Example sentences of "[prep] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price adjustments can also be converted into yield adjustments or yield spreads to give , for example , the difference in yield between bonds with and without a particular sector characteristic . |
| 2 | It is sensible for the term to be stated to be from and including a specific date to avoid the uncertainty caused by the general law that a term which is to commence " from " a certain date in fact commences at the beginning of the following day , with the term lasting during the whole anniversary of the day from which it is granted , unless there is some contra-indication in the lease . |
| 3 | Both told the People that Bremner had offered them bribes before and during a crucial league decider between Leeds United and Wolves at the end of the season in 1972 . |
| 4 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 5 | Agricultural statistics take no account of such changes because an old hay meadow may be recorded as permanent grassland both before and after a sudden change in management practice ( e.g. a one-off large inorganic fertiliser dose ) or even after one cultivation provided its agricultural use does not change . |
| 6 | It was all presided over and to a large extent inspired by a line of kings who personified and embodied the aspirations of this impressive little kingdom . |
| 7 | Second , the party forms a kind of ‘ shadow ’ administration parallel to and to a certain extent duplicating the state apparatus . |
| 8 | Dashing to and from a busy job , frantically organising family commitments , domestic routines and social life to fit with working lives , we may often crave for the peace and simplicity of a solitary life . |
| 9 | He remained there for what must have been an anxious day and a night while the elephant returned to and from a nearby stream with trunkfuls of water with which it was finally able to loosen the roots of the tree , push it over , then trample its victim just as his belated rescue-party arrived on the scene . |
| 10 | The female is brightly coloured like her mate with whom she frequently pairs for life , but the sexes migrate separately to and from a moulting ground on the Heligoland Bight . |