Example sentences of "and [adv] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From a therapeutic aspect , penicillin was marvellous because it cured many dangerous bacterial infections , but it was tiresome because it was inactive by mouth ( it was destroyed by the acidity of the stomach contents ) , it acted for a very short time ( it was rapidly excreted by the kidneys ) and so was of little value unless given by injection at intervals of not longer than 3 hours , and because , after a time , the normal processes of evolution led to the appearance of resistant strains of the microbes which had previously been sensitive to penicillin .
2 And the date see , Mrs so and so was in that caravan on such and such date !
3 We forget that early experiences of grief must have been communal , and still are in many societies .
4 She was a bit troublesome and still is to some teachers .
5 The Dukeries field was ( and still is in many respects ) different from many others on all three of the components of a place , as illustrated not only by Sunley 's arguments ( following Krieger and others ) regarding the different social relations at the workplace , but also Waller 's ( 1983 , p. 235 ) that whereas the Dukeries villages were praised for many of their design aspects , ‘ the social and political institutions of the miners in the new South Yorkshire villages left much to be desired compared with traditional and long-established coalfields ’ .
6 This quantity 6.022 x 1023 is known as Avogadro 's constant , L. It used to be known ( and still is in some quarters ) as Avogadro 's number .
7 And then 's in this corner here was 's .
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