Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 91 | Narrative dance applies to those phrases of conversation between individuals or between dancers and public , where the dancer uses explicit gestures . |
| 92 | For example , there is a very great deal of difference between sawing a large log by hand and stitching , or between playing a game of tennis and a game of cards . |
| 93 | To assess the impact of more differentiated media sources we can look for differences between their different audiences : differences between readers of highbrow or lowbrow papers , for example , or between readers of right-wing and left-wing papers . |
| 94 | Here we are primarily concerned about balance and impartiality between political parties , but balance between social groups and institutions , or between alternative life-styles , may also be important ; so too may balance between rival factions within parties — for example during contests for party leadership , such as the 1990 contest between Heseltine and Thatcher . |
| 95 | The unpulsed sounds seem to relate to times of heightened excitement , such as during feeding , when stranded or in a state of distress or alarm , or between mother and newborn calf . |
| 96 | I have already mentioned the common reference in the media to conflicts between the evangelical and secular elements in the DUP , or between Church and Party , and I have argued that such a simple distinction does not accurately describe the situation . |
| 97 | The little direct interchange which has occurred has been largely between compatible representatives of broadly similar organisations , e.g. Crofters ' and Farmers ' Unions , or between a variety of environmental and wildlife bodies , or among a number of local history societies . |
| 98 | The issue is not simply one of comparative disadvantage within or between relatively rich countries . |
| 99 | The implicit basis of child care practice up to that point was that no fundamental conflicts of interest between parents and children , or between families and the state , were at stake in such interventions . |
| 100 | At this point , the forces of surface tension between the water and the fabric , or between the water and the tube , balance the weight of water . |
| 101 | If for example the relations between Moslem populations in the United Kingdom , or between those populations and the non-Moslem community , were to break down as a result of the crisis in the Gulf , the implications for social cohesion public order and the peaceful coexistence of communities would be grave . |
| 102 | The third method for assessing the effects of exposure is one in which the subjects are required to learn a discrimination between pre-exposed stimuli ( or between the pre-exposed stimulus and some other ) . |
| 103 | The OECD stated in late 1983 that acid rain damage represents 3 to 5% of the European Community Gross National Product — or between £33 billion and £44 billion per year while the first joint step to combat air pollution in the European Community came in March 1984 when Environment Ministers agreed that new industrial plants could not be built without authorization relating to specific limits for industrial emissions . |
| 104 | And problems do not only occur in individual relationships — think of the difficulties between the Protestants and the Catholics in Northern Ireland or between black and white in South Africa . |
| 105 | Breeds develop according to local needs and fashions , so that it is not necessarily true that a large , red , short-horned breed in one area has a common ancestry with a similarly large red in another , any more than it is correct to assume a blood link between the black-eared , white-coated White Park and the similarly coloured but polled British White , or between the Gloucester and the Pinzgauer of Austria because their coat patterns are similar . |
| 106 | We should be concerned whenever there appears to be a positive association between the level and spread ( or between residuals and fitted values ) , whatever data analytic technique is being used . |
| 107 | Most local historians are familiar with the term ‘ regnal year ’ and are used to seeing dates in printed texts and commentaries expressed in forms such as 11 Edward III , or 63 Victoria , meaning a time between 25 January 1337 and 24 January 1338 , or between 20 June 1899 and 19 June 1900 respectively . |
| 108 | Wheeziness worse ( < ) 3–5 am , better ( > ) leaning forward or by rocking , like Arsenicum ; with rattling in the chest , rattling cough and stitches in the chest with respiration , like Bryonia , or between breaths . |
| 109 | Open decision-making should prevent LMS from driving a wedge between governors and staff or between the headteacher and other members of staff . |
| 110 | With the widespread use of the telephone for both business and pleasure letter-writing is in danger of becoming a lost skill and probably the only letters which are kept in the home are those between sweethearts or between members of a united family . |
| 111 | Their purpose is to let you delete text safely or to move it around one document or between several . |
| 112 | Some of these fungi , Phurmomyces for example , are known to occur only on or between the tarsal claws at the tips of the insect 's legs . |
| 113 | As another example of his skill at miniaturisation , he displays his portable 15-cm ( 6-inch ) reflecting telescope , which weighs a mere two-thirds of a kilogram and can fold flat to go in his jacket pocket or between his clothes in a suitcase . |
| 114 | The correlation between smoking the lung cancer is well known , and is usually interpreted in a causal manner : can we interpret the equally strong correlations between eating meat and cancer of the large intestine , or between sugar and breast cancer along similar causal lines ? |
| 115 | The double bonds can be between atoms 1–2 and 3–4 , or between 2–3 and 4–5 . |
| 116 | This may well be the first fusion process used in a reactor , but there can also be fusion between deuterons alone or between deuterons and nuclei of helium-3 . |
| 117 | There is also a wide , wide disparity in the paper qualifications of teachers between different parts of the same country or between urban and rural areas . |
| 118 | The heart of effective management is communication , whether between partners and employees or between line managers and subordinates . |
| 119 | It was nonchalant in its dealings with other cats , disdainfully ignoring the usual status battles , which were nearly always between males or between females — there was little social fighting across the genders . |
| 120 | As soon as you arrive home , or between interviews ( if you have more than one in a day ) , and while the interview is still fresh in your mind , head a piece of paper with the date , place and name of the job you were applying for . |