Example sentences of "kind of [noun] and [pron] " in BNC.

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1 That is precisely the background to the study which was conducted by the four chiefs of defence staff , they were asking that kind of question and I 'll now ask the Group Captain to respond .
2 There was more than one kind of love and he was lucky to have even a small share of hers .
3 He fulfilled all the promise of his physical grace , although his was a stylised kind of dancing and there was nothing flamboyant about it .
4 This person that 's kind of bows and his bald head pops out of his wig or something .
5 He 's from the North , talks a bit like us , he 's got the same kind of outlook and he told us not to be taken in by America , that it 's not real .
6 Delaunay was himself profoundly aware that he had evolved a new kind of painting and he communicated his discoveries to Apollinaire with whom he had become very friendly .
7 A spokesman for the Oxford diocese said : ’ We are very sad that people who are grieving have experienced this kind of rejection and we are very sad that it happened .
8 On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to .
9 Although the National Certificate , with its competence-based , internally-assessed modules , has almost become part of the educational establishment now , we should not forget that Scotland led the way in the development of this kind of award and our experience has been drawn on in subsequent moves to make all Britain 's vocational qualifications modular and competence-based .
10 Okay as prices are cheaper , but you do have things like Coca Cola getting to those kind of things and everything else which you know where they might not to opera and it 's because it 's more popular and they know what they 're doing .
11 Over the last twenty years or so , one of the things that 's slipped has been those kind of things and I believe and Peter may disagree with me , but a lot of the have been because of the commercial fact that the thing that is now driving the newspapers more than anything else is , is the advertising and advertising revenues and that drives the style of newspapers and stories that are written .
12 Only the strong figure of David Wallington seemed to promise any kind of help and she called out to him .
13 Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ .
14 A important element in this kind of work and one which is often overlooked , is the discussion which takes place .
15 You know I asked you to commit yourself , how much do you think it 's worth for me to do all this kind of work and he 's , you 're confused because you think I 'm actually talking about money and I take the weight off your shoulders by saying no it 's not actually money , it 's in the form of two or three names , people open minded like yourself , who I can sit down and discuss the whole situation with
16 The Fender ca n't really cope with the 335 at high volumes because it 's such a powerful guitar , so the Hartke adds a hard kind of edge and it keeps the bottom end really tight and sharp . '
17 Sustainable use is the key idea behind any kind of progress and we must do everything we can to support this , both in terms of financial aid and consumer ethics .
18 er , you know proper algebra and all that kind of stuff and it , and it was , I think I would of been better if I had of gone to Our Ladies cos I do n't
19 Mhm yeah and erm that kind of thing comes into it so that I was wondering if there 's any way of er kind of y'know and what y'know where 's that something about changing changing changing changing rooms somewhere ?
20 But the females compete for males because the male has a pouch literally on the front of his , of his belly , you know what a sea horse looks like , he looks like a horse actually , not surprisingly , you know they have this kind of , they have a kind of tail and they have this kind of pouch .
21 It was as if I needed proof that your first letter was not some kind of trick and you were dead after all .
22 ‘ It was during the post-punk kind of period and I went through a series of bands , but I must admit I found working for other people really difficult .
23 I 'll have to wallpaper your bathroom , then paint it , I then have to touch up the door cos it 's that kind of paint and I had it like , on the top of the loo , I was doing it up a bit , and the next thing I saw was Felix coming onto the back of the wind ah
24 In fact , one in 10 people in this country have some kind of disability and it is pointless to consider 5.5 million people as a separately identifiable group .
25 ‘ Peace ’ is now just another kind of hostility and no-one has offered us a word for what peace used to mean .
26 Late in the dynasty , some species developed an even more sophisticated kind of eye and one that has never been paralleled by any other animal .
27 Very many investigations can follow this kind of pattern and you can always encourage pupils to take this approach if they are stuck or you are unable to see where else they might go .
28 America was built on this kind of distress and its culture was enriched by literature and songs full of nostalgia , yearning and grief .
29 ‘ I mean , he 's from the right kind of background and he has more money that he knows what to do with .
30 Within a cell what happens is this right a cell , what happens is that erm D N A is copied on to something called erm R N A , which is a kind of template , messenger R N A , it 's a kind of copy and it 's a single strand , corresponding to one of the strands on the original D N A with the same base structure .
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