Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Information has been collected on households ' patterns of donating money and volunteering time to charities , individuals ' motives for giving , their attitudes to charities , and their knowledge of and views of covenanting and bequeathing money to charities .
2 Such an initiative would ‘ give central government a firmer basis for the development of national policies and the deployment of resources ; and provide a checklist for authorities and schools in formulating and reviewing their curricular aims and policies in the light of local needs and circumstances …
3 On the other hand , professionals must be trained in group leadership and team building skills , supervisory techniques appropriate for work with paraprofessionals , and methods of conceptualizing and organizing the helping function that enable it to be accomplished by the combined efforts of professionals and paraprofessionals .
4 There was a marvellous happy sort of chaos — trippings over push-chairs , bucket and spades ; a faded last-year 's Union Jack , baskets and string bags holding sandwiches and towels and costumes for bathing and paddling
5 An invitation has been extended to all staff to take their families or clubs and organisations on Come & See tours of the power stations : details from tel ; at Peel Park or Training , Visits & welfare offices at the power stations .
6 To that end I have been instructed by the Committee to explore with ScotRail the scope and costs for providing and servicing a rail halt for Murrayfield .
7 IN THE SECOND PART OF OUR SERIES ON PRACTICAL USES FOR YOUR SPREADSHEET , DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW TO WORK OUT THE FINANCIAL PROS AND CONS OF RENTING OR BUYING A PROPERTY .
8 When cooking , many people check the contents of for example bottles and packages by smelling or tasting them .
9 These include shared care agreements and collaboration over protocols between general practitioners and consultants for diagnosing and treating common conditions ; new roles for community nurses , to encourage innovative forms of specialist and generalist practice ; ‘ hospital at home ’ and other high intensity home care schemes , including terminal care ; developments in community based specialist working such as paediatric home care and mental health and learning disabilities teams ; community hospitals and nursing beds ; and the move of some specialist referral clinics from hospital outpatient departments into primary health care settings — if possible , with general practitioners and community nurses collaborating with their hospital based colleagues in patient management .
10 Salaman identifies two basic features of work : the purchase of labour power from which surplus value is appropriated , which requires management ; and the conflict which this generates , which needs to be controlled : ‘ under capitalism , management takes on functions specific to the needs and problems of controlling and directing the labour power of potentially recalcitrant employees to achieve profit ’ ( Salaman 1980b , p. 11 ) .
11 205. ( 1 ) ( ix ) Land includes … land of any tenure , and mines and minerals , whether or not held apart from the surface , buildings or parts of buildings ( whether the division is horizontal , vertical or made in any other way ) and other corporeal hereditaments ; also a manor , an advowson , and a rent and other incorporeal hereditament , and an easement , right , privilege , or benefit in , over , or derived from land ; but not an undivided share in land ; and " mines and minerals " include any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land , and powers of working and getting the same but not an undivided share thereof ; and " manor " includes a lordship , and reputed manor or lordship ; and " hereditament " means any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir …
12 Inflation is regarded as a serious macroeconomic problem and governments ( and economists ) around the world spend a great deal of their time , energy and resources in devising and applying policies to combat it .
13 With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds .
14 Both media have differing advantages and disadvantages for generating and receiving sound waves , and cetaceans are designed to reap the best of both worlds .
15 It is not too awful to be confronted with people cleverer than oneself ( in science journalism it happens quite a lot ) but it is intolerable to share the world with people who apparently are party to bodies of knowledge and ways of thinking that make all one 's own ideas seem petty .
16 One reason is that there are several very large lakes and reservoirs for roosting and feeding and these provide nesting cover and plenty of aquatic food and insect life for the young .
17 She did it on nerve and instinct and guts by creating and recreating herself .
18 Although generally working independently , Cary did collaborate notably with John Wallis , who seemingly inspired his diversification into publishing c .1783/4 , with his brother William in globe production and his brother Francis in engraving , and , most significantly , with William Smith [ q.v. ] and others in developing and publishing geological cartography .
19 Discourse about higher education focuses on structure , finance , numbers and performance indicators : it is about means , method and systems for planning and resource allocation .
20 There is also an audiovisual language laboratory and facilities for receiving and recording satellite transmissions and for videoconferencing .
21 The intention of the current work is to explore the perceptions of the voluntary sector held by local authority staff and to consider this in the light of their policies and practices for contacting and working with ( or for ) the voluntary groups in their areas .
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