Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his mother had had many arguments and disagreements over the past few years . |
| 2 | More time should have been given to expert uncertainties and disagreements about the nature of the disease ( reviewed as recently as last October by Solomon Snyder in The Lancet . |
| 3 | But I do want us to realise that evil today has to be faced in a far more fundamental and crucial theatre of war : it is in the processes and ideologies of the modern world itself that we find the destructive , impersonal and heartless force of the Dark Power . |
| 4 | It is argued that differences in the political agendas and ideologies of the British and Spanish governments lie behind the variable pressures — and opportunities — for industrial relations change experienced by railway management . |
| 5 | The timing of the political programme was significantly different in Britain and Spain , however , reflecting the different ways in which economic forces have become translated into political strategies and ideologies in the two countries . |
| 6 | For more than 50 years I have nurtured what might be called an insatiable interest in China and the arts , crafts , and accomplishments of the Chinese people , the oldest extant civilization on earth . |
| 7 | New policies are expressed as much in ministerial statements , White Papers and circulars to the local authorities as in new statutes . |
| 8 | To encourage Lewis in this direction , Eliot gave him to review in the next year Egyptian Mummies and Essays on the Evolution of Man by Elliot Smith , as well as Medicine , Magic and Religion by W. H. R. Rivers . |
| 9 | Once wool had declined there was no staple : brandy , wheat , fruits , oil , wine , and lead for Europe , shoes , textiles , paper , and hats for the colonies could not close the gap . |
| 10 | He sifted through junk shops for cardigans , jackets and hats for the sketches by day and pinned me into paper versions of the dresses by night . |
| 11 | Further colour and splendour is brought to the occasion by the gold trimmed gowns and hats of the senior University officers : the Pro-Chancellors , the Vice-Chancellor and the Chancellor , whose gown has a long heavy train carried by his page . |
| 12 | Choose shoes , scarves , bags and hats from the rich variety of the accessory range , crafted from natural materials ; finishing touches are in shades of wood , spice and versatile warm neutrals . |
| 13 | Other manufacturing industry in the island is concerned mostly with the tourist and craft industries and includes the making of straw hats , pottery , ceramics , inlaid wooden items , the traditional Madeiran half-length boots , costumes and hats in the traditional style , plus the manufacturing of food products , such as biscuits , for the local market . |
| 14 | In the Wimpy after 2001 we imitated the apes banging their bones on the ground with our knives and forks on the formica table . |
| 15 | Then , when the guests are drumming their knives and forks on the table with impatience , I take out my fillet and slice it into the appropriate chunks . |
| 16 | On the boat , Johnson asked about ‘ the use of the dirk , with which he imagined the Highlanders cut their meat ’ , and was told they also had knives and forks , that the men tended to hand the knives and forks to the women after they had cut their own meat which they then ate from their hands , and that one old Macdonald retainer always ate fish with his fingers , claiming that ‘ a knife and fork gave it a bad taste ’ . |
| 17 | She carried the cereal bowls and the knives and forks to the sink . |
| 18 | [ 7 ] The survival of documents has always and substantially will still depend upon the needs and compulsions of the document creators , as well as upon the survival of the organizations that guard these documents . |
| 19 | As time passes this new life will change and itself be superseded , requiring a re-ordering of the couple 's partnership and reformings in the family group . |
| 20 | Some Conservatives also suspected that the welfare ethic — by removing the risks and disciplines of the market , providing a cushion for failures , and undermining incentives for the ambitious — weakened enterprise . |
| 21 | The basic unit of credit is the module and in order to try to standardize its credit value across the many subjects and disciplines of the Modular Course it is defined in terms of notional student effort . |
| 22 | By levying tolls and taxes on the traders , the owner of the fair could make a handsome profit . |
| 23 | Brennan adapted the capital asset pricing model to try to gauge the effects of dividends and taxes on the returns to shareholders : where . |
| 24 | These listed virtually every possible object that might be traded , from ABCs or spelling-books to yarn , including harp-strings by the gross , opium by the pound , and weasel-skins by the dozen , attaching to each a value from which duty would be calculated . |
| 25 | A year round programme of events and activities including the Annual Robin Hood Festival brings the outlaw to life . |
| 26 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |
| 27 | Ordinary friendships and activities outside the marriage can also cause tension if they take no account of marital commitments , as another young woman found out : |
| 28 | This is an attempt to bring together the annual budgetary process with the policy planning process by linking the analysis of objectives and activities with the outputs of the authority . |
| 29 | ‘ We have to allocate more resources , people and activities to the Far East . ’ |
| 30 | A full house in the parish hall of the new church of St Peter and St Paul , Wakefield raised £375 to provide further facilities and activities for the youth of the parish . |