Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [conj] [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , tourism has been one of the crucial components in the west 's construction of the east , and a passage from Thomas Cook 's brochure for tours of Egypt and Palestine in 1925 encapsulates the Orientalist attitude : ‘ Native life and manners as seen from the steamer are as quaint a study as can well be imagined . |
| 2 | This was worse , with impossible moves on gritty walls and creaks and trickles from the cliffs of ice . |
| 3 | This structure extends over 0.3° ( 45pc ) but is part of an even more extensive 1° ( 140pc ) -shaped lobe that appears to be perpendicular to the plane and is reminiscent of the prominences and flares that protrude from the surface of the Sun ( Fig. 6 a ) . |
| 4 | The prosecution wanted the officers , who infiltrated a group of suspected hooligans , to testify behind a screen in sight of lawyers and defendants but hidden from the public to protect their identities . |
| 5 | Milk was a local produce from Fauchon 's , Marsh Farm , this would be delivered around Lower Halling by hand-cart loaded with a churn and buckets and dispensed from the buckets with a half pint measure into jugs placed on windowsills , and covered with beaded doilies to keep out flies and dust . |
| 6 | The cross is a masterpiece of red jasper , gold , gilded silver and jewels and dates from the eleventh or twelfth-centuries . |
| 7 | To allow them to do their job well it was essential to keep them informed of ATB policy and to listen to the ideas and suggestions that came from the industry , usually through them . |
| 8 | In her most recent show , d2 , Butcher 's dancers wore plain black or white trousers and T-shirts and danced from the stage up on to catwalks ; architectural drawings were projected and electronic music accompanied them . |
| 9 | The final scheme would be a tribute to the vision of ‘ the greatest son of the Romanian people ’ rendered by their skill and hands and made from the fruits of their native soil . |
| 10 | Greenery was everywhere , in bowls and screens and hanging from the open balustrades , giving the teahouse the look of an overgrown garden . |
| 11 | Top Sam dried the sweetcorn and artichokes that sprout from the Italian wall-mounted jardinière . |
| 12 | In his book Lost Senses Kitto relates his feelings and impressions when awakening from the coma caused by his fall , and how when he demanded that people around his bed speak to him , someone wrote on a slate , ‘ YOU ARE DEAF ’ . |