Example sentences of "is [adv] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father is downstairs and by the sound of it your husband , and my dear father , has just killed him . ’ |
| 2 | In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again . |
| 3 | In place of the animal , instinctive life , where we behave addictively , we start to realize how a relationship with God , who is above and beyond us , can transform our whole lives and our relationships . |
| 4 | We want a national curriculum which is above and beyond the suspicion of party politics . |
| 5 | Individuals need to know where they fit in the organisation , what their responsibilities are in terms of organisation and job control and who is above and below them . |
| 6 | The presence of oxygen , not usually cited as the cause of a fire , is put forward as having caused a fire in a laboratory or a space satellite for the reason that oxygen is usually and by intention excluded from some apparatus or chamber . |
| 7 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |
| 8 | There are also independent traditions in the Cyclades and East Greece ; but the central line of vase-painting is now and for many years to come in Athens . |
| 9 | The official ADN news agency said that Mr Honecker told the visiting Chinese Deputy Prime Minister , Yao Yilin : ‘ Any attempt by imperialism to destabilise socialist construction , and slander its achievements , is now and in the future nothing more than Don Quixote 's futile charge against the steadily turning sails of a windmill . ’ |
| 10 | However , the colonial administrators were wrong in their particular approach to the problem and it is here and in the reaction of the Africans to colonial attitudes that we can find reasons for failure . |
| 11 | The lecturer can point to objects , diagrams etc. and the context of the lecture means that he or she does not need to make explicit statements about why everyone is there and for what . |
| 12 | Government may not succeed , but the opportunity is there and in order to understand that one has to understand the political culture and the extent to which it endures . |
| 13 | Place bed in a position for easy observation and access to omen and suction Ensure emergency resuscitation equipment is nearby and in working order and that the emergency call system is working . |
| 14 | Instead , however , we rely on the courts to review managerial decisions as a means of double checking that the directors are acting professionally ( that is impersonally and for ends related to that of their organization ) . |