Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In essence , Labour is proposing the Swedish model in which the state controls the economy — rather than owning it — and taxes it ferociously to pay for a ballooning public sector . |
| 2 | Habitat as Spoonbill , with which and various egrets and herons it often breeds . |
| 3 | This is surely a far cry from the grotesque yet ridiculous horns and hooves we immediately call to mind in any usual interpretation of Satan . |
| 4 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 5 | He takes a broad view of this symphony and shapes it superbly according to his own very distinctive view of it . |
| 6 | In the drive are two black Range Rovers , in the garage , an Aston Martin — the last of the 20 cars including Ferraris , Maseratis and Rollers he once owned . |
| 7 | Creggan could not rest or sleep , for out of the racing seas beneath their stance seemed to come troubled memories and images of a place where he once was , and eagles he once knew . |
| 8 | The Japanese male seems to think that women have only recently developed skills and abilities they never had before . |
| 9 | Now let's take a look at talents and abilities you already possess and which can be adapted to new uses in whatever new direction you want your life to take . |
| 10 | Horace may or may not have believed in the divinities and demi-gods he poetically invokes ( he often deals whimsically with them , and he describes himself as — not much of a churchgoer ) but they were at the very least a cultural property that he held in common with his audience ; he could assume that his readers — represented by Torquatus — would take the point if , in developing a theme , he reminded them of a name out of history or legend . |
| 11 | He could not get on with the believing Jews from Eastern Europe whose religion and traditions he neither shared nor understood . |
| 12 | Farmers , whether on a large or small scale , faced new demands on their managerial abilities and technical skills almost every day — decisions and actions they usually had to make and take on their own . |
| 13 | You know , even with the beard and glasses they still copped the face in Caracas . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ We can therefore expect , on government logic , local Conservative Associations to be taken over by business ratepayers bent on winning control of councils to promote spending on services and goods they either supply or would benefit them . |
| 15 | In his uniform and riding-boots he now took the salute in the style of Hitler or Mussolini from an open car and inspected the detachments of his uniformed men drawn up in Hyde Park or near Tower Green . |
| 16 | On the other hand , if an RAF plane strays and crash-lands they usually give them bacon and eggs for breakfast and send them home . ’ |
| 17 | It takes at least five Americans to write a book erm they 're all multi- authored volumes erm for , for most of your purposes , for almost all your purposes er and certainly for basic reading for , for lectures and , and tutorials it really does n't matter which one you read erm there are , I mean there are in the library I think the last time I counted them about twenty five or thirty general textbooks on American politics , it does n't really matter er which one you read . |
| 18 | Athelstan suddenly wondered what she would look like in a bright dress of scarlet taffeta rather than the dark browns , greens and blues she always wore . |
| 19 | To friends and lovers he always made it clear that he was a Jew , perhaps to anticipate and reject the rebuff . |
| 20 | ‘ On the other side of the coin , there is so much to learn from the producers and conductors I now have the greatest privilege to work with . |
| 21 | The Mesozoic ginkgos were a varied and numerous group of plants , but unlike the spruces and pines they slowly declined in variety throughout the Tertiary . |
| 22 | The point was made earlier , with reference to the US Federal Reserve , that central bankers are part of a society whose thoughts , opinions and prejudices they inevitably share . |
| 23 | ‘ When you 've got targets and incentives it just becomes a family planning programme and not much more than that ’ Tricia Parker , Oxfam Bangladesh |
| 24 | By only charging for the meals and services you actually use , we are able to offer very low terms indeed for high class , 3 crown accommodation . |
| 25 | By signalling clearly the significance of the ideas you present — and the attitude you are adopting towards them — you enable your reader to follow the essay as a coherent and developing debate , in which the generalisations and conclusions you finally draw will seem reasonable and justified . |
| 26 | The implied duty to co-operate ( see 8.17.4 ) should make it unnecessary to stipulate that the parties will provide the expert with all information and documents he reasonably requires : sometimes expert clauses contain a specific provision to this effect . |
| 27 | All the tulips and roses he patiently drained and crushed , then sealed their exhumed corpses and took them in the paper bag to the store for money . |
| 28 | All of this was in the hours ahead , for I was now to live through one of the toughest three days and nights I ever experienced . |
| 29 | Erm the reason for this is that Luton er is not an attractive proposition on a long term basis but it anti er and that , that is largely for an environmental point of view of the fact that it will also not provide an awful lot of additional capacity but it is a highly economic airport from the point of view of the number of er the cost required to expand it er further er passenger and facilities they already have designs for the extension of the facilities in that airport and I am concerned that er delays in the planning process for terminal three er or for any other alternatives in the South East or for making alternative arrangements elsewhere in the country . |
| 30 | Sheila argued the hesitations and objections she already felt surrounded by , which were , essentially , Moran 's lack of support but the nun pressed her to think about it . |