Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later canals , built by engineers such as Telford and Smeaton , had more changes of level and used a greater variety of structures ; locks , tunnels , embankments , cuttings and aqueducts which demanded large amounts of money and considerable engineering skill . |
| 2 | Turnouts in Guardian elections were extremely low ( perhaps 10–15% of registered electors ) and Guardians who offended influential ratepayers were easily ousted . |
| 3 | However , I would not claim that these displays have any culturally mediated symbolic meaning , as do the myths and rituals which bind human groups . |
| 4 | International , or transnational , studies deal with those institutions and phenomena which cross national boundaries , such as the industrial relations aspects of multinational companies or the international labour movement . |
| 5 | Week by week Joan Sallis and others gave advice and placed the description of what were regarded as new problems against the background of why powers were changing and why the best use should be made of the variety of forces , pressures and influences which supported governing bodies . |
| 6 | Those technologists and designers who question these processes and challenge the long term viability of the present approach to systems design are written off as being unrealistic or even senile . |
| 7 | But black kids do both and it is both their perceptions and experiences which have crucial effects on their overall career developments . |
| 8 | By the last decade of the century Emil Fischer was performing elaborate syntheses of carbohydrates and of peptides ; and it was possible to suggest reactions and equilibria which characterized living things . |
| 9 | Will he be having any talks with the Cairns group of countries , which involves major food producers such as Australia and New Zealand and is dedicated to getting rid of all subsidies , tariffs and quotas which put extra costs on food , and getting good-quality , cheap food back on the shelves — policies from which our farmers have absolutely nothing to fear ? |
| 10 | Like the ‘ language ’ of narrative , the ‘ language ’ of literature serves as a source of stereotypes and models which provide ready-made explanations and prevent people from analysing the specificity of the world around them . |
| 11 | In classical economics , for example , the structure of capitalist production is described in terms of money and commodities which have systematic relations as things . |
| 12 | Under the government 's new Rent-a-Room scheme , tenants and owner-occupiers who let furnished rooms in their only of main home may now be excused tax on rent up to £3,250 . |
| 13 | On the positive side , LARSP does make it possible to summarise an enormous amount of information in a highly principled way , and to generate useful hypotheses about strengths and weaknesses which have direct implications for remedial intervention strategies . |
| 14 | So the rules and conventions which set these limits are effectively , if paradoxically , the surest guarantee we have of freedom of thought and action . |
| 15 | Over a period of time she was seen by a number of psychotherapists and psychologists who adopted differing approaches to her varied problems . |
| 16 | Even at their most sophisticated these are based on the observation that individuals who hold senior government posts and individuals who run major businesses often have certain things in common . |
| 17 | The wine list is offered to conference delegates , mature students at summer schools and guests who attend special receptions such as military reunions . |
| 18 | It is a relationship of commitment and estrangements which haunts many activists , not only in the cosmopolitan community of socialists in London , but within the Northern working class itself . |
| 19 | The ‘ normal minimum admission standards ’ listed in these tables are for many areas of study a realistic indication of the grades likely to be required and applicants who hold these grades stand an excellent chance of being made an offer , eg for most degrees in the Faculty of Arts , the Faculty of Science and Engineering , and the less pressured areas in the Social Sciences such as Nursing Studies or Social Policy . |
| 20 | The reservoir would have submerged cedar forests and rapids which attract 10,000 tourists a year , while releasing mercury from submerged ores . |
| 21 | Other ‘ captive ’ funds come from pension funds , insurance companies and banks which allocate specific funds for this type of investment . |
| 22 | In this section we shall examine the relationship between some of those yield measures and bonds which have different maturities but are otherwise similar . |
| 23 | There is a selection of perennials , biennials and annuals which produce abundant flowers for cutting , many of which are also ideal for drying . |
| 24 | Furthermore they are exceptionally ambitious in the language , skill and concepts they expect young children to acquire . |
| 25 | The development of fully-fledged headhunting firms owes much to a growing conflict of interest between different sectors of their business experienced by the management consultants and accountants who operated headhunting departments . |
| 26 | Article 7 appears to give the right to consumer groups or organisations to take action against organisations of suppliers or sellers who draw up and use standard terms and conditions which contain unfair terms . |
| 27 | Market-entry restrictions include prohibiting or restricting access by foreign companies to the services sector , and rules and regulations which prevent foreign firms from bidding for public procurement contracts . |
| 28 | So far I have described a closed set of elements and terms which relate specific entities to a reference point — a set which is also determined by use and context . |
| 29 | For gastroenterologists and surgeons who perform manometric studies , the distal end of the lowr oesophageal sphincter , which has an abdominal portion of 1 to 2 cm long , is the true oesophagogastric junction . |
| 30 | He and his associates will even dedicate one of their rituals to the cause of understanding and the suspension of hostilities between ‘ our brothers and sisters who follow other paths of religion ’ . |