Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [be] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Some smaller firms may have a centralised functional structure where tasks and activities are arranged by business function such as :
2 The centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the state became subordinated to the interests of the dominant economic groups that were already creating a commercial agriculture and would subsequently promote industrial development : ‘ for the first time a state had been created whose policies and activities were shaped in response to the needs and movement of civil society ’ ( Gamble 1981 : 67 ) .
3 The movements and dials are made in brass and come with a range of extras .
4 There is available for the certificate home study , where no tutor is involved but readings and notes are used for solo study .
5 Moreover , for home-produced music and self-taught instrumental playing , the only role models for many young vocalists and groups are provided through television and pop concerts .
6 Self-help schemes have contributed to the consolidation and upgrading of housing in the settlements , so that in countries like Peru , Chile , Venezuela and Brazil , some of the accommodation is of two storeys and houses are constructed of brick and other regular building materials .
7 Scores of gardens and houses were flooded with emergency services stretched to the limit .
8 Having been dismissed from parade , the children race downstairs to where the Rangers ' 22 horses and Ponies are housed in splendour .
9 In the late " thirties , relics of previous lives and times were preserved in dignity and absolute uselessness .
10 The sinks and toilets were blocked with ice and the narrow cubicles connecting the carriages were thick with snow , their door handles stinging .
11 Increasing amounts of pesticides , herbicides and fungicides are used in agriculture and these chemicals tend to build up in the soil and are absorbed by our food plants .
12 Half-hours and hours were spent in railway sidings until the line was clear .
13 hva you ANY INsectaaaside ? for the BUGS and MIDGES are rankED in League VendettTa agaiNST the FAUL-UHx
14 However subsequent research has shown that both negatives and passives are used in response to the presence of particular pragmatic factors .
15 On the CDC 6600 computer certain values of the floating-point exponent are set aside to represent zero , infinite , and " indefinite " operand values , and rules are given for arithmetic operations on these quantities ( for example , the difference of two infinite operands is indefinite ) .
16 He had fasted and prayed , desperately seeking the answer to why men such as Implexion succeeded in life , at the expense of others , and noble men such as Dauntless 's peers and superiors were doomed to failure .
17 This Act was repealed by the new Labour government in 1974 and in legislation in 1975 and 1976 , further rights and immunities were granted to trade unions .
18 Filtered ( through 0.22 µm syringe filters ) supernatants are subjected to two sequential organic extractions and DNAs are recovered by precipitation with ethanol in the presence of 10 µg carrier glycogen .
19 One is that the beta carotene present in green and yellow fruits and vegetables is converted into vitamin A in the body , giving protection against disease .
20 Samples of all fruits and vegetables are tested for pesticide residues .
21 Whereas knowledge can be acquired through lectures , seminars and reading , and skills are learned through demonstration and practice , the process of attitude-formation depends crucially on two things : role modelling and group socialization .
22 This curriculum is learnt almost entirely by rote , and mathematical knowledge and skills are acquired by teacher exposition , followed by repetition and practice .
23 MANY of Britain 's industrial towns and cities are surrounded by wilderness , which sometimes has acquired the official designation of ‘ urban common ’ ; but all of them have wasteland within their bounds which may be no less deserving of such recognition .
24 Within two hours of returning home , my feet and ankles were stippled with mosquito bites .
25 GRP tanks and vessels are gaining in popularity , particularly in the chemical , food and drink industries .
26 Political activity was banned and Koreans were subordinated to Japanese at all levels of administrative activity .
27 The upper parts , the vaults and domes were covered by mosaic .
28 Old baby reins and buggies were brought into use and children in the Strand were being pushed around in trolleys .
29 Well , in their further training our qualified teachers and trainers are brought into contact with a great variety of influences , to widen their horizons and enrich their teaching .
30 The link between cowries and eyes is documented by archaeology as well as ethnology .
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