Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [prep] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Victorians tried to spoil the pleasures of puddings with foolish economies and in so doing brought Britain 's once fine reputation to its culinary knees . |
| 2 | Rather than attempt to review all the conflicting theories about such issues and about how exchange rates affect adjustment and growth , we focus on two factors that have a direct impact on the relationships with foreign investors . |
| 3 | In his study of abolition , Williams was effectively challenging the views perpetrated by an august body of imperial historians and in so doing was bringing into question the ‘ moral legitimacy ’ of the British anti-slavery movement . |
| 4 | Applying those considerations to the present case , their Lordships are of the view that since the plaintiff was well aware that the defendants would be acting also for other vendors of comparable properties and in so doing would receive confidential information from those other vendors , the agency contract between the plaintiff and the defendants can not have included either ( a ) a term requiring the defendants to disclose such confidential information to the plaintiff or ( b ) a term precluding the defendants acting for rival vendors or ( c ) a term precluding the defendants from seeking to earn commission on the sale of the property of a rival vendor . |
| 5 | Two players tested positive in the first two months and since then speculation , rumours , rows and ructions have been the order of the day . |