Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conjunction with considerable manual dexterity derived in part from the ability to oppose thumb and index finger which man shares with the gelada baboon and presumably derives from the same source ( picking up small objects of the diet ) , the adoption of an upright posture created the right conditions for the final emancipation of the hand from locomotion and set man on the path which led to the invention and use of tools and to material culture in general . |
| 2 | HERE in the West , episode two of Blackeyes ( BBC-2 ) hardly advances the narrative at all and slowly picks at the same psychological scabs . |
| 3 | This assumption is not theoretically neutral and arguably derives from a traditional positivist view of law which defines law or legal systems in terms of their effectiveness in establishing ordered behaviour . |
| 4 | The announcement of the bride 's sister 's engagement would be acceptable , but only if the bride herself knows in advance and gladly agrees to the public announcement being made at her wedding . |
| 5 | He writes and rewrites in long-hand , and endlessly checks for the smallest detail . |
| 6 | It introduces non-state actors and so belongs to a new pluralism in International Relations . |
| 7 | It is also that , even were it not , the reliance on competition between economic units inevitably generates individual/sectional self-interest , and so reproduces in a socialist economy the individualist attitudes and self-seeking practices characteristic of capitalism . |
| 8 | So a Gettier counter-example is one in which a has a justified but false belief by inference from which he justifiably believes something which happens to be true , and so arrives at a justified true belief which is not knowledge . |
| 9 | She found him a ‘ rather stern-featured man ’ , with a strong Northumbrian accent and seems to have preferred the ‘ Rocket ’ which she described as ‘ This snorting little animal , which I felt inclined to pat … ’ and so ranks among the first to fall under the spell of the steam locomotive . |
| 10 | The difference between materialist , scientific thought and idealist , ideological thought is that the former recognizes the determination of consciousness and so returns to an empirical or ‘ real ’ world of practical activity to generate abstractions . |
| 11 | If it does not facilitate economic growth and expansion then it limits its capacity to raise taxes and so cuts into the public revenue on which its own power depends . |
| 12 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 13 | The hypothesis that Sabat and Harré advance is that although AD can lead to disruption in memory recall , impairment of linguistic performance , and deficiencies of information processing , it does not result in the loss of ‘ self ’ and only contributes to the possible loss of ‘ selves ’ . |
| 14 | Suggestive landscape descriptions , based on the countryside of Alain-Fournier 's childhood ( near Blois , in Loir-et-Cher ) allowed Minton again to delve into his now well-rehearsed repertoire of landscape devices , though unfortunately his original cover design was replaced by another in which the quintessential motif of a figure disappearing down a deserted lane is reduced to a miserable size and merely sits on the front cover like an enlarged postage stamp . |
| 15 | The melodic line must stand out with the greatest power and clarity in our arrangement , and obviously calls for a great sweep of strings . |
| 16 | It is largely a matter of economics and much hinges on the current price of energy . |
| 17 | Such an approach involves less intensive data collection and generally conforms to the managerial form of the organization ( see figure 4.3 ) . |
| 18 | The receiver is basically foolproof and generally consists of an external power supply , output jack , level control and RF damping . |
| 19 | This all seems rather difficult to do when arranging a funeral or cremation , and anyway adds to the practical load . |
| 20 | Finally , it is worth mentioning the possibility that the traditional sadness and dejection with which the first crops were cut in Egypt , or the seed was sown in Greece and elsewhere originates in the same unconscious depressive complex . |
| 21 | The negotiation process is an on-going process which commences with the issue of the Information memorandum , passes through the formal negotiating stage to the heads of agreement and normally ends with the detailed negotiation of purchase and sale agreement clauses . |
| 22 | The distribution of a component between the two phases is given by the partition coefficient D ( see also previous section ) A component of a mixture with a high value for D remains largely dissolved in the mobile phase and thus passes over the stationary phase rapidly . |
| 23 | It may be significant , however , that Mr Allworthy 's house is Gothic , and thus belongs to an older pattern of society and architecture with a rather different idea of human community . |
| 24 | The historical year , now in general use in England for all everyday purposes and many official and ecclesiastical , begins on 1 January , and thus coincides with the Roman civil year which was widely used until at least the seventh century . |
| 25 | Fourthly , London is situated in a favourable time-zone between the Far East and North America and thus acts as a valuable/key link between various national money and foreign exchange markets . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , may I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for the coming year . |
| 27 | For all her action-seeking , caring cosmopolitanism , she is imperial-insular in outlook , and soon sees through the Third World . |
| 28 | Blue Velvet starts with things in the grass eating each other , continues in a surreal Norman Rockwell setting of red fire engines and sunny weather , and finally unfolds into the sexual violence of Hopper and Rossellini 's scenes ( whose use of blue velvet is not one Bobby Vinton had envisaged ) and the sheer terror of MacLachlan 's night ride into hell . |
| 29 | As outlined in the Introduction , this book specifically and deliberately concentrates on the upper end of the British search market , and is not concerned with firms specialising in lower-level appointments , selection and advertising , except when this accompanies some higher-level work , as in the case of MSL . |
| 30 | The second broad approach is what Kenneth Plummer has labelled the ‘ meta-theoretical ’ , and usually derives from a psychodynamic or neo- ( or even would-be ) Freudian theory . |