Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frederica said to Alexander , before he could say it to her , that there was an intrinsic problem in writing about artists , for how could he dramatise the battle with the colours and forms as opposed to the whore and the rival , the father , the brother , the nephew Vincent Van Gogh ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure I do n't know for what act of yours the Deity has seen fit to bless us with mounted Normans , and shiploads of mercenaries , and woods that burn in a trice , but you must have dropped a word somewhere that commended itself . ’ |
| 3 | A gene regulating testis determination and derived from a common mammalian ancestor would be expected to be conserved in sequence between eutherians and marsupials and to map to the marsupial Y chromosome . |
| 4 | Mix breadcrumbs and herbs and press onto the lamb . |
| 5 | A PR executive thus needs to be placed so that he or she is aware of all issues , policies , attitudes and opinions that exist in the organisation that have a bearing upon how it is perceived by the organisation 's publics . |
| 6 | It produces an ice quite Ben Nicholson in the uniformity of colour , and there is an almost Rodinesque sumptuousness about the lumps and knobs that accumulate at the ends of the shelves . |
| 7 | Throughout this book I have suggested that it is important , in training children , to convey a reasonably coherent idea of the aims and objects that lie behind the training and supervision . |
| 8 | He was born deaf , dumb and blind and was also mentally-deficient , and died in 1902 before he could accede to the bewildering duties and titles that went with the Dukedom of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of England . |
| 9 | They stole cash and gems and escaped in the parents ' Mercedes . |
| 10 | Mouth-watering thoughts of all the fish and vegetables that abounded in the Egyptian delta soon produce an irresistible craving . |
| 11 | A supplementary Chairman 's Statement incorporating financial forecasts and projections and issued with a view to deterring further takeover attempts . |
| 12 | Fig. 21.18(a) and ( c ) ) of a computed instantaneous vorticity distribution , and patterns that correspond to the structure are picked out by shading . |
| 13 | In this paper we shall argue that the Act must be understood in terms of themes , issues , developments and conflicts that emerged in the 1970s , and worked themselves out in the 1980s . |
| 14 | Amongst its advantages were a series of paid watchers who warned of approaching police , as well as numerous exits out into the warren of houses and warehouses that backed onto the Thames . |
| 15 | This is a provision which is usually inserted , since , once an order has been placed , it becomes a separate contract , with a life of its own , and stands or falls on the terms and conditions which govern it . |
| 16 | In so far as the auditor in the public sector is expressing an opinion on financial statements , then the Auditing Standards and Guidelines that apply in the private sector also apply in the public sector , absent specific statements to the contrary ( Auditing Guideline 416 , 1987 ) . |
| 17 | It was almost certainly the growth of dissatisfaction with this arrangement in the other republics and provinces that led to the abandonment of the retention ratio system at the end of 1985 . |
| 18 | Indeed , tourism has been one of the crucial components in the west 's construction of the east , and a passage from Thomas Cook 's brochure for tours of Egypt and Palestine in 1925 encapsulates the Orientalist attitude : ‘ Native life and manners as seen from the steamer are as quaint a study as can well be imagined . |
| 19 | Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions until they brown ; add the spices , raisins and almonds and fry for a further minute . |
| 20 | In the evening , Mrs Hollidaye taught her to play Up Jenkins and dominoes and spillikins on a low table by the fire . |
| 21 | The client is now helped to begin to challenge their irrational ideas and images and to aim towards a more logical and positive interpretation , by identifying what type of thinking error they are making . |
| 22 | Wages fell rapidly and the unions , despite their involvement in many long and protracted disputes were unable to staunch the outward flow of members and funds or to stave off the savage monetary wage cuts which occurred . |
| 23 | Differentiation refers to the different relationships , departments and goals that exist within an organisation and integration is the degree of co-ordination and co-operation between different departments with inter-departmental tasks . |
| 24 | This programme involves the total Catholic school community in discussion of Catholic school philosophy , ethos and goals and leads to an examination of programmes , structures , relationships and practices in the school . |
| 25 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 26 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 27 | Better than that was riding on his back while he went down on hands and knees and neighed like a horse . |
| 28 | This was worse , with impossible moves on gritty walls and creaks and trickles from the cliffs of ice . |
| 29 | When investigators questioned the public about privacy on behalf of the Younger Committee , 33 per cent of those asked objected to the publication of names and addresses as happens in the Electoral Roll . |
| 30 | What is the use of going to open beaches when we must return to segregated residential areas and schools and suffer under the laws that make the best medical treatment the prerogative of the whites only in our country ? |