Example sentences of "[noun] and the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from this tenacious defence of local liberties the Caroline bureaucrats , in common with other administrative technicians of the ancien régime in Europe , found that the main obstacle to modernization lay in the inertia of the average Spanish office-holder and the sheer size of the administrative apparatus — the superfluity of posts that nourished what was later to be termed empleadismo . |
| 2 | As cornering acceleration increases , the increasing castor of the outer wheel and the substantial elasticity of the front longitudinal arm bearing point support the car against side forces . |
| 3 | Five replicates were performed per drug dilution and the standard deviation of the mean is shown . |
| 4 | Aldershot-based Magstore Ltd is badging Philips Electronics NV 's CDD521 write-once compact disk drives in the UK so that software vendors and others can do short-run production of disks : the drives are aimed for both audio and data applications — the 63 minute disks can store 680Mb of data and cost £22 while the 72 minute equivalent holds 750Mb and costs £24 — bit high if you simply want copies of your latest songs to sell as compact disks around the folk clubs ; the drives themselves are priced at £4,450 and the necessary software for MS-DOS , Windows or Macintosh costing around £1,500 . |
| 5 | We noted that in practice there was a connection between two triads — the Marxist commitment to abolish the family , private property and religion and the seeming inevitability of economic inefficiency , religious persecution and political terror . |
| 6 | The eclipse of state medicine , combined with the renewed political clout of nonconformist religion and the stern voice of the purity movement , militated against a revival of the medico-moral alliance . |
| 7 | By working from this new standpoint , Schleiermacher aimed to bypass the antitheses which had emerged so sharply in earlier generations between reason and revelation , natural religion and received authority , the natural and the supernatural , and to offer a fresh synthesis in which both the authentic and distinctive character of religion and the special nature of the Christian faith would be preserved . |
| 8 | The UGT , the CCOO and the Spanish Confederation of Employers ' Organizations ( Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales — CEOE ) agreed at a meeting with Solchaga on Dec. 27 to recommence talks on a social pact which had foundered almost a year previously [ see pp. 36406 ; 36777 ] . |
| 9 | ‘ We are also concerned about the possible health risks and the possible depreciation of house prices . ’ |
| 10 | The second section looks at Paris and Vienna , and largely drawing on Clark and Schorske , respectively , at the visual arts and the social structuring of urban space . |
| 11 | I swallowed bitter coffee dregs and the last mouthful of chocolate cake . |
| 12 | Geographical isolation and the hereditary nature of their job made the collier-farmers of the Forest of Dean a distinctive , inward-looking group , but they were a special case . |
| 13 | Therefore , the aims of this report are ( a ) to describe the patient characteristics and the characteristic behaviour with respect to passing bowel movements of constipated infants , toddlers , and preschool children , ( b ) to describe our treatment programme , and ( c ) to report on the longterm outcome in these children . |
| 14 | International money orders , available in sterling or US dollars from Barclays , or dollars only from Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland , are the next best bet . |
| 15 | International money orders , available in sterling or US dollars from Barclays , or dollars only from Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland , are the next best bet . |
| 16 | International money orders , available in sterling or US dollars from Barclays , or dollars only from Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland , are the next best bet . |
| 17 | The principal weakness of the rescission remedy and the statutory alternative of damages in lieu of rescission , is that they do not provide for consequential loss , for example , profits on resale . |
| 18 | I take it you are familiar with our songs and the aloof sophistication with which we present them … well , kindly desist from cavorting like a chimp with a roman candle up its arse and get on with it ! |
| 19 | THIS IS Mould , for the first time since his epic ‘ Workbook ’ album , recapturing the sense of the definitive : the last word in love songs and the full stop after heartbreak . |
| 20 | This is Mould , for the first time since his epic ‘ Workbook ’ album , recapturing his sense of The Definitive : the last word in love songs and the full stop after heartbreak . |
| 21 | THE result of the ballot regarding possible strike action by First Division players will be known today but a solution to the dispute between the Professional Footballers ' Association and the Premier League over payments for televised matches is expected to be announced shortly . |
| 22 | All in all , these , along with the changes in numbers and size of dendritic spines , are what one might expect if , when the chick pecks the bead and learns the association between the pecking and the bitter taste , there is a synaptic reorganization in IMHV and LPO to code for — or represent — this new association and the resulting change in behaviour — that is , to say ‘ do n't peck ’ instead of ‘ do peck ’ when the chick sees the bead a second time . |
| 23 | The money will go to charities including the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the British Institute for Brain Injured Children . |
| 24 | We may have to await reports from the British Association and the Royal Society of Arts , the Engineering Fellowship and other bodies before the necessary sea change occurs . |
| 25 | It draws on similar campaigns by the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing and is aimed at people in the ABC1 social class . |
| 26 | The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Midwives said yesterday that unless cash is allocated for proper counselling , routine testing could put pressure on women at a particularly vulnerable time . |
| 27 | The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists believe that eugenic grounds provide the main justification for a separate offence of incest . |
| 28 | In May both the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing called upon the government to suspend its planned formation of a second batch of trusts in 1992 . |
| 29 | This piece of furniture has become something of a shibboleth : both the Magistrates ' Association and the National Union of Journalists have said that it should be regarded as sacrosanct . |
| 30 | The unions involved , the Civil and Public Servants Association and the National Union of Civil and Public Servants , claim that the in-house bids involve jobs losses of up to 50pc as well . |