Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke , 1605–1675 and Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke , edited by Ruth Spalding ( Oxford University Press for The British Academy , 1990 ) |
| 2 | This , as should by now be clear , is a crucial distinction in this argument , for it underpins ( along with the public/private distinction utilised by Wolfenden ) many of the conflicts and disagreements over morality and the ‘ proper ’ role of the criminal law during this post-war period . |
| 3 | In fact , though , a vast amount of ink continued to be spilled in arguments over taxonomy , and disagreements over how to classify particular groups still reflected differing philosophical positions on the significance of natural relationships . |
| 4 | He and his mother had had many arguments and disagreements over the past few years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After 3 years , he resigned because of interference from and disagreements amongst Navy Department bureaucrats . |
| 7 | Cultural differences and disagreements in strategy emerged , however , some delegates favouring the linking of indigenous issues with wider political causes and others favouring protests by indigenous people alone . |
| 8 | In many cultures this leads to an asymmetry between ways of offering agreements and disagreements in talk : agreements are given more immediately , are more frequent , and are given openly , while disagreements are relatively infrequent and are hedged about with hesitations and excuses : see Pomerantz ( 1984 ) for an extended discussion . |
| 9 | Though there are variations of this view , and disagreements among its adherents , we may validly characterize it as sentence linguistics , because it confines its inquiries to what happens within sentences . |
| 10 | In this way the homosexual writer is granted a dubious measure of liberal pity ( ‘ if only he had n't lived in such a repressive world ’ ) while at the same time the heterosexual critic distances the threatening possibility that a homosexual writer might have a great many insights into the codes , mechanisms and ideologies of heterosexuality itself . |
| 11 | But too many of them have been weaned on the habit of chopping up the New Testament into bits ( sorting out the sources , contemporary themes and ideologies of Aramaic Palestine or the Hellenistic world ) so that they can no longer see the scriptures as a sacred text aflame with the divine drama . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ New Directions in Scandinavian Design ’ looks at the latest developments while ‘ Ethics and Aesthetics : design agencies of Scandinavia ’ examines the role and ideologies of Scandinavia 's design agencies and their achievements in the promotion of good design and better living and working environments . |
| 14 | The economically equitable assumptions behind changes in the property law often , for instance , came into conflict with inherited beliefs about the proper division of labour in the family and ideologies of femininity — and the latter usually won . |
| 15 | These views rest on different assumptions about the power and ideologies of trade union officials and the aim of this research is to try to establish how powerful are local trade union officials in their relations with shop stewards , and what sorts of ideologies inform their behaviour in these relationships . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Turning to feminist analyses , their strength lies in exposing the effects of gender relations and ideologies on women as producers and consumers of health care . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But the analytical steps of PPB call for a periodic review of fundamental programme objectives , costs and accomplishments to date . |
| 20 | In some poems she praises the beauty and accomplishments of other women , though in a manner which foregrounds heterosexual courtship . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If we can get out from behind pride , we can begin to see with genuine appreciation the efforts and accomplishments of other people . |
| 23 | Only the most illustrious names hold out the lure of considerable profit ; but many thousands of unknown men and women have left behind them a legacy of written material that will never be illicitly copied and imitated yet will yield a rich store of history , and throw light on their place and period , life and labours , which are every bit as important , in the ultimate scale of things , as the antics and accomplishments of those who contrived to hit the headlines . |
| 24 | Weber was impressed with the development and accomplishments of bureaucracy , and especially with the role of technical knowledge in bureaucratic administration which he regarded as the primary source of the superiority of bureaucracy as an organisation . |
| 25 | Criticism leads to critical self-reflection , where students are able to stand back and place their knowledge and accomplishments in a larger perspective . |
| 26 | The Revd Edward Chichester published a pamphlet in 1818 entitled Oppressions and Cruelties of Irish Revenue Officers , in which he described how , in 1810 , a detachment of the army led by Coffey was set upon and disarmed by the country people near Culdaff in Inishowen , and he himself was beaten ‘ until he was supposed to be dead ’ . |
| 27 | The carpet and chintzes accepted the merging of their colour and gentle rot as , in happy age , the mind obliterates the glories and cruelties of youth . |
| 28 | He revels in the memory of it , making it froth and lather all round the alleys and back-yards of youth very nearly up to the roof-tops . |
| 29 | New policies are expressed as much in ministerial statements , White Papers and circulars to the local authorities as in new statutes . |
| 30 | Is there a governors ' book shelf stocked with books , pamphlets and circulars including those from the National Curriculum Council , SEAC , Advisory Centre for Education ( ACE ) , the National Association of Governors and Managers and Action for Governors ' Information and Training ( AGIT ) ? |