Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | Suger and Odo of Deuil between them established the norms for the house 's long tradition of royal historiography ; of these the chief was that whatever the Capetians did should be presented in the most favourable light possible . |
| 4 | In their hands shone the emblems and harness of sanctity : gold rood glimmered , and monstrance and thurible ; and the Crucifix from St Sophia itself rode the night like a ship on their shoulders . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Having just read the article on Dumfries and Galloway by Barry Ward , I was both delighted and slightly amused . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The early years in Tennessee were hard and the family was frequently hungry , but in 1868 Frances , who from her earliest childhood had been a compulsive inventor of romances , sold her first two stories to Godey 's Lady 's Book , raising the money for paper and postage by selling wild grapes . |
| 9 | To these self-appointed custodians of public morals it was even more appalling that those very classes who should in theory be the hope and backbone of republicanism were equally infected by the general tone of light-mindedness : |
| 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 | The overall conclusion is that while there is no shortage of regular comment and coverage of mental handicap in the mass media , there have been few attempts over recent years to explore the subject in any depth , and those that have , have focussed on the sensational and the controversial . |
| 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 | The ADAM & EVE database , which forms the basis for all the analysis , is the result of long-term research into the frequency and coverage of words in the language . |
| 15 | Local authority employment increased by 2.5 per cent over the same period , despite a reduction in refuse collection and disposal , the main field till then of tendering to private-sector firms ; ‘ although most of these firms claim to have a national presence , the great bulk of their work is in the South East and coverage of other areas is often patchy ’ ( Le Grand and Robinson , 1984 , 60 ) . |
| 16 | The National Library of Scotland is collaborating with the British Library and the other legal deposit libraries of the British Isles in a pilot project of shared cataloguing in order to improve the currency and coverage of catalogue records for British books by sharing the responsibility for the creation of those records . |
| 17 | We are extending the range and coverage of our urban air quality monitoring network in the coming years , and an additional monitoring site came into operation in central London last month . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There will be news and coverage of recent exhibitions and an insight into the new artist in residence at the Tatè in Liverpool . |
| 21 | Official economic data released prior to nineteen fifty two were confusing due to lack of standardization , contents and coverage of data . |
| 22 | There was a street petition and coverage on local radio and in the local newspaper . |
| 23 | This project continues analysis of official reports , legislation and Hansard , and coverage by three ‘ popular ’ and three ‘ quality ’ newspapers of family-related issues is being monitored . |
| 24 | Also known as Hela , the goddess of the Ninth Earth and guardian of the Underworld in Norse mythology . |
| 25 | By the time Lowe settled down back in London , Wilson had bowed out and handed the mantle of Leader of the Labour Party and Guardian of British Socialism to James Callaghan , the right-wing Labour MP for Cardiff . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Finally , the idea that an LEA — let alone a national government — can be the sole definer , arbiter and guardian of good practice must be abandoned . |
| 28 | Above all , the notion that the LEA can be the sole definer , arbiter and guardian of good classroom practice must be abandoned . |
| 29 | He also served as an overseer and guardian of the poor ( 1830–41 ) . |
| 30 | Above them towers the snow-capped Mount Illimani , symbol and guardian of La Paz . |