Example sentences of "and [conj] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally in this section , it is worth pointing out that in the first Unit of this course we learnt that organisations which were based on an open system ( where information flowed in and out through a ‘ permeable boundary ’ to its environment and publics and where adjustment was made in the light of feedback ) , were more able to adapt to change and continue to prosper . |
| 2 | I wrote him a long note explaining where he was , what had happened and where Mum was . |
| 3 | His cases were apt to be commonplace affairs , or at least to begin as such , as opposed to the affairs of state that occupied Holmes in his latter years , and where Holmes was tall and hawk-faced Hewitt was stoutish , of average height and had a round , smiling face . |
| 4 | On your left at 3/80 is the Academy of Applied Arts of 1884 , which was organized by Gustave Schmoranz , and where Kotěra was professor until 1910 . |
| 5 | It was happening in Liverpool , where giggly Karen had just started at the local secondary mod , and in London , where Dennis Parsons was fast learning that the prime number is number one , and where Liza was studying art at the Slade . |
| 6 | These tended to suggest that Iran was a magical , fairy-tale and where only justice prevailed and where progress was assured by an omniscient king . |
| 7 | We walked on above Long Bank Wood and Spring Bank where wild deer are said to roam and where Bill was made a fool of by several rabbits . |
| 8 | She slept badly , with what sleep she did get punctuated with dreams where Barney was driving away in her car , and where Cara was blaming her for letting him take it . |
| 9 | David and Olga are both retired from Cambridge University where David was a principal lecturer and member of the music faculty and where Olga was a music librarian . |
| 10 | Books about sex , illustrated guides to love-making , are also popular and are still considered as novelties in a society where such books have rarely been seen before and where sex was a taboo subject . |
| 11 | We were flying first to Nassau where the senator was to be guest of honour at an American Embassy reception for senior officers of the naval units taking part in Exercise Stingray , and after Nassau the Maggot and I would fly on to Grand Bahama where he lived and where Wavebreaker was docked . |
| 12 | I rang my mum and she wanted to know where I was and where Natasha was . |
| 13 | Like so many others , Baron de Tracy knew which way the wind blew and where gain was to be had . |
| 14 | Then he remembered Wittisham was one of Emma Pryde 's portégés and that Emma was not known for encouraging entirely vacuous young men . |
| 15 | Obviously , this was what Emma wanted to read , but one would have expected her to take advantage of her rival Ælfgifu of Northampton 's absence from England to press Harthacnut 's case with his father , and it seems significant that both the Chronicle C and E texts consider Harold 's claim and identity questionable , that the Oxford meeting which followed Cnut 's death decided that he should hold the country for himself and his brother , and that Emma was allowed to reside in Winchester with Harthacnut 's housecarls to keep Wessex for him . |
| 16 | The letter raises the suspicion that there was a threat to Aethelbald 's life in 746–7 and that Boniface was responding to a potentially dangerous situation in Mercia at that time when any personal idiosyncrasy of behaviour on the part of the king , which was unacceptable to Christian morality , would be magnified . |
| 17 | I pointed out that Christianity had always stressed the idea of faith history ( having got it from the Jews ) and that Jesus was believed to be the intervention of God in human history . |
| 18 | She knew that he had seen Allen and that Allen was several yards from his bow . |
| 19 | A difficult birth was soon linked to a disputed paternity , for it was said that Hortense had had a lover — several names were suggested — and that Louis-Napoleon was the result of an illicit union . |
| 20 | With nothing but The Graduate to go on , one would think , for example , that Berkeley was ideologically indistinguishable from Pasadena and that California was one vast , overflowing , suburban swimming pool … |
| 21 | This assumes , of course , that B 's death was not the consequence of A 's vengeance-magic and that B was not a witch but the innocent victim of someone else 's witchcraft . |
| 22 | Above all , there was a general belief that , after three decades of social welfare and redistributive taxation , the spirit of Beveridge and ‘ fair shares ’ was not dead , and that Britain was a far more equitable society than before the war , with more genuine opportunity for different classes and races . |
| 23 | After the applause had subsided Leese then spoke to the effect that national socialism had been vilified in this country , and that Germany was supposed to have nudist camps of unclean practices , which was untrue , but the IFL 's photographers had penetrated into nudist camps in this country , which were perfectly foul and run by Jews . |
| 24 | Khasbulatov also said that only 10 per cent of the population were living in satisfactory conditions , and that Russia was experiencing the " pauperization and lumpenization " of its people . |
| 25 | Stephen had already taken in two things : that he was with a set of people he would have liked very much to belong to , and that Annabel was hitched to a man who treated her idly . |
| 26 | But Kay has admitted ( in her charming Ivy and Stevie ) that she sometimes had difficulty in deciphering her notes , and that Ivy was often mysterious and contradictious . |
| 27 | It all hinges on motive , on whether Georgina knew about the divorce , and that Arabella was pregnant . |
| 28 | At the same time he realised that there was some form of seniority behind the counter , and that Maggie was in charge . |
| 29 | There was a note from Lisabeth Sellotaped to my door telling me that Frank had phoned and that Salome was ‘ comfortable ’ which was heaps better than ‘ stable ’ , and he 'd talked about her being moved to town . |
| 30 | Acca 's continuing exile from his see would suggest that he did not enjoy the favour of Ecgberht and that Ceolwulf was either too ineffective to arrange his return or hostile to him . |