Example sentences of "and [noun] [det] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field . |
| 2 | Why , in 1989 , did we have a £3 billion trade deficit in building products against the background of building firms , building material producers and brickmakers all going to the wall ? |
| 3 | This regulation was exploited by over 1,000 pro-Indian individuals and organizations each applying for the opportunity to participate in the hearings and thereby assist Harper in delaying a vote . |
| 4 | Thame , Cardiff , Emanuel , and Wallington all flourished within the grammar-school tradition and 1959 is a good moment — before the critical voices drown the subtleties of that tradition — to try to define it , to place it in its historical and social context , and to prepare the scene for the massive reorganization of secondary schooling which marked the 1960s . |
| 5 | Led by John Mason they visited , among other places , New York , Washington , Niagara , Chicago , the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky and , rather gruesomely , the recently deserted battlefields of Virginia where they saw ‘ skulls , arms and legs all bleaching in the sun ’ . |
| 6 | So far as tomorrow 's game at Celtic Park is concerned , Rangers ' Goram , Gough and Steven all came through the midweek Champions League match without further mishap , and will play . |
| 7 | Taken as a whole the Turneys formed a not unimportant family of landed peasants and yeomen all living in the neighbourhood of Leighton Buzzard . |
| 8 | Thus titles , chapter headings , sub-divisions and sub-headings all indicate to the reader how the author intends his argument to be chunked . |
| 9 | Press releases , press conferences , radio and television interviews , speeches and articles all contribute to the Council 's profile . |
| 10 | Press releases , press conferences , radio and television interviews , speeches and articles all contribute to the Council 's profile . |
| 11 | My fathers and grandfathers all worked in the slate , they seen nothing only slate . |
| 12 | Having been at the end of a queue of Germans and Austrians all champing at the bit to go heliskiing , it was our turn . |
| 13 | Convenience , cost and availability all come into the picture , with the choice ranging from gas through various liquid fuels to paste or solid fuel blocks , all with their advantages and disadvantages . |
| 14 | The report shows that heavy metals , oil spills , insecticides , fishing and tourism all contribute to the decline of the sea grass . |
| 15 | Knowledge of geography , people and processes all contribute to the officer 's ‘ experience ’ , the virtue endorsed by the longer-serving officers . |
| 16 | the close-up , fast cutting , the sophistication of modern make-up and special effects techniques , the heightening effect of sound effects and music all combine on the large screen to produce an impact which no other medium can create . |
| 17 | To begin with , her musical language is loosely , sometime unabashedly , tonal , and shows evidence of her varied background : Spain , Russia and France all peep through the passage-work. the last two Sonatas inhabit a sterner , more chromatic world , but the vigour of the counterpoint ensures that the music maintains the momentum of the previous works . |
| 18 | On the there was me Ian and Noel all sleeping in the Ian in the middle . |
| 19 | The street was full of goldsmiths and silversmiths and their assistants and apprentices at the time : Messrs. Cook , Ive , Sarl , Hyams and others all appear in the commercial directories for that year , along with the tobacconists , Fribourg and Treyer , whose shop in Haymarket has persisted almost as an anachronism into the 1980s . |
| 20 | Lancaster , Preston , where the Old Pretender 's advance had foundered , and which his son reached on 26 November , and Wigan all fell at the mere approach of the all-conquering young prince . |
| 21 | In comparison with the other two passages , this one has a rather low frequency of nouns ( 4 ) ; moreover , over half of these nouns are abstract ( 20 ) , referring to entities which exist on a social or psychological plane : effort , subject , terms , money , feelings and aristocracy all occur in the first sentence . |
| 22 | Anteaters , sloths , armadillos , hummingbirds , macaws , bats , orang-utans , lots of strange ‘ flying ’ animals including frogs , squirrels and geckos all live in the rainforest . |
| 23 | It can be seen that B and C both stand in the relation of dominance to E , but neither stands in that relation to the other ; hence , the structure is not a hierarchy , according to our definition . |
| 24 | Yeah , David and Pam and Margaret all slept at the flat ! |