Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This method was in fact implemented to establish its characteristics and for comparison with other methods , by building the tree as usual , and then pruning the branches to give the required structure as in figure 3.10 . |
| 32 | They vary in characteristics and in the amount of responsibility they require . |
| 33 | However , the similarities between men and women carers , both in terms of their personal characteristics and in terms of the kinds of help and support they give , are more apparent than real . |
| 34 | The counsellor can help by identifying the client 's job-relevant characteristics and by contributing his knowledge about occupations ( Fig. 2.3 . ) . |
| 35 | He was capable of composing his own songs and of writing verse in both French and Provençal . |
| 36 | Obviously the two works are very different : Paul McCartney started out without a classical music background , just with a guitar , some songs and of course a phenomenal gift for making the simple things in music work . |
| 37 | Was it not significant that — even following the Welsh songs and with the Welsh anthem to follow — when Her Royal Highness , The Princess of Wales , was introduced to the teams before the recent Wales versus France international the first lines of God Save the Queen were marred by an outbreak of hissing and booing ? |
| 38 | Ditched in the Vertigo dumper are the pop songs and in their place comes track upon track of similar-sounding , decidedly gloomy psychedelic romps which they do , on occasion , pull off by the skin of their mushrooms . |
| 39 | A global effort to combat its spread has been mounted by health care staff , international groups , governments and top-level policymakers and in January 1988 , health ministers and/or colleagues from 148 countries ( representing 95% of the world 's population ) attended the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention in London , organised jointly by WHO and the UK Health Ministry . |
| 40 | Critics accused the government of giving way to pressure from industrialists and exporters and of reneging on its formal commitment to allow the full discipline of the market to make domestic companies more efficient and competitive . |
| 41 | Through traffic is usually reduced by road closures and speeds are cut by carriageway narrowings , small roundabouts and by various types of humps , which additionally increase conspicuity of intersections and other traffic . |
| 42 | Both inside and outside the Congress there were fears that a " militarization " of the anti-narcotics campaign would lead to acts of repression against peasant growers and to corruption among the military . |
| 43 | Then the icy touch of the water reminded her that she had planned to cool the hock in it for Finn and the bastard was n't here ; and for a moment her towel served as a handkerchief as she mourned , and then , since she considered it degrading to weep for a faithless man , she dried her eyes and her ears and under her chin and returned with springing step to the cottage . |
| 44 | Dexter noticed that white hairs were even bristling from his ears and above the line on his cheeks where he shaved . |
| 45 | His hair had been cut very short but only shaved around his ears and towards the back of his neck . |
| 46 | The White Galloway is a prepotent colour variety with a white coat and coloured points of black , dun or red inside the ears and on the muzzle , eyelashes , knees and feet , sometimes with coloured freckles on the shoulders and sides . |
| 47 | Scrunch them up towards your ears and on an outward breath let them go . |
| 48 | She 'd showered and lightened her hair , clipped gold in her ears and at her throat , slid into a renaissance shirt and pants of soft silk and called a cab . |
| 49 | His black hair was brushed back from his high forehead and , still damp from the shower , curled a little around his ears and into the nape of his neck . |
| 50 | She had black hair and great stormy black eyes , and there was gold at her ears and round her neck . |
| 51 | In the Command Area they move the cursor between prompts and between branches of the Command tree . |
| 52 | To confirm these results , whole RNA fractions extracted from both strains and treated with 100 µg of DNAse 1 ( to eliminate DNA contamination ) were directly hybridized ( slot-blot ) with srRNA or CO III mitochondrial probes and with the nuclear probe DNA 45S ( 21 ) ( not shown ) . |
| 53 | Once you can achieve all these exercises with several repetitions and with absolutely no discomfort , then attempt the tummy strengtheners and flatteners . |
| 54 | He edged his way through the standing drinkers and for a moment she thought he was going to join her , but he merely nodded and drifted down the room , taking up a position by the wall where he seemed to become engrossed in watching the efforts of a group of youngsters on the one-armed bandit . |
| 55 | If you change now , Leicestershire has a golden opportunity , we are proud of the fox , we are proud of the fox in Leicestershire , our football team , the Foxes , our , our fox cubs our Police emblem , it is n't the hunters , we do n't support the hunters at Leicester 's Street , we support the foxes and at the end of the day I think there is room for the hunting fraternity to stay as part of the pageantry in Leicestershire . |
| 56 | Or you may prefer one of our country-house hotels nearby , in beautiful settings and with recreational facilities . |
| 57 | ( iii ) In the context of their own writing and reading pupils should be introduced to the complex regularity that underlies the spelling of words with inflectional endings , eg bead-ing , bead-ed , bed-d-ing , bed-d-ed. ( iv ) Teaching should encourage discussion of the range of vocabulary , eg from informal to formal , everyday to specialist , its use in different settings and for different purposes and the effect of particular choices of words , eg the kinds of topics slang is used for ; the situations in which slang is used ; the need for specialist terms and the effects of their use outside the specialist group . |
| 58 | An investigation by Allan ( 1979 ) , for instance , found that not only did the middle class have more friends , but they were also drawn from a greater variety of social settings and over a wider geographical area . |
| 59 | They would do this by promoting a healthier population not requiring such frequent hospital admission , by providing health care in more appropriate settings and by freeing ‘ blocked ’ beds more rapidly . |
| 60 | As was noted in the context of Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , supernatural settings and in particular the agency of supernatural forces are quite rare . |