Example sentences of "and [prep] contrast to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cardinal Glemp was persuaded to recant in meetings with British Jews who , to their credit and in contrast to many of their American compatriots , took the route of quiet persuasion rather than shrill denunciation . |
| 2 | In the District , and in contrast to the national trend , Tutorial Classes virtually doubled between 1925 and 1931 — from thirteen to twenty-five and their membership was composed of about one-third of students from manual occupations . |
| 3 | It is still often known as Norfolk reed ; and in contrast to ordinary straw thatch , which has a lifetime of thirty years at most , a well-laid thatch of Norfolk reed may last as long as eighty years . |
| 4 | Near the top of the hill stood the large white building which was the San Martino Museum and above it , and in contrast to the museum 's firm elegant lines , could be seen the solid brown ramparts of St Elmo 's Castle . |
| 5 | Nevertheless in a very large institution such as the University of London , with large and geographically scattered subject collections , a divide and rule system is inevitable , and in contrast to Hindle 's findings , a survey on the ‘ Overlap of acquisitions in the University of London Libraries ’ found that duplication in this kind of situation was in fact relatively small . |
| 6 | And in contrast to other Disney architects , he gets right down to the specification of interiors , controlling the design of carpets , fabrics , furniture , accessories and even restaurant tableware . |
| 7 | Under these conditions AER regeneration does not occur , and in contrast to what has been observed in the chick , there is no obvious effect of AER removal on limb outgrowth ( Figs 1 a , b and 2 a ) . |
| 8 | In Holman 's view — and in contrast to beliefs held in some quarters — social work practice tends not to encourage contact between parents and children in care , or the reunification of separated families . |
| 9 | Much of it was of the Louis XIV period ( which has a much more limited market than Louis XVI furniture ) , and in contrast to the freshness of the Patiño lots , had mostly been recently bought at high prices . |
| 10 | Thus it can be concluded that the LTP , and in contrast to Bliss 's group , other labs reported that there was an increase in the number of these receptors in hippocampal neurons following induction of LTP , thus moving the focus of interest about mechanism from the pre-to the postsynaptic side . |
| 11 | In the latter case ( unless the wife is purchasing the property or the mortgagee is advancing monies when the ordinary search Form 94A is appropriate ) a search on Form 94C should be made , although such a search does not confer priority for the registration of any dealing ( Land Registration ( Official Searches ) Rules 1990 ( SI No 1361 ) , r9 ) and in contrast to Form 94A requires a fee of £8 ( Land Registration Fees Order 1992 ) . |
| 12 | In RENFE , basic pay has been supplemented by a plethora of bonuses and allowances ( in 1983 , there were well over 100 separate remunerative headings in addition to basic pay ) , and in contrast to BR , employees receive age-related increments at four-yearly intervals . |
| 13 | Like Jubert , and in contrast to Campana , Captain Augustin Cochin of the 146th Regiment sat on the Mort Homme — from April 9th to April 14th — without once seeing a German infantryman ; a not uncommon experience at Verdun . |
| 14 | This type of remembering , which comes unbidden , through the sense of taste or touch or smell , is what Marcel of course calls ‘ involuntary ’ or ‘ affective memory ’ , and in contrast to intellectual memory it recaptures past experience in its lived immediacy . |