Example sentences of "and [be] [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Gentle had successfully recreated one Gauguin previously , a small picture which had gone on to the open market and been consumed without any questions being asked .
2 The details of consultees names and addresses have been entered on the computer and are stored on several disks .
3 Political parties are found in virtually all countries in the modern world and are regarded by most commentators as essential modern political organizations .
4 Logically they apply to tenants as well as to owner-occupiers and are given for all displacements , whether by compulsory purchase or any action under the Housing Acts .
5 The consequences of such ecological voluntarism are now clear and are encapsulated by such terms as " population explosion " , " pollution " " limits to growth " , and so forth .
6 Fibroblast growth factors exist in acidic ( aFGF ) and basic ( bFGF ) forms and are expressed in most cells of the body , especially in endothelial cells , fibroblasts , and macrophages .
7 Of the 37 cases and 196 controls for whom obstetric notes were retrieved , 34 ( 92% ) cases and 140 ( 71% ) controls were interviewed and are included in both analyses .
8 In North America , in the early decades of this century , exciting work on language was conducted by people , who were at once both anthropologists and linguists ( and are claimed by both disciplines ) , often involved in research into the languages and societies of the native Americans ( Indians ) .
9 These are the most popular sources of external information and are used by all companies .
10 Many of these lakes last for decades if not centuries and are used by several generations of beavers .
11 Many people are taken away hooded and chained and are interrogated for several days before being released .
12 The only question is whether they existed in 1072 in their original form or in the contaminated form which they had in 1120 , when their texts , as we know them , first come to light and are preserved in several copies .
13 He saw the place claiming him — this was where he ought to be , to root himself and be rid of those burrs and thorns of fortune , the corruption in his mind and flesh , the evil impulses of his behaviour .
14 Yet its inherent assumptions were implicit in most of the literary output of the Britons and the IFL and were disseminated through such groups as the NL .
15 These restrictions were contrary to the wishes of the broadcasters , who feared that they would lead to monotonous and unimaginative presentation , and were condemned by most commentators , including many MPs .
16 Barricades blocked the main streets and were erected in many neighbourhoods .
17 In ‘ the old days ’ field officers ( at least in the southern authority ) enjoyed a high degree of personal contact with their superiors and were subjected to few demands from headquarters :
18 Hotels are the usual choice of venue and were used in some cases .
19 The second-hand books you must look for if you want to embark on a research programme for this period go by the tradename of ‘ Contour Road Atlases ’ and were published in many forms between 1890 and 1920 .
20 The Guidelines offer the profession a standard of good practice within the law , and were distributed to all Heads of Chambers .
21 Confidentiality for the client has always been of paramount importance within the CAB and is accepted by all workers as an essential part of their work .
22 These forms are a cumbersome sheet , like a medieval scroll , although a short form is available and is accepted by most authorities .
23 The racialization of place , the construction of a political geography in which certain areas like Brixton and White City are coded in terms which mark them out as ‘ front lines ’ of racial confrontation ( inner city/urban jungle/ghetto ) is thus the outcome of complex antagonisms within and between the police force and working-class communities , and is reinforced from both sides .
24 The hypothesis primarily deals with errors in syntactic rule formation rather than vocabulary and is illustrated in such comparisons as :
25 Shame on the Ordnance Survey for giving it the name of Ingleborough Hill on some of their maps : it is every inch a mountain and , although not the highest in England as was once thought and is overtopped by many others , one of the grandest .
26 The budget originates in the Executive branch and is sent to both houses for approval ; it can be amended by both — and usually is , very substantially — but the final version must be approved by both the President and the two houses acting jointly .
27 It has already caused the extinction of several species of native rice rats , and is a big threat to the Hawaiian petrel , which breeds only in Hawaii and Galapagos and is endangered in both places .
28 Technological change can affect the overall level of employment but the way it does so is complex and is influenced by many factors , not least by the economic and social policies of the government of the day .
29 Fancy Patterns : This really does cover many stitch types and is intended for those patterns that are most often used for single colour work , where the design relies on texture rather than contrasting colours to form the pattern .
30 Because of its pivotal role in sustaining the apartheid system , education has always been a central political issue , and is perceived by all parties to the conflict as a terrain over which political struggle occurs .
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