Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still , however , dynastic and political considerations rather than religion which began drawing Picts and Scots into a closer relationship . |
| 2 | For this reason one might expect there to be no large change in surface energy between liquid and solid glass so that surface tension and therefore surface energy , measured quite easily on molten glass , ought to be approximately applicable to the same glass when hardened . |
| 3 | New entrants to the upper class were made civilised and imbued with an ethos which extolled administrative and professional qualities rather than inventiveness or entrepreneurship . |
| 4 | No , M' lud , it portrays a vile and hopeless marriage so that others may learn that only by following Christian instructions will their own marriages be happy . |
| 5 | And why identify residential and foster care alone as areas to be staffed entirely by females ? |
| 6 | He spoke to the captain in a calm and clear voice so that others in the room could hear : |
| 7 | However , in the midst of a changing countryside , it is rural and suburban gardens rather than fields and hedgerows that now provide some of the best havens for these mammals , as they do for much of our native wildlife . |
| 8 | Hitting the purchaser with a lengthy and detailed document soon after agreement may cause them to waver and reconsider their offer . |
| 9 | ‘ The qualities required in the Chairman and members were tact and sound judgement rather than energy and administrative ability , ’ he told the Cabinet . |
| 10 | The mind learns to hold the elements of a properly structured language in both peripheral and foveal zones so that particles are magnified in and out of the group instantaneously . |
| 11 | It was Vietnam wrongs and civil rights more than scandals that rained down on Lyndon Johnson ‘ like a Longhorn steer pissing on a rock ’ , as less delicate Texans were wont to put it . |
| 12 | The document , written by Tory researchers , says that Britain has won 40 per cent of outside investment in EC economies — three times more than France and six times more than Germany . |
| 13 | As 1992 approaches , the year for the fulfilment of the Single European Market , it is even more important for the Churches of Europe to have a more accurate and comprehensive picture so that strategies for the re-evangelisation of the European Community can be developed . |
| 14 | Because self-reward is gained through meeting standards and sticking to set routines , in the long run the tendency is to raise standards and elaborate routines so that self-reward may continue to be achieved . |
| 15 | Peas have 7g , cooked beans 10g , baked beans 7g , dried fruit 10g , dried figs 17g , nuts 5–10g , wholemeal bread 9g , and finally brown and white rice less than 1g . |
| 16 | We are inclined to think of connections between earlier and later events rather than connections between simultaneous events . |
| 17 | Puritans like Harley and Dowsing regarded altars , statues , paintings , and stained glass not as aids to religious devotion , but as positive dangers to men 's souls , and they reacted to them rather as a modern-day Jew might do to a beautifully sculpted or painted swastika . |
| 18 | Preventative medicine and good health rather than repairs were his philosophy . |
| 19 | The study of social and economic aspects of early Anglo-Saxon society are still viewed as spin-offs from art-historical and technological study rather than topics worthy of treatment in their own right ; when thematic studies have been produced in recent years the themes have tended to remain based on site-types or artefacts rather than themes which may be more directly relevant to past human behaviour ( Wilson 1976a ) . |
| 20 | Meanwhile professional advisers , both directly and through their managers , address changes that affect prescribing in primary care with regional health authorities , purchasers , and providers ; among these changes will be better information systems between secondary and primary care so that patients being discharged into the community have their medicines available and that ‘ at risk ’ patients are identified : pharmaceutical services must follow the patient . |
| 21 | Both companies issued statements saying that there was no conclusive evidence that television could affect behaviour in the manner suggested , but Mrs Whitehouse has still claimed that the coverage in the following days had been considerably transformed , using ‘ stills ’ rather than action sequences , and long shots rather than close-ups . |
| 22 | In general , then , the discursive trend is towards establishing approved modes of argument and debate according to Parliamentary and legal criteria rather than submission to the rigours of the scientific proof . |
| 23 | Even in the more structured work of surveys HM Inspectors still rely upon informal and holistic methods rather than observation schedules ( a topic we shall consider in Part Three in relation to observation methods ) . |
| 24 | Although we do erm get some revenues from er import tariffs , as agriculture is increased its production and we 've become more self sufficient , right , we 're importing less , right so we get smaller and smaller tariffs right and tax payers pay erm y'know your V A T for example , where do you think your V A T's going ? |
| 25 | According to Borland , Paradox 4 is between five and ten times faster than Version 3.5 — a program that was never accused of being a slouch — and on most tasks it reportedly matches or beats FoxPro , Microsoft 's swift dBase lookalike , which previously outpaced all comers . |
| 26 | As with the Ogburn paper it was a matter of incisive and impeccable analysis rather than recommendation . |
| 27 | An analysis and cross-cultural comparison of such circumstances would involve study of political and ideological structures rather than technologies . |
| 28 | The Home itself is the first place to start getting people active , and there are all kinds of things which can be done which only need a bit of imagination and common sense rather than expense . |
| 29 | ‘ I use chunky wool and big needles so that results are achieved rapidly . |
| 30 | The landscapes are pleasantly rural and in places beautiful , but they lack excitement ; it is a district where dairy cows and fat sheep are more likely to be seen than eagles and deer , and gentle streams rather than mountain cataracts . |