Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The celebrated intermittent lake of Cerknica covers an area of 28.4 sq km ( 11 sq miles ) and persists for several months . |
| 2 | The line which the law draws is at the very least indistinct , and turns on such imponderables as malum in se , mayhem , degrees of harmfulness , and public policy , and calls for an examination of such unsatisfactory cases as Donovan , Bravery v. |
| 3 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |
| 4 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 5 | From its Midlands grassroots in the Clean-up TV Campaign , the NVALA has grown into an organisation with over 30,000 members , and has on several occasions organised nationwide petitions which have secured a formidable number of signatures . |
| 6 | There are pros and cons to both options . |
| 7 | She did n't reply at once , but then said , ‘ There are pros and cons to both sides of the argument . |
| 8 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |
| 9 | and cares about these cobwebs |
| 10 | The Longeval Animal Sanctuary rescues and cares for many animals , and also regularly visit inner-city schools taking lambs , goats , piglets , calves , rabbits etc to give the children there the opportunity to see and touch these animals for themselves . |
| 11 | This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles . |
| 12 | Once the marketmaker 's spread and the broker 's commission are taken into account the investor will face a sizeable loss if he or she buys and exercises at these prices . |
| 13 | Certainly you 'll find truths and lies in these pages , and an excited , undeceived fan's-eye view . |
| 14 | Don Bradbury recounts experiences and passes on some tips . |
| 15 | This saves 50% of the work when inputting into a database and allows for less mistakes . |
| 16 | A post-Budget survey shows business confidence is back to its highest level since the fourth quarter of 1989 , but another , based on the views of London-based accountants , said there was no positive signs of an upturn and warns of more redundancies in the profession . |
| 17 | The subject of whether or not the situation in Golding 's ‘ Lord of the Flies ’ would have been different had girls been on the island is very difficult to reach a decision on and depends on many things . |
| 18 | Tail rotor trim is variable and depends on many factors which are discussed elsewhere . |
| 19 | Efficiency in competition is thus a prime source of selection and occurs in many aspects of social life . |
| 20 | Methane production is an effective and safe pathway for H 2 disposal and occurs in most animals . |
| 21 | It accounts for around one-third of all cases of severe mental handicap in children , and occurs among all races and in all countries . |
| 22 | Here , he surrounds the politics of his imaginary country with darkness , distinguishes between its politics and what might be seen as the antics of bystanders , and concentrates on these bystanders . |
| 23 | The investigation covered import quotas and bans on some products , restrictive import licensing requirements , special technical standards and China 's refusal to publish regulations governing imports , and also sought to reduce Chinese tariffs of up to 170 per cent and other " unreasonable " fees . |
| 24 | It can also be increased by layering , from soft cuttings or division in early spring , and grows for many years . |
| 25 | To help reduce infection , our community care workers also provide clean needles and syringes to those clients who are known injectors — an operation which has full medical supervision . |
| 26 | He uses already mastered words in new combinations to which he has not hitherto been exposed , and responds to such combinations appropriately as well . |
| 27 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 28 | Amid continuing military claims and counter-claims by both sides , there was evidence that the MNR had stepped up its attacks to coincide with the Rome meetings . |
| 29 | I would imagine that industry confronts and copes with more forms of change than any other branch of our life . |
| 30 | Certainly in the class-room those from two feet to two feet only go straight up and down in all changements , soubresauts and entrechats with both legs fully extended at the height of the jump . |