Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Focusing upon the development and activities of a number of groups in contrasting counties , the study pays close attention to their social composition , ideology and role in attempting to ensure that a consensus can develop around the provisions of the Act . |
| 2 | The police discretion and powers under the legislation already referred to will , as usual , bring industrial protesters and pickets into a relationship with the police and it is on that relationship that the quality of freedom to protest and its scope will be worked out . |
| 3 | At 2.30 a.m. a concentration of four hundred guns opened on a front of eight hundred yards , and the barrage began to march across the minefields and defences at a pace of one hundred yards in three minutes . |
| 4 | His parents were probably having coffee and pastries in a place among people ; Stu would be laughing and larking about with his mates at the wallpaper shop . |
| 5 | The greenwoods of Sherwood fill with music and outlaws during a week of jousting , jesting , fancy dress and feasting ! |
| 6 | It became the best selling tennis book ever and has affected the competitive approach and attitudes of a number of sportsmen . |
| 7 | Horatio Alger 's notion of success is the traditional one : the familiar tale of triumphant individuals , of enterprising heroes who win riches and rewards through a combination of Dale Carnegie-esque self-improvement , Norman Vincent Peale-esque faith , Sylvester Stallone-esque assertiveness , and plain , old-fashioned good luck . |
| 8 | They reject the reduction of the diversity of black histories , experiences and cultures to a response to racism , not least because this inhibits the productive exploration of the economic , cultural and sexual differentiations within black communities — for example , ‘ positive images ’ tend to privilege middle-class , heterosexual , familial respectability . |
| 9 | Here , we report on the combined use of preparative pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ( PFGE ) and interspersed repetitive sequence ( IRS ) polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) amplification to isolate two DNA markers from a 660 kb Sfi I fragment that contains locus DXS14 and maps to a region between disease-specific incontinentia pigmenti type 1 ( IP1 ) chromosome translocation breakpoints ( 1 ) . |
| 10 | Richard Long : Mountains and Waters which comprises photographs , text works and maps as a record of his ‘ walks ’ and siteworks from 1974 to 1992 ( $35 ) . |
| 11 | Using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for developing immunoassays is also covered in relation to the development of radioimmunoassays ( RIAs ) and enzyme immunoassays ( EIAs ) , and assays for a number of different analytes such as trinitrotoluene and the avermectin family of macrocyclic lactones are covered in specific chapters . |
| 12 | The Ice Bowl Sports Shop carries a full range of equipment and accessories from a variety of leading manufacturers . |
| 13 | Answer : a notched wooden roller that is turned gently back and forth between the palms and fingers for a couple of minutes a day . |
| 14 | China is regarded as possessing the largest untapped hydro potential of any country and projects to a capacity of over 6,000 MW are currently under construction . |
| 15 | Life and times of a man on the move Steve Cropley |
| 16 | Do they not value the feelings and opinions of a majority of staff ? |
| 17 | The plaintiffs , who were lessees and occupiers of a flat in the block , sued the builders for the cost of remedial work already performed and the cost of future remedial work . |
| 18 | Knowledge : the information gathered about a particular individual has to be evaluated in the context of prevailing knowledge , theory , ideas , and values from a range of disciplines and resources . |
| 19 | This option enables you to view the identifiers and titles for a set of up to 20 Clients . |
| 20 | This option enables you to view the identifiers and titles for a set of up to 20 Clients associated with a single Product . |
| 21 | LIFESPAN will display the identifiers and titles for a set of up to 20 Clients associated with the named Product , starting from the highest identifier or from the Client indicated by the Start client id , and a message if more details are available for viewing . |
| 22 | The proposal to drop both the anti-abortion legislation and plans for a referendum on the issue was put forward by the Democratic Union , the liberal wing of the Solidarity parliamentary caucus . |
| 23 | Gardner deplores all attempts to train sensibility and taste or to inculcate critical standards and moral attitudes , and calls for a return to the pre-war emphasis on producing " widely , intelligently and deeply-read scholars " . |
| 24 | Does he further agree that the report condemns the trendy , discredited methods put forward by Labour and calls for a return to traditional teaching ? |
| 25 | Strong domestic pressure to reduce the US budget deficit and calls for a reassessment of NATO 's military relationship with the Warsaw Pact countries , led to a number of proposals for US force reductions ( for 1990 US budget , and defence budget see pp. 37177 ; 37178 ) . |
| 26 | The passive evokes perception resultatively and not operationally and calls for a representation of the phenomenon perceived as a fact , the knowledge and assertion of which is a consequence of perception having taken place , rather than as something which is followed instant-by-instant by means of the operation of the sense faculties . |
| 27 | The scope for graft latent in many Asian societies was aggravated in Indo-China by the dependence of French police officers , in their almost universal ignorance of the native languages , upon the inquiries and operations of a class of Indian , Chinese , Eurasian , and other non-native informers whose venality became a byword . |
| 28 | The 1992 accounts are due to be published shortly , and the company has agreed to ‘ provide fuller information about a number of accounting policies ’ , including the background and reasons for a transfer to reserves and the non-depreciation of properties described as leasehold and lease rentals . |
| 29 | ‘ The fact that you remove saturated fat from your diet is profoundly important , ’ says Professor James , ‘ and you get an additional 10 per cent fall in cholesterol levels if you happen to eat more fruit and vegetables as a way of removing saturated fat from the diet . |
| 30 | The Water of Leith rises in the Pentland Hills and flows for a distance of 36 kilometres to meet the Firth of Forth at Leith . |