Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their going was noticed and raucous cheers followed them . |
| 2 | On the contrary , its broad grille and hooded headlamps project something approaching alternative thinking on the way to express the famous Munich car maker 's identity . |
| 3 | nose and fluted cheeks make him so revered . |
| 4 | Carrot oil , a rich , orange liquid made from the dried root of the plant , is used on dry and scaly skins to make them more supple . |
| 5 | Small wonder that flocks of European and Scandinavian birds choose it as their resting point when migrating to more congenial climes each winter . |
| 6 | These actual and possible consequences make it clear that the course adopted by the judge was wrong . |
| 7 | The most striking results were in Moscow , where candidates belonging to an umbrella organization of reformist groups and political clubs calling itself Democratic Russia won 55 of the capital 's 65 Supreme Soviet seats , and in Leningrad , where a comparable organization calling itself Democratic Elections " 90 won 28 of the city 's 34 Supreme Soviet seats ; both organizations also won control of their respective city soviets . |
| 8 | Business and political leaders praised his liberalism and his pragmatism , the assurance with which he presided over China 's opening to the West and the dexterity with which he dumped much of its communist ideology . |
| 9 | The arbiter approach dismisses instrumentalist arguments that the state apparatus operates to support capitalism because the social backgrounds , values and networks of contacts for senior bureaucrats and political leaders tie them into a directly pro-business orientation . |
| 10 | Yet , despite the rapid growth of these more recent subjects , history retains its traditional importance in higher education , since its social , cultural , economic and political concerns provide us with an interdisciplinary approach to problems that includes the perspectives and many of the methods of the various social sciences , yet also seeks to establish a broader , overall assessment of the issues it examines . |
| 11 | Its aristocracy included a large infusion of Franks , whose kin-ties and political interests drew them often towards Francia . |
| 12 | Other delegates said they would take economic and political measures to achieve their final aim , including forming independent economic ties with other Soviet republics . |
| 13 | As newspaper costs escalated and as the nature of the commodity changed politicians and political parties saw their financial grip over newspapers being prised open ; by the late 19th century , newspapers had become such costly ventures that they were beyond the reach of politicians . |
| 14 | Eager to enrich the treasury the Crown began a rapid development of these resources , settling the area with peasants who worked as a serf proletariat and maintained farms to feed themselves . |
| 15 | These limits will be flexible and change as the child grows but the aim is to help the child learn the appropriate social and emotional behaviours to help him survive in society . |
| 16 | Only our deplorable ignorance of Carthaginian and Parthian jokes prevents us from assessing the local reactions to " pergraecari " , a word which Festus explains as " epulis et potationibus inservire " ( p. 235 L. ) . |
| 17 | Satellites and cellular telephones allow us to converse instantaneously from a London street to the Australian outback . |
| 18 | When the author of The Three Midshipmen reflected that his three heroes , supposed to be his former schoolfellows at ‘ dear old Eagle House ’ , had in a few years ‘ crossed swords with real red-capped or turbaned Mohammedans , fought with true Greek romantic pirates , hunted down slavers , and explored African rivers with voracious sharks watching their mouths , hungry crocodiles basking in their slimy shallows , and veritable negroes inhabiting their banks ’ , this rhodomontade , appealing to the eager youth of the mid-Victorian period , was entirely justified . |
| 19 | The Founders and regional activists loved it . |
| 20 | * In a separate development , the government has announced plans to launch a three-year programme to help small- and medium-sized businesses improve their environmental performance . |
| 21 | The details are still missing , but the main outlines are becoming clear as United States and European statesmen make their pronouncements and tour the capitals of their Middle Eastern allies in an atmosphere of ever greater confidence . |
| 22 | Then the Israelis entered west Beirut , their Lebanese militia colleagues massacred the Palestinians in Sabra and Chatila and European armies established themselves in Beirut . |
| 23 | Personal rivalries and conflicting ambitions drove them apart . |
| 24 | But many responsible local finance officers accepted the phrase as an accurate description of , indeed as a compliment to , their legal and professional attempts to protect their localities against Government interference . |
| 25 | Nor is it an accident that the managerial and professional classes reproduce themselves in their own image as do the process and clerical groups . |
| 26 | ‘ It is difficult for young people who have spent large periods of their lives in an institution , and do not have supportive and stable families to help them , to make the transition to independent living ’ , said Shelter ( Scotland ) director Amy Isaac . |
| 27 | Pushing my bike up those long hills and dry valleys gave me an intimate understanding of the nature of the chalk landscape . |
| 28 | Moreover , it was argued that contractionary policies introduced during boom periods to reduce the growth in imports and inflationary pressures had their full effect when the economy had begun to move into recession . |
| 29 | The contrast between increased industrial output and deteriorating social and economic conditions sharpened their political consciousness and strengthened support for the clandestine labour movement , especially among the younger workers , who had not experienced the Civil War and did not have the " peace at any price " outlook of some of their parents ' generation . |
| 30 | If , despite this , social and economic pressures lead them to marry , they may find a partner who also needs to avoid close involvement , emotional or physical . |