Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 People who were involved in voluntary work , or community work , or with the unemployed workers ' centre , were also sort of being taken out of themselves more , and these things are important in and of themselves .
2 Prize for the Best First Novel went to James Hamilton-Paterson for Gerontius ( Macmillan , £12.95 ) ; and for the Best Children 's Novel to Hugh Scott for Why Weeps the Brogan ?
3 Opposition also began to mount among concerned citizens of the area , an opposition which manifested itself both individually and through the Ringaskiddy Residents ' Association , formed two years previously , which had not involved itself in any controversy over previous planning applications for industrial projects in the area .
4 Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason .
5 James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills .
6 Some recent interpretations of Greek history , and of the Greek historians ' versions of it , have suggested that there was , in fact , a gap between such ideals and the actual practice and that we should not take their own statements too literally .
7 Finally , unc and with the given conditions unc is therefore real , finite , and non-negative .
8 It can expect to pick up a lot of support both from mainstream Solidarity and from the squabbling peasants ' parties .
9 I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective .
10 Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . "
11 And in the right circumstances er it need not be be criticized , but the circumstances have to be right for it .
12 All this has a snowball effect on the day 's turnover and on the individual dealers ' commissions .
13 There are sort of costs in that respect that that come out of this erm business report er and on the late sides erm we would actually support the motion that 's been moved by er Charles and Jane but there is a policy of response and that does n't mean to say that they will accept all of it but there may be some good elements er er within it but we need to actually refer it .
14 Inside and outside the English Girls ' Club in Paris .
15 An agreement signed by the government of President Violeta Chamorro and by the National Workers ' Front ( FNT ) on July 12 ended a 15-day general strike by an estimated 100,000 workers in public , private and agricultural sectors which had paralysed the country and brought it to the brink of civil war .
16 Even so , the limits are shown by management 's determination to maintain tight control over the terms of the effort bargain in newly extended job roles , both by improved measurement of individual productivities and the retention of strict disciplinary rules on the shopfloor , and by the manual unions ' hostility towards the Employee Involvement programme .
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