Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman MacCaig , one of Scotland 's finest modern poets , knows this area well ; and as a keen trout fisherman has explored Assynt more thoroughly than most . |
| 2 | Most observers expect Barbara McDougall to be impressive at External Affairs , after her apprenticeship with the immigration portfolio and as a junior finance minister . |
| 3 | He was also the company 's standard bearer at the town 's annual common riding and as a former Master upholsterer he previously represented the Corporation of Hammermen in a similar capacity . |
| 4 | As an ‘ old China hand ’ , Mr Bush apparently prides himself on his personal understanding in dealing with the Chinese ; and as a former CIA director , he is not averse to secrecy . |
| 5 | Secondly ‘ the curriculum must also serve to develop the pupil as an individual , as a member of society and as a future adult member of the community with a range of personal and social opportunities and responsibilities ’ . |
| 6 | Amsterdam Travel Service Ltd is part of a City Specialist Group that has been arranging holidays for over 36 years and as a Professional Tour Operator undertakes to act with thoroughly professional care in arranging your holiday . |
| 7 | These can be used for colds , ‘ flu , sinusitis , coughs and as a facial steam treatment ( page 76 ) . |
| 8 | Apart from this , he figures only briefly , in passing , in the Gospels and as a peripheral background character in Acts . |
| 9 | Before its other Pentium-ready systems — see front page — Unisys Corp will this week announce three new additions to its U 6000/35 Unix server line based on Intel 's 66MHz 486DX2 chip , expected to enhance the old 33MHz box as a workgroup or departmental LAN server and as a distributed server node in an enterprise-wide OLTP network . |
| 10 | I was articled in Worthing in 1966 with the Borough Council where I undertook a wide variety of conveyancing and litigation , and as a local authority employee , I was authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Court which gave me early experience in advocacy . |
| 11 | The brightly coloured beans are also available in glass-jar , pillbox , rocking-horse or gumball dispensers , and as a special Christmas mix of Wild Cherry Apple and Coconut . |
| 12 | AS A regular reader of your ‘ Have A Rattle ’ column and as a long-standing Glentoran supporter , I feel I must take issue with your somewhat dismissive reply to ‘ Jockus Concernus . ’ |
| 13 | Unit Trusts are becoming an increasingly popular form of investment and as a High Interest Cheque Account holder you are entitled to a 1% bonus allocation when you make a lump sum purchase of £500 or more of Midland Unit Trusts . |
| 14 | I see this point of view from my own position as a third generation commuter between Harrogate and Leeds , and as a third generation commuter I do n't feel that it is a commentary on any absence of jobs in Harrogate or any shortage of jobs in Harrogate that I work in Leeds and live in Harrogate , it 's just something I 've grown up to think of as natural . |
| 15 | then we can treat the vendor shareholders as a single unit and as a Corporate Finance Client . |
| 16 | As the public sector debt repayment is now contracting in size ( to only £0.4 billion in 1990/91 compared with £14.7 billion in 1988/89 and £7.9 billion in 1989/90 ) and as a public sector borrowing requirement is expected for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 financial years , it seems likely that regular issuance of Treasury bills will be maintained . |
| 17 | The CNAA uses the category of pass degree both for courses which do not aim to achieve honours standard , and as a probationary validation category for courses which eventually acquire honours status ; it should be noted that staffing and other learning resources are significant factors in such validation . |
| 18 | And as the first US Ambassador to the Communist regime in Beijing , he believed that secret emissaries to his old Chinese contacts was the way to launch his personal brand of presidential diplomacy . |
| 19 | Nkrumah was excluded : and as the other UGCC leaders remained preoccupied with their task , he strengthened his political standing with the public . |
| 20 | And as the Chartist Bronterre O'Brien wrote , ‘ In spite of the Devil and Malthus , the work people are resolved to live and breed . ’ |
| 21 | The father can only go on to know God more profoundly and as the young man men become stronger , they are more aware of the indwelling spirit of power to overcome the tempter . |
| 22 | And as the Western media talks about a 3rd World War starting in the Gulf , millions of people all over the world know that the Third World War started long before the battle in the Gulf . |
| 23 | Finally , all is prepared and as the second hand ticks over into 8.30 pm the command ‘ Run Tape ’ is given . |
| 24 | Nothing less than the aim of a full conglomeration of the living and working conditions of all European Community citizens — who will remain patriotic citizens of their own member states — will satisfy most citizens and electors in the various countries as their own national elections occur and as the European Parliament elections occur . |
| 25 | Aid to Indo-China meant accepting French assurances that Vietnam would become a free state but if doubts occurred , in Congress for example , there was the sheet anchor of general resistance to communism and , in the case of China , and as the influential Congressman Walter Judd explained , a belief that China was the original domino and that Malaya , Indonesia , the Philippines and even India would not be able to resist communist pressure for long . |
| 26 | Its loss ratio must accordingly be quite high and as the dominant UK export credit underwriter , this should not be surprising . |
| 27 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |
| 28 | And as the 1988 Education Reform Act takes effect , teachers , though still formally employed by LEAs , will be appointed , and may be dismissed , by the governors of their schools . |
| 29 | Reid has had a memorable season and as the big autumn events loom up he must be relishing a crack at races like the Prix de l'arc de Triomphe and the Champion Stakes . |
| 30 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |