the White House Office , the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council and other agencies within the Executive Office of the president — there are approximately three million civilian and two million military personnel in the employ of the federal government . |
| 23 | First on the theoretical grounds that the complicity between congressional committees and the bureaucracy may produce lower than anticipated budgets , and second , that such a model ignores the institutional and political realities of the executive branch in America — above all , the Presidential office of Management and Budget and the plurality of other actors in the policy-making process |
| 24 | Me and mum and the old man . |
| 25 | She wanted to say , ‘ Because of Maggie and Rachel and Lisa and the garden and duty and sunshine , ’ but alone in the darkness she did not believe in any of that . |
| 26 | This highlights the importance of union access to information and expertise and the ability to disseminate it to their members . |
| 27 | People outside London have a strong sense of London being there being somewhere else , Tower Bridge and beefeaters and the Stock Exchange , and BBC voices bring it all into their living rooms . |
| 28 | They liked the good organization , the atmosphere of safety and support and the well-run crèhes we d organized mainly for their benefit . |
| 29 | The way we touch , lift and support and the words which accompany actions all convey feelings to the person concerned : they may be experienced as hating or as loving even when the carer disclaims involvement . |
| 30 | It goes without saying that both sets of institutions have benefited enormously from this symbiosis : the former from its continued popularity and support and the latter from a continuous stream of royal copy which appears to ensure increased sales . |