Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no idea that his old world manners and charm would win him the love of the most eligible divorcee in the land , the Princess Royal , Princess Anne . |
| 2 | ‘ It was described by Lord Provost Black in 1845 as a school which has conferred a lustre upon our city and which has given a tone to the manners and intellect of all its inhabitants . |
| 3 | There are some glimpses of the same behaviour in MacMillan 's Mayerling , although the manners and behaviour have deteriorated . |
| 4 | In the deterioration of Count Rudolf 's manners and behaviour , MacMillan shows more clearly than anywhere else in his works how any mental and physical breakdown must show through and beyond the technicalities of the dance . |
| 5 | Even more bitter were the attacks on the behaviour of the demi-mondaines who did not hesitate to parade ‘ the profits of their vice ’ in front of decent folk and whose example , so it was said , influenced young women of good society : ‘ Among young women who count amongst the best bred and the best brought up , there are those who do not hesitate to copy the manners and behaviour of girls of easy virtue . ’ |
| 6 | For example the nouveaux riches ( the newly rich ) are sometimes excluded from the status groups of the privileged because their tastes , manners and dress are defined as vulgar . |
| 7 | At lower levels of administration , the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christian peasants of the raya were governed by Slav Muslim landowners , who , whilst retaining their Slavonic speech , adopted the manners and dress of the Turkish court . |
| 8 | 15.16–72 ) : " The settlers from Phocaea , though surrounded by arrogant tribes and kept in awe by the savage rites of their barbarous neighbours , still retain the manners and dress of their ancient home among warlike populations . " |
| 9 | She made Johnson feel doubly at home , as she had ‘ lived many years in England ’ , therefore he could expect English manners and sense of comfort . |
| 10 | Manners and tidiness and keeping things clean . |
| 11 | Rachel , on the other hand , thought that tidiness was simply a moral necessity , along with generosity , thoughtfulness , good manners and clarity . |
| 12 | This grandson recalled his grandfather as ‘ tall , comely in his person , elegant in his manners and address and well versed in literature ’ . |
| 13 | Within two years he had so firmly established himself that he was able to bring to Canada his wife and young son , Lyon , where they settled happily , first at Maberly , Ontario , then in Montreal , a home with more than a touch of aristocratic manners and style . |
| 14 | ‘ Evil communications corrupt good manners , ’ says a Greek proverb , and in the polarised world we live in , where name calling and counter-check is the order of the day , it is not surprising that good manners and etiquette have gone by the board . |
| 15 | Limited as my graces are , I was a stickler for manners and etiquette , which my Dad-in-law thought of as ‘ turnin' 'em into poofs ’ . |
| 16 | All kung fu systems are called families , and although good manners and etiquette are deemed essential , they are perhaps not as strict as those of Japanese martial art systems . |
| 17 | Thus , at Montrose , Boswell took a sharp likeness , in which we see the other side of the opinionated , often pompous , astonishingly patronising Johnson , the man with a statement on everything , the clumping , farting , knob-faced denouncer ; Johnson was also a thoughtful man of good manners and pensiveness , a quiet , reflective , astute man who had been knocked around . |
| 18 | In preparing your child for his or her future we are aware of the need for sound academic knowledge and understanding alongside courtesy , good manners and concern for others . |
| 19 | This keen and ever growing group within our sport needs regular social golf , competition play and the opportunity to show that club membership is not a necessary requirement for good manners and golf etiquette . |
| 20 | Telephone manners and service |
| 21 | At least in the Hellenistic age Celts went to Massalia to learn Greek manners and language ; this city was a school for the barbarians , according to Strabo ( 4.1.5 ; Justin 43.4.1 ) . |
| 22 | In principle , a working system for the effective regulation of the new buildings and environments in schemes of planned redevelopment had promised so much , but the cultured hand of the architect planners , working in a consensus situation where good manners and taste would prevail , proved unequal to the task ; commercial brashness and greed proved too strong . |
| 23 | I would be more than happy to greet the Duchess with the manners and respect that any fellow human being deserves . |
| 24 | This de facto freedom to roam exists in most of Scotland provided that such freedom is accompanied by good countryside manners and respect for the legitimate needs of landowners . |
| 25 | It was melancholy to see in the civil prisons of the metropolis , remarked Grant , men whose birth , education , manners and appearance would have fitted them for occupying the highest positions in society and consequently of proving benefactors to their species , spending no inconsiderable portion of the prime of life amid scenes of deepest degradation . |
| 26 | And such a master would certainly take note of the manners and appearance that help in some degree to reveal the character . |
| 27 | Singer tom is still all southern manners and embarrassment at the lads wanking around . |
| 28 | He always admired the culture , manners and civilization of the better type of Englishman . ’ |
| 29 | Years and heredity within the Anglican Church ( his father had been a colonial bishop ) had so formed his manners and speech that it was sometimes thought so . |
| 30 | Met someone today , the third of a partnership trio in which I have had contact with two over the years for different reasons and he said look in re CV for i/view practice if I want — he was with a local enterprise company helping with startups and job searches and now voluntarily helps with just such a counselling group via one of the big churches in Edinburgh for redundant executives — the figure quoted to me recently re architects in Scotland is that forty per cent are redundant . |