Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] and [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claims these reptiles make superb pets as they sit incredibly still for hours and then go on the rampage — very much like Pest Control staff ! |
| 2 | He has multiplied his numbers to plague proportions , caused the extinction of 500 species of animals , ransacked the planet for fuels and now stands like a brutish infant , gloating over this meteoric rise to ascendancy , on the brink of a war to end all wars and of effectively destroying this oasis of life in the solar system . |
| 3 | Plenty of mysteries have lasted for centuries and finally yielded to explanation . |
| 4 | The land-based multi-warhead er missiles is a real issue that has to be tackled , er and they may either go for , this is very much up in the air , go for er distinct cuts in er Start one , or they may talk about limitations and then go for a Start two treaty . |
| 5 | The interpersonal dynamics of a two-child family , especially two children of opposite sexes , may be especially rewarding for parents and insufficiently increased by the prospect of a third child to warrant further disruption to domestic economy . |
| 6 | It had originally been built from the proceeds of the sale of indulgences and originally had on it a chapel to St. Anne . |
| 7 | It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible . |
| 8 | Josie disappeared for a couple of minutes and then reappeared with some pillows and a duvet . |
| 9 | This would consist of a group of employees each of whom would be given the responsibility of monitoring the evacuation of a designated part of the building , checking that all rooms , toilets , cloakrooms , etc. in that area were clear of personnel and then reporting to the ‘ Senior Fire Steward ’ at a pre-determined reporting position outside the premises . |
| 10 | The quality of illustrations and especially photographs in advertisements can be of the highest today and such work can cost thousands of pounds for just one picture . |
| 11 | Using this method and the data of Goodglass and Quadfasel ( 1954 ) she estimates language laterality in left handers to be predominantly or exclusively left-sided in 60 per cent of cases and right sided in approximately 40 per cent . |
| 12 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 13 | Inevitably more aircraft appeared , dropping a hail of bombs and then strafing with machine guns for good measure , but , amazingly , no damage was done . |
| 14 | I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word . |
| 15 | Of the non-QTS qualifications , the best known are those developed by the Royal Society of Arts and now administered by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate . |
| 16 | Each one seizing his or her bundle of wraps and nearly tumbling over each other on the narrow stair leading down to the cabin deck . |
| 17 | He got his chance when the health and safety executive asked him to help publish this booklet promoting the safe use of trollies and so decrease in a biud . |
| 18 | Now , the embalmers had carefully replaced the face but the torso of the corpse was a mass of wounds and grossly disfigured by a black line which stretched from the crotch to the neck . |
| 19 | ‘ This is a can of worms and really needs to be looked into carefully , ’ he said . |
| 20 | And er he was there for quite a number of years and then went to just for a few years , and came back to Galashiels to work with the same firm and then he started business on his own . |
| 21 | I used to come up quite often and stay for a couple of days and just revel in meeting high-spirited people who did n't care about university politics . |
| 22 | If all exports and imports were originally declared in terms of dinars and then converted into ‘ statistical ’ dollars , it should be possible to reconstitute the original dinar values by multiplying up by the ‘ statistical ’ value of the dollar in terms of dinars . |
| 23 | They abandoned the concept of several lines of dug-outs and instead relied on machine-guns in strongpoints , while husbanding their troops for counter-attack . |
| 24 | This may either affect the integrity of the complexes ( DMS also methylates proteins ) or , depending crucially on the composition of the binding buffer , strongly decrease the solubility and/or diffusibility of DMS and thus interfere with the final yield of the modification reaction . |
| 25 | ‘ Culture ’ can be defined in a myriad of ways and often appears to be used not as an independent , or explanatory , variable but as a residual one representing a variety of unspecified influences . |
| 26 | The reception was hosted by the Royal College of Physicians and jointly organised by the College and by ASH . |
| 27 | There was a babble of languages and much pointing of fingers . |
| 28 | Movement can be due to a variety of causes and sometimes results from the combined effect of more than one cause . |
| 29 | Procedurally , the machinery could no longer be operated since no provision had been made , in 1922 , for functions relating to the organising of elections and previously discharged by the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown in Ireland , to be transferred to new officials , and those offices had been abolished . |
| 30 | Such institutions should be able to offer advice and information on hardware , software , the use of microcomputers and also access to written sources of information in the form of books and periodical articles . |