Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conjunction with considerable manual dexterity derived in part from the ability to oppose thumb and index finger which man shares with the gelada baboon and presumably derives from the same source ( picking up small objects of the diet ) , the adoption of an upright posture created the right conditions for the final emancipation of the hand from locomotion and set man on the path which led to the invention and use of tools and to material culture in general . |
| 2 | HERE in the West , episode two of Blackeyes ( BBC-2 ) hardly advances the narrative at all and slowly picks at the same psychological scabs . |
| 3 | The announcement of the bride 's sister 's engagement would be acceptable , but only if the bride herself knows in advance and gladly agrees to the public announcement being made at her wedding . |
| 4 | He writes and rewrites in long-hand , and endlessly checks for the smallest detail . |
| 5 | She found him a ‘ rather stern-featured man ’ , with a strong Northumbrian accent and seems to have preferred the ‘ Rocket ’ which she described as ‘ This snorting little animal , which I felt inclined to pat … ’ and so ranks among the first to fall under the spell of the steam locomotive . |
| 6 | If it does not facilitate economic growth and expansion then it limits its capacity to raise taxes and so cuts into the public revenue on which its own power depends . |
| 7 | The hypothesis that Sabat and Harré advance is that although AD can lead to disruption in memory recall , impairment of linguistic performance , and deficiencies of information processing , it does not result in the loss of ‘ self ’ and only contributes to the possible loss of ‘ selves ’ . |
| 8 | Suggestive landscape descriptions , based on the countryside of Alain-Fournier 's childhood ( near Blois , in Loir-et-Cher ) allowed Minton again to delve into his now well-rehearsed repertoire of landscape devices , though unfortunately his original cover design was replaced by another in which the quintessential motif of a figure disappearing down a deserted lane is reduced to a miserable size and merely sits on the front cover like an enlarged postage stamp . |
| 9 | It is largely a matter of economics and much hinges on the current price of energy . |
| 10 | Such an approach involves less intensive data collection and generally conforms to the managerial form of the organization ( see figure 4.3 ) . |
| 11 | This all seems rather difficult to do when arranging a funeral or cremation , and anyway adds to the practical load . |
| 12 | Finally , it is worth mentioning the possibility that the traditional sadness and dejection with which the first crops were cut in Egypt , or the seed was sown in Greece and elsewhere originates in the same unconscious depressive complex . |
| 13 | The negotiation process is an on-going process which commences with the issue of the Information memorandum , passes through the formal negotiating stage to the heads of agreement and normally ends with the detailed negotiation of purchase and sale agreement clauses . |
| 14 | The distribution of a component between the two phases is given by the partition coefficient D ( see also previous section ) A component of a mixture with a high value for D remains largely dissolved in the mobile phase and thus passes over the stationary phase rapidly . |
| 15 | The historical year , now in general use in England for all everyday purposes and many official and ecclesiastical , begins on 1 January , and thus coincides with the Roman civil year which was widely used until at least the seventh century . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , may I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for the coming year . |
| 17 | For all her action-seeking , caring cosmopolitanism , she is imperial-insular in outlook , and soon sees through the Third World . |
| 18 | Blue Velvet starts with things in the grass eating each other , continues in a surreal Norman Rockwell setting of red fire engines and sunny weather , and finally unfolds into the sexual violence of Hopper and Rossellini 's scenes ( whose use of blue velvet is not one Bobby Vinton had envisaged ) and the sheer terror of MacLachlan 's night ride into hell . |
| 19 | As outlined in the Introduction , this book specifically and deliberately concentrates on the upper end of the British search market , and is not concerned with firms specialising in lower-level appointments , selection and advertising , except when this accompanies some higher-level work , as in the case of MSL . |
| 20 | This is more prevalent than Type I and usually presents in the over-forties . |
| 21 | It may be continuous or broken into segments , and usually runs along the top and bottom fringes approximately mid-way between the end of the fringe and the beginning of the main body of the rug . |
| 22 | Normally , when there is a single mother cat , each kitten is the ‘ owner ’ of its own personal nipple and always returns to the same nipple every time it feeds . |
| 23 | However , a weak housing market and further increases in the jobless figure could put a brake on a runaway economy . |
| 24 | These fluctuations in interest rates will cause further uncertainty and further shifts in the speculative demand for money . |
| 25 | The society always received and still receives from the same surveyor a basic valuation containing a summary of some but not all the matters contained in the report to the borrower . |
| 26 | Beginning from the plant size with maximum capacity Q 0 , in the long run society can gain the triangle ABE by expanding plant capacity until LMC equals social marginal benefit at E. At this plant size Q 2 the price is P 1 and still lies on the short-run marginal cost curve which is now SMC 2 . |
| 27 | This description actually appeared 100 years later , for ‘ Sutton Globe ’ has stood the test of time and still appears in the latest catalogue . |
| 28 | By car you can explore an unspoilt region of stunning mountain scenery , fresh orchards and attractive little villages where everyday life has hardly changed in years and still revolves around the old church square . |
| 29 | The notion of " betrayal " took hold on militants in the labour movement and partly accounts for the bitter resentment between the Left and most union officials during the 1930s . |
| 30 | The treponeme , once in the tissues , multiplies locally and also travels to the nearby lymph nodes , where further division and multiplication takes place . |