Example sentences of "and a [noun] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change .
2 The study reckons this factor accounts for between a quarter and a half of IPOs ' underperformance .
3 Pisistratus had made Eleusis a symbol of the unity of Attica ; for the fifth-century Athenians it was that , and a symbol of Athens ' rule over a united Aegean as well .
4 He was tall and thin , with a pink , peeling nose and a couple of days ' stubble .
5 It starts as a struggle for power , and a challenge to Moses ' authority .
6 It was important to get there and a lift in Miles ' odious yellow Cortina was as good a way as any other .
7 She was a governor of University College London , the London School of Medicine , and a number of girls ' schools .
8 The majority supported the basic idea of the OFR : that company directors should provide with the reports and accounts a commentary on the operating results , a review of financial needs and resources and a commentary on shareholders ' return and value .
9 She 'd read Shakespeare , Pete had n't ; not unless you counted Julius Caesar at school , which he 'd managed to get through with a lot of patience and a set of Coles ' Notes .
10 This is composed of 50 per cent scientists and a leavening of employers ' and employees ' representatives .
11 The balance sheet should show the total amount of shareholders ' funds and an analysis of shareholders ' funds between the amount attributable to equity interests and the amount attributable to non-equity interests .
12 Librarians see advantages in tel ms of increased use of resources , increased interest and involvement of pupils and teachers in the library , a chance to identify accurately information needs and an enhancement of pupils ' abilities to locate and use pertinent information sources .
13 He will probably announce the scrapping of residential segregation , and an end to blacks ' exclusion from most South African land .
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