Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable stress is laid on the accessibility and approachability of the landlord organisations , especially given that most tenants stated a preference to speak rather than write to housing staff about their problems . |
| 2 | The mid-1960s were the watershed of postwar society , and the creativity and anarchism of the period left nothing untouched . |
| 3 | The raid on Culquha Farm , Ringford , near Castle Douglas , brings to more than £30,000 the value of sheep , cattle and horses stolen in Dumfries and Galloway over the last 12 months . |
| 4 | The dry , cloudy weather will still be with us at the start of the night , but some patchy , light rain will creep into the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway by the end of the night . |
| 5 | He and his mother had had many arguments and disagreements over the past few years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The film is sentimental , but is saved by some smashing performances , in particular the statuesque Geena Davis as down-to-earth Dottie Hinson , star player and backbone of the team , who completely overshadows kid sister , Kit ( Lori Petty ) . |
| 11 | They are the ribs and backbone of the Black Land , and the army is its muscle . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Over the years a small number of programmes have come from lesbians and gay men : the Scottish Minorities Group 's ‘ Glad To Be Gay ’ in 1976 , and coverage of the Clause 28 debate . |
| 14 | Because of the high quality and coverage of the GHS , the results will be equivalent to those from an approximation to a random sample of owner-managers and the self-employed covering the whole range of economic activities in which small scale enterprise is represented . |
| 15 | This required physicians to notify parents within 48 hours of an abortion for a minor , and spelled out well-defined exceptions to this rule — notably medical emergencies , court approval of the minor 's right to abortion and coverage of the issue by state laws . |
| 16 | Also known as Hela , the goddess of the Ninth Earth and guardian of the Underworld in Norse mythology . |
| 17 | As heir to the droit morale and guardian of the Magritte estate , Charly Herscovici explained that ‘ Inheriting this intellectual property makes me responsible for protecting the artist and his work , and ensuring that it is handed down for posterity . |
| 18 | He also served as an overseer and guardian of the poor ( 1830–41 ) . |
| 19 | As we have seen , the seed of the idea of Franco as the providential saviour and guardian of the " true " Spain had been planted in his and his admirers ' minds during his time as the Director of the Military Academy in Zaragoza . |
| 20 | Among the most important evidence to emerge from analysis of Mansell 's start are that his Ferrari was not lined up straight and telemetry on the Ferrari indicated that he had fiercely defended his position , turning right twice to close out Prost . |
| 21 | This move from nominalism about the extra-mental to nominalism about mental acts can be seen in the development from Descartes to Locke and Berkeley , or , perhaps , in the contrast between such continental rationalists as Descartes , Malebranche and Leibnitz on the one hand , and British philosophers from Bacon and Hobbes on the other . |
| 22 | In therapy some of the sources of his rage were exposed , particularly the lack of love within the alternating violence and apathy of the parenting he had received . |
| 23 | He rapidly concluded that the classical ideal of government by the people was not only impossible but also undesirable on account of the proven ignorance , irrationality and apathy of the people . |
| 24 | However , in Alcine , Act 5 , scenes 2–3 , with the entry of Melissa , the deus ex machina whose magic power is greater than Alcina 's , and who rescues the lovers Astophus and Melanie in the nick of time , an exceptional progression is used D major to F major . |
| 25 | However , on his arrival in Helsinki later that day , Yeltsin claimed that this timetable was impossible , saying : " We need housing and barracks for the troops … it 's also a question of where to put them . " |
| 26 | Comprising plans of the military roads , forts and barracks in the Highlands during the period 1724–40 , it includes an exquisitely drafted map of the Moray and Cromarty Firths and their settlement pattern , and a detailed map of the country between the upper Dee valley by Braemar , through Glen Feshie to the military barracks at Ruthven . |
| 27 | For the afternoon round trip from Crewe via Chester and Shrewsbury on the steam-hauled Cheshire Cheese ( buy your own coffee ) , fifteen pounds was seeing you home and dry . |
| 28 | The Curragh incident was a sad case of panic , bungling and hesitation by the Liberals , for which the Unionists bear only an indirect responsibility , but once the crisis broke the Unionists were quite convinced that it was the result of a plot against loyal Ulster an " Ulster Pogrom " . |
| 29 | New policies are expressed as much in ministerial statements , White Papers and circulars to the local authorities as in new statutes . |
| 30 | Mr Blackburn said he was delighted with the BS5750 part two award ( also known as ISO9002 ) , which was ‘ part of our campaign to raise standards of quality and reliability to the benefit of all our customers . ’ |