Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun sg] and [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In spite of sanitary reform and what little planning there was , urban overcrowding probably increased during this period and neither health nor mortality improved , where they did not actually deteriorate . |
2 | Pugh lists Horatio , Earl of Orford , as a foundation member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures and Commerce ( called later the Royal Society of Arts ) along with others who were members of that society and also foundation members of the College in 1791 . |
3 | The estate had set its face against development of any kind and neither bungalow nor caravan blemished the coast for five miles either way . |
4 | Titan is unique in having a thick atmosphere made mostly of nitrogen , with some methane and possibly argon . |
5 | In many countries with very unequal land holdings , land reform is considered an essential prerequisite to a successful soil conservation programme ( e.g. Baker 1980 , for Peru ; and Eckholm 1976 : 55 ) , in order to encourage secure and long leases of land so that tenants would invest in conservation and in some cases provide marginal farmers with more land and therefore income to be able to afford conservation measures ( FAO 1977a : 27 ) . |
6 | blackcurrant and the cherry next to each other and then mint and honey |