Example sentences of "a [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But so long as millionaires , or their corporate equivalents , are the only ones who can readily own newspapers or television companies , it is certain that the media will not accurately reflect either the range or the balance of opinions , ideas and beliefs within society , and consequently that there can not be a properly balanced and open debate on political issues within society . |
| 2 | I would like the Bill to contain a first offence penalty of a six-month custodial sentence — with no remission and no time off for good behaviour — in a properly funded and managed institution . |
| 3 | One respondent was not alone in pleading for ‘ a properly funded and functioning court system and properly paid legal aid ’ . |
| 4 | In his letter ( April ) Tim Coles suggests ‘ that in this country a properly maintained and insured light aircraft is going to cost about £60 per hour however your view it ’ . |
| 5 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 6 | Allied with Francis Bacon 's proposal that a properly organized and properly conducted science could increase the power of the English state was his observation that a new vitality in the sciences had coincided with the Protestant Reformation : This was , of course , a Protestant view of the matter . |
| 7 | The fact that goods have not been paid for does not prevent ownership in them passing to the purchaser unless , of course , they are subject to a properly communicated and valid retention clause . |
| 8 | A properly planned and monitored investment programme is needed , but ill informed and pejorative assertions are unhelpful . |
| 9 | Thus the County Council as Transport Authority and its subordinate , the Transport Executive , had to have regard to the promotion of ‘ a properly integrated and efficient system of public transport to meet the needs of that area with due regard to the town planning and traffic and parking policies ’ of the other councils . |
| 10 | Various pieces of legislation since 1968 have placed duties upon Metropolitan Counties to ‘ … secure and promote the provision of a properly integrated and efficient system of public passenger transport … ’ |
| 11 | Peter Upton , head of Colne School , Brightlingsea , and an expert on pupil behaviour , warned that the exclusions would continue to rise until the Government stopped blaming schools and recognised the need for a properly resourced and integrated approach to behavioural problems . |
| 12 | Those relationships are governed by general legal principles and by statute but most importantly by self-regulation which in any well run solicitors ' practice will be embodied in a properly drafted and partnership agreement kept up to date by regular review . |
| 13 | A properly signed and endorsed witness statement will carry more weight than a transcript should it be necessary to admit it under the Civil Evidence Act in the event of the witness being unable to give evidence at trial . |
| 14 | Without the protection of a properly sealed and attested charter , their struggles might prove vain , since it was in nobody 's interest but their own that their moment of victory should be prolonged . |
| 15 | Liberal Democrats support the introduction of a properly financed and organised dog warden scheme as part of a national dog registration scheme . |
| 16 | Each yoke carries a properly designed and built-in PTT button , unlike some of the Jubilee clipped-on afterthoughts I have seen on a great many Wichita and Lock Haven singles , with the associated ‘ curly cable ’ disappearing behind the lower instrument panel . |
| 17 | ‘ But I was fortunate because then Stoddard took over as a professionally run and profitable company and I 've spent 11 happy years with them . ’ |
| 18 | If a conveyancing transaction is being conducted by a legal executive or clerk , then it is important the client knows that there is a professionally qualified and more senior person behind them , should the need arise . |
| 19 | 5% Discount off Contents and Personal Possessions premiums if your home is protected by a professionally installed and maintained burglar alarm system . |
| 20 | Most of its cost recovery will be achieved by providing to customers such as surveyors , planners , property developers and the like a vastly enhanced and continuously up-dated digital database . |
| 21 | In its many denominations , the Scottish Kirk still cherishes its freedom , a right maintained and guaranteed by royal oath on the accession of each successive British monarch . |
| 22 | Canvassing is usually done with a rather hit and miss approach . |
| 23 | The harsh , brittle sound of the old black discs , always a considerable drawback , has been replaced by a wholly revitalised and much more flattering aural image , enabling us to fully appreciate what remains a classic of the gramophone . |
| 24 | Better still , never leave Little Puddington at all if you wish to be a wholly fulfilled and creative person . |
| 25 | The day after the resignation , Sir Geoffrey Howe , the Foreign Secretary , accused Heseltine of presenting ‘ a wholly exaggerated and misleading picture ’ of the Prime Minister 's conduct of the Westland issue . |
| 26 | Howard 's report on the human condition , when it finally appears , is a remarkably balanced and perceptive document . |
| 27 | Despite his arrogance and cruelty towards opponents , he had been a remarkably enlightened and often liberal and generous ruler . |
| 28 | All this deeply interested Modigliani who was a remarkably cultivated and educated man , as Paul Alexandre proves . |
| 29 | Therefore , although the RPI is a widely followed and widely understood index , it is not entirely satisfactory for the indexation of pensions . |
| 30 | The use of a widely understood and increasingly popular language which was neither identified with any one tribal group nor with the colonial power was a great asset to the nationalists . |