Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Czechoslovakia — for many years the most reformist of the CMEA countries — was treated as a pariah by Western governments after the collapse of the Prague Spring and , under the watchful ‘ normalisation ’ of Gustav Husak 's leadership , has preferred economic stagnation to the sort of risks and reforms which could start Western trade flowing again . |
| 2 | Finally , probably the most decisive factor of all is whether both parties were properly advised legally , and equally skilled technically and commercially , so that they should have been capable of adequately assessing the risks and rewards they were undertaking in the transactions and of producing a contract document which properly reflected this . |
| 3 | ( ‘ Might it not be safer and better in future to do business for her openly , for 10% or 15% rather than take such risks and worries which are very trying ? ’ . ) |
| 4 | Maurice Fermoy became the Conservative Member of Parliament for King 's Lynn while his Scottish wife , who gave up a promising career as a concert pianist to marry , founded the King 's Lynn Festival for Arts and Music which , since its inception in 1951 , has attracted world renowned musicians such as Sir John Barbirolli and Yehudi Menuhin . |
| 5 | I shall reject all arts and entertainments which depend on participation in the feelings of other people , whether these people are real or imaginary , whether I am watching a game or watching a theatre . |
| 6 | ‘ Positive planning ’ would open up a dream future : The nation was to be planned , as the McAllisters ' distinguished contributions proceeded to demonstrate : towns , agriculture , land use , industry , transport , fuel , homes , the arts and planners themselves . |
| 7 | Others with not dissimilar roots to have attracted the attention of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which doles out the little gold men , include Charles Laughton ( Scarborough ) , Anthony Havelock Allen ( Darlington ) and Flora Robson ( South Shields ) . |
| 8 | He could also play a variety of instruments ( and passed on this ability to his children ) and knew songs and melodies which had never been written down — just passed on from ear to ear via generations of Dalesmen . |
| 9 | We combined a method for finding probes and clones which may cause map forking with the ordering algorithm of Fig. 5 . |
| 10 | The deadly little poison-arrow frogs have already been mentioned , but there are many other frogs and toads whose skin glands and mucous secretions can cause vomiting and nausea in predators that grab hold of them in their jaws . |
| 11 | He used the milk in the canteen and also put it on sale in the shop used by resident employees of Occidental and by Libyans and others who held passes to enter the compound . |
| 12 | I 've never really had the good fortune to watch a fly 's last moments on Earth before , and my eyes are just glued to this small splodge of legs and wings which are interrupting the clean , shiny surface of the screen . |
| 13 | As the slack came in , he got one of the uniformed men to cut the line away from Gomez 's legs and retie it to the line on the rod . |
| 14 | But it was these same heads of kindreds and lords who were the major factor in ending feud and in maintaining order within local society ; and they were able to do so not as individuals but as men of power with powerful backing . |
| 15 | But it was her identity , she said , it was all she had , and she went on putting a caste mark which she had no right to on her forehead and wearing all her gold bracelets and cooking sag ghosht and dal instead of the defrosted hamburgers and chips which was what most people ate around there . |
| 16 | The seminar , which is supported by WACC , is designed for community organisers , church workers , trainers and others who are involved in grassroots development and communication work . |
| 17 | The seminar , which is supported by WACC , is designed for community organisers , church workers , trainers and others who are involved in grassroots development and communication work . |
| 18 | We will also be using the experience of the CVNI trainers and tutors who are familiar with the global problems or ‘ big picture ’ . |
| 19 | Many thanks to Pamela Vandyke Price for giving us such a memorable glimpse into the highly specialised world of the wine trade — and thanks also to those husbands and sons who allowed themselves to be pressganged into the responsible task of pouring the samples ! |
| 20 | Many have become lifestyle feminists with husbands and boyfriends who have cultivated the good-humoured acceptance of feminist ideas and who behave as non-oppressive , anti-sexist men , cooking the ratatouille , organising crêches at women 's conferences , and turning a blind eye to untidy houses and piles of dirty washing . |
| 21 | Where households are made up of husbands and wives there is more emphasis ( compared with say Bethnal Green ) on sharing tasks and sharing friends . |
| 22 | Most of the original infections in plywood are killed in the hot pressing process , but if the material is subsequently exposed to bacteria or fungi and water it will rot quite quickly . |
| 23 | Phylogenetic tree based on mitochondrial LSUrRNA introns ( ri ) from fungi and algae which correspond to Pw ri1 . |
| 24 | The study of non-verbal communication is highly relevant : every signal we send out , consciously or , more usually , unconsciously can convey a richness of signals and meaning which can greatly add to and enhance — or indeed , detract from — our presentation of our selves and the success of our message delivery . |
| 25 | Left : A comprehensive display of signals and indicators which enable the operator to monitor the ‘ camera ’ functions through the viewfinder while recording is in progress . |
| 26 | Numbers were quickly drawn and the lucky winners came forward to collect their prize from the manufacturers and dealers who donated them . |
| 27 | Some readers of Practical Fishkeeping probably believe that we are tightly in league with the manufacturers and retailers who advertise in this magazine . |
| 28 | DELIVER us , please , from designers , manufacturers and retailers who think that they are giving women ‘ the fashion which they want ’ . |
| 29 | If , however , a definite association were to be found between the occurrence of skin cancers or miscarriages and the continued use of computer monitors , then computer manufacturers and importers who continued to make or sell equipment giving off such dangerous emissions would be liable under the Act . |
| 30 | There were fighters and rebels who were writers , and there were contented wives , mothers , and Sunday school teachers who were writers . |