Example sentences of "and [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many ways , his energetic support for so many causes — wildfowl , whales , endangered mammals and latterly the Antarctic — brought about the tidal wave of international concern for the environment which we are now experiencing " . |
| 2 | Founded in 1583 , the University has a distinguished tradition of learning and of innovation , including examples in the Arts ( Edinburgh established the first Chair of English Literature in Britain ) , in the Sciences ( with the UK 's first Chair of Agriculture and latterly the first Chair and Department of Artificial Intelligence ) and , of course , in Medicine and the other professions . |
| 3 | The show scene in Australia is very active , as are the obedience trials and latterly the fast-growing Schutzhund sport . |
| 4 | We could supply sailing , wind-surfing , fishing and swimming in Bala Lake , endless glorious walking country , pony trekking , golf and tennis , and latterly the swift-flowing rivers have made Bala an internationally famous canoeing centre . |
| 5 | Reluctantly , he pulled the cord again and mercifully the red curtains blanked out the abandoned sylphide . |
| 6 | We are accused of being the poor men of Europe , and I think we are economically and industrially the poor men of Europe or at least our performances have n't been very good in this respect since the War , but the other side is that because we are the poor men and are self-conscious about it , that we have compensated , in a sense , in the vitality of our music and of our culture , and certainly in the pop culture . |
| 7 | It 's amazing what they can do these days and luckily the sick dog pulled through . |
| 8 | Vichy 's economic and cultural anti-Semitism , which had singled out Jews for contempt and discrimination , undoubtedly facilitated the German policy of deportation and thence the Final Solution . |
| 9 | Changes in the function of the school and the home encouraged the expansion of child guidance and thence the educational psychology profession . |
| 10 | Thanks , initially , to Winckelmann , Greece and thereby the whole ancient world took on a new fascination which resulted in a new kind of scholar with a new kind of scholarly aim : the reconstruction of antiquity in all its real detail . |
| 11 | A further point to note is that the extreme left-hand columns in both table 6.4 and table 6.5 are empty and additionally the extreme right-hand column in table 6.5 is empty ; this is because these ‘ extreme ’ realizations occur only in the inner-city areas . |
| 12 | If a piece of ordinary glass is heated over a gas flame , it softens easily , and eventually the heated part will gather itself into a drop and fall to the ground . |
| 13 | The maitre d'hôtel was not impressed and eventually the Japanese boy , like the others , had to admit defeat . |
| 14 | When it 's taken on its own , the body becomes reliant on further doses of the drink , an addiction that leads to hyperactivity , personality changes , compulsive behaviour , short term memory loss , and eventually the total disintegration of the brain . ’ |
| 15 | Martyn and Allestry also produced the first ‘ scientific ’ journal , the Philosophical Transactions , edited by Henry Oldenburg [ q.v. ] , which became by far the most important international forum for natural philosophy and eventually the official journal of the Royal Society . |
| 16 | During this period woody plants also begin to appear and eventually the flowery meadows turn into open scrub and , after 40 years , incipient woodland . |
| 17 | Suburban life away from the noise and bustle of the work place was made possible by improved transport facilities in the form of horse-drawn omnibuses , suburban railways and eventually the electric trams . |
| 18 | Other property opportunities will open up when the Russian — and eventually the American , British and French — military finally vacate their extensive bases ( the British are said to occupy some particularly fine pieces of real estate ) . |
| 19 | He asked to see his social services file and eventually the local authority agreed , provided the donors of information consented . |
| 20 | Larry reported it to his superiors and due to the nature of the discovery the Service police were notified and eventually the Special Investigation Branch ( SIB ) arrived on the scene . |
| 21 | The programme was presented to the Heads of Government at a summit meeting in Milan in June 1985 and eventually the Single European Act came into force in July 1987 . |
| 22 | Of course , if it were true , as the State Department and eventually the National Security Council professed to believe , that the threat of communist aggression against Indo-China was only one phase of anticipated plans to seize all of Southeast Asia , then this was an unthinkable alternative . |
| 23 | Meri , supported by the right-wing Fatherland group ( Isamaa ) , was backed by 59 deputies , against 31 for Arnold Ruutel , the former chair of the Supreme Council and effectively the incumbent head of state . |
| 24 | If passed by the House , the Bill will reform fairly and effectively the forgotten area of the health benefits system . |
| 25 | King Olaf of Sweden was also an ally , as well as step-son , of Swegen Forkbeard , and presumably the Swedish king who according to Florence of Worcester had a treaty with Cnut . |
| 26 | The Class 156 units ceased to be part of this operation from the 8th of July and presumably the temporary expedient of bus backup is in force if extra capacity is required . |
| 27 | I notice that yet again the Lord President 's list and presumably the Prime Ministers does n't include the standard of telling the truth about tax . |
| 28 | I say that to show that the payments are ludicrously inadequate — £6 last year , £6 this year and presumably the same next year . |
| 29 | If ( the MLTB ) now has control of the MIC and presumably the Single Pitch Scheme , with the guides ' carnet soon to follow , the whole thing will be out of BMC hands . |
| 30 | The increase in the dividend and presumably the optimistic implication about the bank 's future earning ability or the possibility that past investment policies were proving to be injudicious ? |