Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Friction , jealousy and suspicion of all kinds , of course , persisted , but without any doubt , even before American entry into the war , the intimacy and exchanges between the two nations were beginning to exceed the norms to be found within the ordinary run of international partnerships .
2 In this , as in his support for the elaboration of monastic customs , Anselm 's expansiveness stands in striking contrast both to the intimacy and austerity of his personal devotion , and to the new trend towards simplicity and severity which this type of devotion stimulated among the Cistercians .
3 One of the staff had the chilli and curry powder and was running around throwing it all over us .
4 For the garnish , heat the oil and quickly sauté the chilli and peanuts .
5 My Lord erm just to sweep up one or two of the other , very briefly the points my learned friend has just raised , erm I , I think it follows that our provisional position at the moment is that we think that reference is probably more satisfactory than simply going to the commission , what went , if your Lordship went to the commission and then found that they were unsatisfactory or did n't really take matters further , for one of the reasons it might very well not , is because the original complaint put to the commission was not framed in the same way as the defence and counterclaim are now framed , er there 's been a very considerable amount of refinement , both parties would no doubt wish to put submissions into the commission as to how the answer should be put or to provide information so the commission can answer them and so on and so forth and it may not be any quicker doing it that way
6 David Gear hit the ball over the defence and Spence immediately changed direction and chased ; for some unknown reason , no flag appeared , allowing Spence to slot home past the helpless Warner to the annoyance of the home players .
7 Originally one of Mrs Thatcher 's closest confidants , he soon became disillusioned when increased competition in the defence and telecommunications industries threatened to weaken his beloved company .
8 Thus the South as a region had power in Congress much greater than its relative representation implied ; this was crucial in the 1930s with the expansion of the welfare state and the growth of support for agriculture , and in the 1950s and 1960s with the growth of the defence and space budgets .
9 The cuts would include reductions in : ( i ) sickness benefits , with measures to discourage long-term sick-leave ; ( ii ) the defence and foreign-affairs budget ; and ( iii ) government subsidies for industry , agriculture , communications , education and the railways .
10 Gary Parkinson and Nicky Mohan are recalled to the defence and Bernie Slaven is back in the attack .
11 This study will examine the past and current role of National Research Laboratories in both the defence and science/ technology ‘ systems ’ with a view to informing policy debate on their future roles .
12 Jason Brummell clipped a free-kick over the defence and Gary Traviss hit a superb volley just inside the far post .
13 The defence and advancement of the interests of their members as employees , traditional functions of trade unions , were to remain their principal raison d'être .
14 A reception was held at the Sheraton Park Tower Hotel for the Defence and Service attachés in London .
15 For instance , Air Vice-Marshal Gill has handled a large number of controversial searches in the defence and aviation sectors .
16 The defence and energy departments , impervious to markets , are among the country 's biggest polluters .
17 I fight in the defence and maintenance of the Protestant religion . ’
18 In February 1990 more secret files were found at both the Defence and Justice Ministries .
19 The Anglo-American lati relationship has done more for the defence and future of freedom than any other alliance in the world .
20 Executive power is vested in the President ( currently Daniel Ortega Saavedra ) , who is the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence and Security Forces and who governs with the assistance of a Vice-President and an appointed Cabinet .
21 It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including most controversially in the defence and security fields .
22 It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including in the defence and security fields where there is most controversy .
23 On Aug. 21 , senior members of the defence and security forces ceased membership of UNIP 's central committee , and a commitment was made not to use defence or security facilities for political activities .
24 The defence and security committees of the Federal Assembly decided on Sept. 4 to propose the banning of the Communist Party as part of a bill intended to eliminate communist influence .
25 The entire bill was not , however , adopted by the defence and security committees of the Chamber of the People , although there was agreement that the activities of the Communist Party should be banned .
26 Rumours of Kozyrev 's imminent resignation had followed the publication of an interview in Izvestiya on June 30 , in which he warned of the possibility of a coup attempt , and accused the defence and security ministries of providing deliberately misleading reports from areas of ethnic conflict in the former Soviet Union .
27 The defence and prosecution cases are each made up of an introduction , testimonies of witnesses , and a summary .
28 Improved forensic science standards and public sector laboratories equally available to the defence and prosecution — this may only go part way to ensuring an equality of arms between the prosecution and defence , which is essential in an adversarial system .
29 Most branches of the ROK government were now cooperating with ECA ; the exceptions were the defence and police authorities , which spent on an extravagant scale .
30 Addressed to the archbishop and all the prelates assembled at Lambeth , it commanded them , on their oaths of fealty , to do all that they could for the defence and conservation of the king 's rights and of his realm ; it then continued :
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