Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Maley , the series editor , worked for The British Council from 1962–1988 , serving as an English Language Officer in Yugoslavia , Ghana , Italy , France , and China , and as Regional Representative for The British Council in South India ( Madras ) . |
| 2 | It recovered swiftly in wartime as the main staging post between America and Europe , and as temporary home for thousands of American airmen . |
| 3 | Er policy I five is primarily intended to deal with traditional industrial development , but it also recognizes that an element of B one development will take place on there , and as such development within the the business class be acceptable . |
| 4 | For many years she had worked as a librarian before switching to journalism , training ‘ on-the-job ’ under an American industrial and securities correspondent and as personal assistant to Dan Rather , now CBS 's news anchorman , then becoming a freelance writer . |
| 5 | President Yang Shangkun was removed from the politburo and as first vice-chair of the Central Military Commission ( CMC ) . |
| 6 | As well as being a very useful skill in itself , Writing allows us to set pupils regular homework , which we see as a valuable extension of learning time , and as essential training in self-discipline for later life . |
| 7 | WKSH is available as source code for SVR4 from USL and as shrinkwrapped product for Sunsoft Inc 's SunOS 4.1 , Microsoft Corp 's Open Windows 3.0 , Santa Cruz Operation Inc Open Desktop 2.0 and IBM Corp 's AIX via distributors . |
| 8 | The Earl Patrick of Dunbar had now openly thrown in his lot with the English , and as Chief Warden of the Marches , was also in theory master of Berwick . |
| 9 | In small series of femora , and as supporting evidence of sex , visual observations are sufficient . |
| 10 | We have already , in the previous chapter , examined this question rather superficially , by noting the modes of thinking they have in common , described as overinclusive thinking in the clinical , and as divergent thinking in the creativity , literature . |
| 11 | I want the pair of you dressed and off this train in five minutes — or I swear I 'll drag you off in your pyjamas ! ’ |
| 12 | Connections would need to be drawn , for example , between empiricism and the English model and between idealist thought and the German model ; and between each form of higher education and the social class system and roles for which their graduates were intended . |
| 13 | It is said that Freud wrote in a male-dominated society , and that his theory about sexuality , and about female sexuality in particular , reflects this in the male bias in his work . |
| 14 | Our study raised wider questions about INSET , and about professional development in general . |
| 15 | ‘ With the previous pans we used you had 22lbs of chips ready at one time and about half way through you tended to lose the quality because some of the chips would get sweaty . |
| 16 | Obviously he built up to ‘ Space Oddity ’ being somewhere in the middle of the set and about half way through the set , he dismissed the band . |
| 17 | The meeting also agreed proposals for the abolition of the visa system , for flights between the two countries and for bilateral co-operation on development projects , such as the planned construction with Indian aid of a hospital . |
| 18 | They are used to cover grass seeds and for final levelling of a tilth , but their main use is for spreading dung and molehills and scratching the surface of grassland after grazing or before shutting up for hay . |
| 19 | For its part , the government has shelved its demands for entrenched veto rights for minorities and for indefinite power-sharing with whites . |
| 20 | For that contribution , and for that depth of spirituality within yourself which you have brought to bear for the benefit of the work of this Board and for that of our whole church , we want to thank you very much indeed this morning . |
| 21 | In March 1916 , it was announced that the S.M.E.T. had contracted with the County of London Electricity Supply Co. for bulk supply of current , both for lighting and for that part of the tramways which they supplied . |
| 22 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every local authority to enforce within their district the provisions of this Act and of the orders made under those provisions , and for that purpose to institute and carry on such proceedings in respect of contraventions of the said provisions and such orders as aforesaid as may be necessary to secure observance thereof . |
| 23 | They applied for judicial review of the Secretary of State 's decisions and sought orders of certiorari to quash those decisions and declarations that the Secretary of State could not set a period for retribution and deterrence for a mandatory life sentence greater than that recommended by the judiciary , that he was required to tell the applicants the period recommended by the judiciary , and if he departed from it his reasons for so doing , and that the applicants were entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before he determined the period and for that purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State would act which was not in the applicant 's possession . |
| 24 | She could n't guess why Sandra Kettering in her detailed instructions had arranged for her to be there and for that mistake to be made . |
| 25 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
| 26 | In examining some of the questions posed , we have to accept that within the UK , and for that matter in most of the rest of the world , there is no such thing as a natural environment . |
| 27 | The philosophical message of Vegetius 's De re militari centred upon the need to defend the common good , and for that need to be met not by the employment of mercenaries but by members of the community adequately prepared to fight . |
| 28 | But quite a few samples are thought to have nitrogens of about 1.4% , and for that quality of sample the suggestion in the trade is that a premium of up to £20/t could be available , though this is compared with a spot feed market that has been weakening over the past week . |
| 29 | and for that Christmas at Maurie Hewlett 's |
| 30 | Consider three facts , arbitrarily chosen — half of all carers are over 65 ; 80 per cent of carers say they had no choice but to become carers ; and for one person in a hundred residential care is vital . |