Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system was being increasingly undermined , however , both by the growing numbers of those holding Matai titles and by a reduction in the traditional structures through which the chiefs had exercised authority . |
| 2 | This data is incorporated in publicizing of the unit and its work ; in articles , meetings with other professional groups and in a display on the wall of the head 's office-cum staffroom where it is often referred to in the course of interviews with parents and pupils . |
| 3 | Europia , a group representing 34 European oil companies including BP , Elf and Shell , agreed to be more diligent in avoiding spills and accidental emissions and in the handling of raw materials , the conservation of natural resources and the managing of waste . |
| 4 | As the deputation withdrew tactfully to the further end of the great chamber , the queen-dowager conferred with her family , listening to their conflicting views and in the process becoming more undecided than ever . |
| 5 | Waldheim continued to be banned from entering the United States because of his alleged participation in the execution and maltreatment of Allied prisoners and in the deportation of Jews . |
| 6 | For the Kikuyu the success of the struggle for independence in Kenya lay in the combination of Kenyatta 's political activities and in the effectiveness of Mau Mau in eroding settler confidence . |
| 7 | Yo was left of centre but not militant ; in the dying moments of the Japanese administration he was invited to form a transitional administration and agreed to do so , on the basis of the release of political prisoners and of no interference with the organisation of workers , peasants , students and youths . |
| 8 | However , no doubt mollified both by the President 's dramatic decision on Tuesday to announce the release of eight long-term political prisoners and by the urbanity of his style , the archbishop did note that the talks had proceeded in ‘ a far better atmosphere ’ than previous encounters he has had with the government . |
| 9 | The main points were ( i ) a tax of 0.3 per cent on financial transactions ( ITMF ) , in force until 1994 , but not applying to wage cheques , pension payments and popular savings accounts ; ( ii ) to fight tax evasion an instruction to banks to report in specific cases and at the Finance Minister 's request all movements of individuals ' and companies ' accounts ; ( iii ) the simplification of the tax system with the elimination of three social contributions and their replacement by valued added tax ( VAT ) of between 7 and 10 per cent ; ( iv ) the elimination of taxes on manufactured products , fuel sales and additional income , and their replacement by a selective tax ( the rate of which had yet to be specified ) on cars , alcoholic drinks , fuels , electricity and telecommunications ; ( v ) the elimination of the separate collection of taxes by state and municipal governments and another by municipal government , so that all taxes ( except the ITMF ) would be collected by the federal government and shared with the states and municipalities , expected to produce a real increase in their revenues of 9 and 17 per cent respectively ; and ( vi ) a ban on the contracting of fresh debts by the Federal District , states and the municipalities until the year 2000 . |
| 10 | For feminists who believe in coalition with other progressive groups and in the power of eloquence to change men 's attitudes , then educational systems , like other institutions , can become the site of struggle in which concerted action might bring about changes in personnel and policies . |
| 11 | She signed up for two employment agencies : Solve Your Problems and Knightsbridge Nannies , and worked as a waitress at private parties and as a charlady . |
| 12 | They found themselves rubbing shoulders with right-wing MPs , the same who in 1984 organised a million-strong demonstration in support of private schools and for the right of the parents to choose , and who today declare themselves staunch supporters of the state secular education system . |
| 13 | But at no point in these years did the Armed Forces take the initiative in resolving political disputes and at no stage was it brought into intrigue by discontented Party factions ( exempting , of course , the First Secretary himself ) . |
| 14 | In 1989 the Science Museum , with the British Computer Society , founded the Computer Conservation Society dedicated to the restoration and preservation of historic computers and to the capture of operational know-how of computing machines . |
| 15 | Finally , on April 10 it was given out that the government had agreed to the opposition 's main demands for the rapid legalization of political parties and for an amnesty for political activists . |
| 16 | The President of the National Assembly and former Prime Minister , Laurent Fabius , has spoken of ‘ the general crisis of politics … the malaise of a society which has lost all its landmarks translates itself into a suspicion of political parties and into a rise of anti-parliamentarianism ’ . |
| 17 | It seems likely that both the concern of political parties and of the public at the activities of the BUF was totally out of all proportion to its importance and to the political challenge which it presented ; as John Stevenson and Chris Cook wrote ‘ British fascism was almost a non-starter ’ . |
| 18 | The idea grew out of their weekly meetings and from the desire to inform younger West Indians about their heritage . |
| 19 | How can people be expected to submit detailed applications when , for a variety of social reasons and through no fault of their own , they do not have the wherewithal , information and literacy to express themselves ? |
| 20 | Director of psychological services at Broadmoor Hospital , Dr Derek Perkins , said last night : ‘ Sometimes sufferers actually go through painful operations and in the case of Munchausen 's by Proxy it would appear that Allitt 's motives were to create drama and attention . ’ |
| 21 | He argued that the time was now ripe for the application of the positivist method to social phenomena and for the establishment of sociology , a term he seems to have invented . |
| 22 | As you will see from Chapter 5 , investment can take many different forms and among the list of different options there should be something to suit almost everyone . |
| 23 | With the Tories also there , attention could eventually be shifted away from the old disputes and onto the business of who governs the state and in whose interest . |
| 24 | However , the relevance of the foregoing theory of hominid evolution does not apply only to secondary sexual characteristics and to the structure of the id . |
| 25 | In 1992 SCRE was asked to undertake a survey of the pattern of provision of health education in Scottish schools and of the support available to schools . |
| 26 | As Britain 's trading emphasis shifts steadily away from its old dominions and towards the continent of Europe , the Humber ports are booming while those on the Mersey stagnate . |
| 27 | By way of example , current programmes are collecting global data on stratospheric ozone , on sea-surface and sea-ice variables and on the earth 's radiation budget . |
| 28 | The dysfunctional force of this distinction between education and training has been reinforced by the binary system of state and public schools and by the belief in a ‘ classic ’ non-vocational education as a gold standard or jewel in the crown against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged . |
| 29 | The first involved bolstering the CFLN 's claims to legitimacy , both in French eyes and in the view of foreign governments and publics . |
| 30 | Kee saw her and went out of the house , down the wooden steps and into the garden . |