Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] also [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were very concerned to encourage religious observance among their employees , for example , and not only provided the churches and chapels but also influenced the selection of the clergy : they ‘ insisted that they [ the clergy ] were solely concerned with the spiritual guidance of the miners , [ but ] their concern with religion fits in with their policy of making every aspect of life in the colliery villages a matter for their scrutiny ’ ( Waller , 1983 , p. 91 ) . |
| 2 | The Socialist Party had not only suffered its worst election defeat in 25 years but also given every appearance of being in the process of disintegration . |
| 3 | The British approach to social policy as developed in the nineteenth century both understood this distinction and exploited it by making the workhouse the only alternative to family care and then deliberately creating conditions in workhouses which were both undesirable in terms of physical conditions and also reinforced a sense of shame , so that any relative who could be considered available would feel obliged to offer support . |
| 4 | USAID granted a loan of US$27,000,000 to help support the balance of payments and also endorsed a government plan announced in late October under which 7,000 public employees would be dismissed over the following year . |
| 5 | Yet , without minimising the very real material and political benefits gained by ordinary working-class people in the 1940s , one must recognise the qualitatively ambiguous nature of these welfare innovations : a National Health Service which greatly benefited working-class women and children but also consolidated the power of an elite of consultants ; secondary education for all , but qualitatively differentiated , with selection by and large on grounds of social class , and the independent sector left intact ; a comprehensive social security system , but with benefit rates no higher in relation to average earnings than they had been in the 1930s . |
| 6 | The Council 's ten-point plan also included approaching Customs and Excise with exhortations about increased searches for illicit supplies and also involved a delegation going to the Home Office to meet the minister concerned with drug misuse . |
| 7 | At a secondhand shop they bought him a pair of rather tight jeans and also acquired a metal detector , opening up a whole range of possibilities . |