Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But too many of them have been weaned on the habit of chopping up the New Testament into bits ( sorting out the sources , contemporary themes and ideologies of Aramaic Palestine or the Hellenistic world ) so that they can no longer see the scriptures as a sacred text aflame with the divine drama . |
| 2 | In some poems she praises the beauty and accomplishments of other women , though in a manner which foregrounds heterosexual courtship . |
| 3 | If we can get out from behind pride , we can begin to see with genuine appreciation the efforts and accomplishments of other people . |
| 4 | Only the most illustrious names hold out the lure of considerable profit ; but many thousands of unknown men and women have left behind them a legacy of written material that will never be illicitly copied and imitated yet will yield a rich store of history , and throw light on their place and period , life and labours , which are every bit as important , in the ultimate scale of things , as the antics and accomplishments of those who contrived to hit the headlines . |
| 5 | The overall conclusion is that while there is no shortage of regular comment and coverage of mental handicap in the mass media , there have been few attempts over recent years to explore the subject in any depth , and those that have , have focussed on the sensational and the controversial . |
| 6 | Local authority employment increased by 2.5 per cent over the same period , despite a reduction in refuse collection and disposal , the main field till then of tendering to private-sector firms ; ‘ although most of these firms claim to have a national presence , the great bulk of their work is in the South East and coverage of other areas is often patchy ’ ( Le Grand and Robinson , 1984 , 60 ) . |
| 7 | There will be news and coverage of recent exhibitions and an insight into the new artist in residence at the Tatè in Liverpool . |
| 8 | There was a street petition and coverage on local radio and in the local newspaper . |
| 9 | This project continues analysis of official reports , legislation and Hansard , and coverage by three ‘ popular ’ and three ‘ quality ’ newspapers of family-related issues is being monitored . |
| 10 | Finally , the idea that an LEA — let alone a national government — can be the sole definer , arbiter and guardian of good practice must be abandoned . |
| 11 | Above all , the notion that the LEA can be the sole definer , arbiter and guardian of good classroom practice must be abandoned . |
| 12 | By the time Lowe settled down back in London , Wilson had bowed out and handed the mantle of Leader of the Labour Party and Guardian of British Socialism to James Callaghan , the right-wing Labour MP for Cardiff . |
| 13 | This typifies the ideals and sportsmanship of Golden Oldies cricket . |
| 14 | They tend ultimately to move towards repression and violence at worse , and apathy at best . |
| 15 | Trials and apathy in diverse places |
| 16 | The earnings against expenditure achieved in this area can then be used as a control against which the costs of disrupted areas can be compared and entitlement to additional costs identified . |
| 17 | The testing boom has been resisted vigorously by civil liberties groups and trade unions , who view this aspect of the ‘ war on drugs ’ as a frontal assault on a worker 's dignity and entitlement to due process . |
| 18 | Under the social security system no unemployment benefit is paid and entitlement to supplementary benefit will only arise when savings are below a predetermined level . |
| 19 | But it is still possible to fall between tort damages and entitlement to social security . |
| 20 | The Revd Edward Chichester published a pamphlet in 1818 entitled Oppressions and Cruelties of Irish Revenue Officers , in which he described how , in 1810 , a detachment of the army led by Coffey was set upon and disarmed by the country people near Culdaff in Inishowen , and he himself was beaten ‘ until he was supposed to be dead ’ . |
| 21 | The return train leaves Llandovery at 14:40 and arrives in Knighton at 16:38 , Craven Arms at 17:03 and Shrewsbury at 17:30 . |
| 22 | Is there a governors ' book shelf stocked with books , pamphlets and circulars including those from the National Curriculum Council , SEAC , Advisory Centre for Education ( ACE ) , the National Association of Governors and Managers and Action for Governors ' Information and Training ( AGIT ) ? |
| 23 | ‘ Stefano reckons he sacrificed his own life for his daughter 's career but he was only a waiter and a boxer and stuntman before that . |
| 24 | The combination of the reproducibility and reliability of long-term potentiation as a physiological phenomenon , the evidence of the central role played by the hippocampus in mammalian memory and the renewed enthusiasm about the prospects for productive research into the cellular processes of memory produced , in the early 1980s , an extraordinary bandwagon in hippocampal studies . |
| 25 | The project investigates how the validity and reliability of new and existing econometric procedures are affected by various departures from the usual assumptions . |
| 26 | The suitability and reliability of financial and other management data developed within the organization . |
| 27 | Above all the turnpike era saw a marked expansion in the volume , speed and reliability of wheeled traffic . |
| 28 | Therefore , dealers marketing expert systems should satisfy themselves as to the veracity and reliability of these systems and their suitability for particular customers . |
| 29 | Endowed , as he was , with a compelling creative genius , he drove himself with little regard for his own health and welfare , contributing ( over and above his journalistic duties ) serial novels , literary and political commentaries , and poems to newspapers , and an increasing flow of scholarly articles and essays to monthly and quarterly journals . |
| 30 | This is a formidable range , containing no less than 143 titled works ; the poems , stories , prefaces and essays of 29 authors ; and 41 works of criticism or related literature . |