Example sentences of "and [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , there is evidence to suggest that by the seventeenth century both literacy and Bible reading were on the increase ; in the parish of Keevil in Wiltshire , for example , only 4 per cent of testators who died during the decades between 1590 and 1630 appear to have possessed a Bible , whereas during the course of the 1630s and 1640s the proportion rose to 18 per cent . |
| 2 | No matter how ruthless and cruel the evolutionary process may appear to be , it nevertheless must be regarded as having been inevitably so . |
| 3 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
| 4 | Whereas during the 1670s and 1680s the City Whigs had argued for an extension of democratic rights within the Corporation , they abandoned this position after the Glorious Revolution and instead became increasingly identified as defenders of the oligarchical forces within the City 's government . |
| 5 | It is true there are forms of the palmette which look a little like acanthus but I would not say that they are necessarily earlier and that the acanthus developed out of the palmette . |
| 6 | Just as well that Neil Mallender is having an impressive season and that the towering Dutchman ( yes , another ! ) |
| 7 | It was held in the circumstances that the defendant was negligent in not completely extinguishing the fire and that the Act of 1774 provided no defence . |
| 8 | At the same time , it is clear that the information provided by the parties is not purely informative , and that the transfer of the process of providing information . |
| 9 | has been achieved and that the 15 per cent . |
| 10 | It may be argued that this issue was seriously underpriced and that the nation undersold-its asset by about 1.3 billion . |
| 11 | If the answers to Q5 and Q9 were both Yes , indicating that the process is competitive without the 4BA load and that the supply Q&R ; is acceptable , buying would again be indicated via Q8 since buying small quantities of mass-produced items rather than investing in equipment to make them in-house must improve the company ROC . |
| 12 | They lashed alongside and they lowered the stuff right onto the onto the coble To start with we rowed it ashore with a couple or oars or maybe four oars and took off the cattle and that the same way just . |
| 13 | Research studies in the US and the UK have found that young people are drinking no more than they were 20 years ago and that the vast majority drink sensibly . |
| 14 | The Countryside Commission says they would be used if they were cleared and that the answer 's cooperation . |
| 15 | Between 1881 and 1891 the most rapid population growth in England occurred in four London suburbs : Leyton ( 133·3 per cent ) , Willesden ( 121·9 per cent ) , Tottenham ( 95·1 per cent ) and West Ham ( 58·9 per cent ) . |
| 16 | An appreciation of these complexities will indicate how involved and unexplored the phenomenon of deixis really is and how the philosophical approaches to indexicals can handle only a small proportion of these problems . |
| 17 | One such — and possible the best of them all — is David Nobbs . |
| 18 | Alain Carignon , forty-four , mayor of Grenoble since 1983 , and President of the Department of Isère , is said to be very keen on the post and possible the strongest candidate . |
| 19 | A business letter , for example , will usually contain your address , the recipients address , the date , dear sir , yours faithfully and possible the words ‘ with reference to … |
| 20 | Between 1960 and 1980 the total acreage devoted to food production in Africa increased from about 70 million hectares to about 100 million , or about 2.5 per cent per year , sufficient to sustain a population increase of about 2.7 per cent . |
| 21 | Between 1951 and 1980 the total area brought under afforestation schemes was 3.18m ha , and 2.2m ha ( nearly 70% ) were plantations for industrial purposes . |
| 22 | Between 1975 and 1980 the share of firms employing less than 300 workers in total bankruptcy debts rose from 75 to over 90 per cent . |
| 23 | Between 1967 and 1980 the Consumer Price Index rose by 67 per cent , whereas during the same period campaign expenditures for House elections rose by 163 per cent and by 150 per cent for elections to the Senate . |
| 24 | Between 1985 and 2025 the population of the developing world is expected to increase from 3.7 billion to 6.8 billion , of whom well over half will live in those hotbeds of aspiration and discontent , the cities . |
| 25 | Between 1985 and 2025 the number of pensioners was set to rise from 9 million to over 12 million ; and the total cost of pensions for the public would rise from £17 billion a year to almost £36 billion if pensions were linked with prices and to a colossal £50 billion if they were linked , as Labour wanted , to the higher of either prices or earnings . |
| 26 | Between VR 0.4 and 1.2 the hydrocarbon yield is 50% greater than that for the Palaeozoic coals . |
| 27 | Putting together what we know about girls " apprenticeships — lasting three or four years — and wage rates , it can be deduced that from the age of say 17 until perhaps 25 for those who married , women compositors were doing the equivalent of full-time typesetting for wages that varied between half and two-thirds the adult male wage , depending on whether stab or piece rates are measured . |
| 28 | One solution could be to double notes at the octave , but this leads to poor results , as doubled notes become too powerful and upset the chordal equilibrium . |
| 29 | Between 1976 and 1986 the total number of one parent families increased by 35 per cent . |
| 30 | Between 1979 and 1986 the clear-up rate fell from 41 per cent to 32 per cent . |