Example sentences of "and [noun] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own theory is that then , like now , it was a convenient way to discourage unwanted visitors : ‘ Dad , ’ the call would come from the top of the tower , ‘ I can see Mother-in-law and Auntie Bessie coming up the hill . ’ |
| 2 | IBM Corp and Sybase Inc have cooked up a co-development and co-marketing deal revolving around the RS/6000 to be announced this week . |
| 3 | The condition of its wooden structure is a tribute to the sixteenth-century carpenters , and despite disintegration through fungal and insect activity owing to the lack of proper ventilation , the quality and perfect seasoning of the woods used has permitted its survival . |
| 4 | It was announced on Sept. 30 that the Exxon Corporation had reached final agreement with the Alaskan and US federal governments on a criminal fine of US$150,000,000 ( $25,000,000 of which was suspended ) and damage payments resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 . |
| 5 | Two unconnected events , but they present a picture of sport on television which brings the state of play in the battle for the sporting viewer into sharp perspective ; BBC , centre circle , triumphant ; ITV pushed to the wings ; and the satellite and cable companies warming to the game after their first year 's play . |
| 6 | Under this agreement the Federated States are competent to conduct their own foreign affairs , including the power to join regional arrangements , subject ‘ to the full authority of the United States in security and defence matters relating to the Freely Associated State . ’ |
| 7 | The universities and electronics firms participating in the project say the wiring scheme in each house will link up with digital telecommunications networks carrying messages between cities and individual homes . |
| 8 | In accordance with the exemption available under S230 Companies Act 1985 , a separate profit and loss account dealing with the results of the Company only has not been presented . |
| 9 | Mr Bob Wright , National Farmers Union Midland and Northwest spokesman commenting on the good weather We do n't want to turn our cows into drug addicts . |
| 10 | The lorry set off with Chopper Harris and Frankie Albright sitting on the floor of the lorry , their arms resting on the top of the tailboard . |
| 11 | He went into the monitoring room , and as the door swung open she could see Mr. Kegan and Miss Hervey talking over the banks of monitor screens , and she stepped back out of their sight . |
| 12 | Nonetheless , conflicts in central — local relations reveal the structural tensions between the accumulation and legitimation imperatives acting upon the capitalist state . |
| 13 | Interferon is of course not a new discovery — it was first reported in 1957 by Alick Isaacs and Jean Lindenmann working at the National Institute for Medical Research in London . |
| 14 | ‘ And artificial onions and fishing nets hanging from the ceiling . ’ |
| 15 | They do not deal with divorce but they have a very wide authority to deal with matters relating to children and maintenance claims arising from the breakdown of a marriage or relationship . |
| 16 | A special concession paid for by the Ministry of Defence allows for Aerogrammes to and from HM Forces based in BFPOs 801 to 825 , BFPO 655 and HM Ships operating in the seas around the Falkland Islands to be sent without pre-payment of postage . |
| 17 | Sometimes I think it as a transcendent sound which speaks of unknown powers , of cosmic storms and sun winds sighing in the brain . |
| 18 | The visitors bounced back with Mitchell heading wide at the far post and Cormac O'Donnell bursting into the box where Mark Donnelly 's tackle ended the danger in circumstances that might have brought a spot kick . |
| 19 | A singing black cap ; a peachy-breasted whinchat ; a very spruce wheat ear ; and swallows and sand martins zipping over the water . |
| 20 | The second island is Niuatoputapu , small and triangular , fringed by beaches of the purest white , with palm trees and pandanus pines leaning into the ever-beating trade winds . |
| 21 | As a gesture of goodwill , it is MAS 's recommendation that you offer to sign a confidentiality undertaking following the meeting in order for you and ourselves to obtain further financial , product and management information relating to the target . |
| 22 | There are four major objectives : i ) to investigate the channels of middle class entry into the case study rural areas , for example employer and developer activities leading to the influx of identifiable class fractions . |
| 23 | More than a week of savage rioting has left locals smiling and pub tills ringing in the Sheriff Street area of the Republic 's capital . |
| 24 | Mrs Beavis glanced up and saw her new lady lodger and Sergeant Joe looking over the banisters . |
| 25 | The state-run daily al-Jumhuriya had carried on Sept. 8 a statement signed by Kurdish , Sunni and Shia intellectuals appealing for the liberalization of Iraq 's single-party political system . |
| 26 | With Monzer al-Kassar and Rifat Assad fronting for the group in Europe , it fell to Kenaan , as the man on the spot , to supervise the supply end of the business , to keep the Bekaa peaceful and productive , to suppress dissent , discourage private enterprise and mediate disputes . |
| 27 | Athelstan felt slightly ridiculous , he and Sir John sitting on the bed , Buckingham and Sir Richard looking down at them . |
| 28 | Both of the Bohemian 's goals were scored by John Anderson with Kevin Messenger and Robert McDowell replying for the Celtic . |
| 29 | Hamill assured them that he had sent telegrams on their behalf to Terence O'Neill and Harold Wilson protesting about the incident at the Guildhall . |
| 30 | Saigon 's main boulevard , the Rue Catinat , linked the docks and the cathedral , symbols of the twin goals of commerce and religion which had led France to colonize the land , and in its fashionable sidewalk cafe 's they saw deferential Annamese waiters in black turbans and linen gowns darting among the marble-topped tables , serving aperitifs to languid groups of their European colonizers . |