Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when a good public image is essential for universities , English is unable to explain itself in ways immediately intelligible to the outsider , is notoriously riven with doubts and disagreements that prevent it from having a shared sense of purpose , and may at intervals erupt into crises that attract the wrong sort of publicity . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't repeat yourself ’ is an injunction placed upon us when we assemble our first stories and essays and make our first public utterances . |
| 3 | Dressed in well-cut suits , and hats that cover shaven heads , they hawk copies of their newspaper , The Final Call , and hand out petitions calling for Louis Farrakhan 's right to enter Britain . |
| 4 | Why did she collect the knives and forks and clear the table ? |
| 5 | In the case of an over-large meal this would mean that the slim people would put down their knives and forks and leave some food . |
| 6 | the train had made its imperceptible departure and was rolling along again past the uninhabited infinity of rocks and lakes and conifers that seemed to march on to the end of the world . |
| 7 | Communities seem to want airfields and pilots around , so they do n't load them with the penal rates and taxes that lead to high parking and landing charges as in this country . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , parliament voted on Nov. 12 to grant the government special powers over the next six months to implement the economic reform programme , including the authority to change prices and taxes and to negotiate foreign credits . |
| 9 | Gwrych Castle was offered rent-free by Lord Dundonald — who also made a grant towards rates and taxes and paid half the cost of repairs — a necessarily generous offer since the castle had been uninhabited for over fifteen years . |
| 10 | It 's not just that your inability to go out is restricting your life ; as you say , your daughter is missing out on many of the events and activities that help a child 's emotional and social progress . |
| 11 | Nurses should encourage their elderly clients to take up sports and activities that develop skill and coordination , rather than strength , speed and endurance . |
| 12 | She promised herself , however , that she would hold the office only briefly , and now that her husband Stan has retired , she feels that she can no longer involve herself to so great an extent in commitments and activities that take her away from home . |
| 13 | It was concluded that the media had no business either relaying bad news about government and party policies and activities or suggesting that alternative measures might be better . |
| 14 | His hands met a furry body and claws that flailed at him . |
| 15 | Oliver 's hell hounds are on his trail for sure , great slavering paisley-patterned beasts with saucer-sized eyes and claws that catch . |
| 16 | Then , as suddenly as lightning streaks through the sky , they 'd disbanded , scrabbled for their ropes and karasos and disappeared , shrieking , into the forest . |
| 17 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 18 | Gary broke a bone in his back , split his lip and sustained several cuts and bruises when trying to douse a blaze started by vandals in the quiet County Armagh village of Laurelvale . |
| 19 | The fact is that such breakages are very uncommon , and that the quoted figure of 2,000 tank-related accidents a year includes things like ruptures and hernias while trying to lift them … |
| 20 | One is to give all the children obstacles such as sacks , boxes , old tyres , ladders and ropes and give them the opportunity to make up their own course . |
| 21 | The idea is to eliminate words and definitions that suggest discrimination , on grounds of sex , colour and even height . |
| 22 | Recognise coins and notes and know that 100p = £1 . |
| 23 | Members of the group agree to document the project with photographs and notes and to continue it after the Design students graduate . |
| 24 | Today 's agricultural and forestry methods have caused a decline in broadleaf woodlands and coppices , affecting the animals and birds that inhabit them and the general landscape . |
| 25 | It seems to be valid for virtually all animals with backbones , with a few exceptions : kangaroos , lions and birds that waddle ( but more of them later ) . |
| 26 | A number of other mammals and birds probably also disperse a very small proportion of the seeds , while two parrot species are the important seed predators among several mammals and birds that destroy seeds . |
| 27 | The insects ( mainly Lepidoptera ) and birds that do so can not directly sense the superior environment of the north ( in the spring ) , but its superiority , on average , is guaranteed by the predictable changes of the seasons . |
| 28 | Animal dung is spread by birds , devoured by insects , bacteria , and earthworms and mixed intimately into the topsoil . |
| 29 | He had been moved to lighter work three years earlier : ‘ my Master took me from the farm work to do the House Boys work — cleaning the Boots seeing to the wood and coals and sweeping up the back yard and the paths and looking after the poultry . ’ |
| 30 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |