Example sentences of "and the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Summer Lodge was in mourning , dark drapes were closed against the pale , spring sunshine and the gloom within the rooms was accentuated by the soft sound of women weeping .
2 for storing the engines and the coaches for the excursions
3 One significant point was noticeable : very few of the European deaf have any knowledge of a manual alphabet and the spelling on the hands by the British and American representatives caused many to pause and gaze with an added interest .
4 The user is then able to make a detailed search of the database , armed with the knowledge of its potential contents and the spelling of the terms involved .
5 Christopher Hitchens in Washington and the despondency of the Democrats .
6 However , with the comparatively recent revolution in geological views on the matter , and the promulgation of the theories of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading ( Ollier , 1981 ) , ocean basins seem to have become some of the less stable features of the earth 's crust .
7 Despite these landmark judgments and the abolition of the earnings rule in 1989 ( see below ) , the five-year differential in state pension age still remains at the time of writing .
8 Reforms of national insurance and the abolition of the pensioners ' earnings rule will effect most of the working population , claims the Treasury in this month 's Economic Progress Report .
9 But to my mind the boy could begin by showing more respect altogether to people like your father who have been listening to what the League says about the problems of the land and the bosses and the conditions of the men and women who work on it .
10 Scott had three separate interviews , Hammond four , Pennethorne seven , and Hunt , who provided the information about the organization of the competition and the cost of the schemes , appeared twelve times .
11 Examination of visitors ' replies showed that the two most important reasons were insufficient interest in the subject to explore it beyond the exhibition ( 35% ) , and the cost of the catalogues ( 31% ) .
12 On learning their secret , Martin agreed to pay for further development and the cost of the patents taken out on the dephosphorization process in 1877 and 1878 .
13 Er it was a deal done with the Spastics Society er on a at a national level in that er the individual local parties would buy this data er from the appropriate councils on on either disk or tape , er EARS would translate them and the the cost of the translation would be borne by the Spastics er Society , and the cost of the disks , would be borne by the Spastics Society , and I think it was about a hundred and thirty quid or something like that altogether .
14 ‘ PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING ’ AND THE DUTIES OF THE BROADCASTERS
15 If one looks at the painting there is clearly a gap between the mythic illusion which one can ‘ read ’ and the immediacy of the sensations one experiences through the sense of sight .
16 It ripened the fruit on the trees and the grapes on the vines slowly and thoroughly , and yet left the abundant streams running with clear water .
17 So then Pete had told him , truthfully , word-for-word and without any embellishment ; about the shotgun , and the pigeons , and the misunderstanding on the stairs .
18 In the Perfect Future Of Those Obsessed With Electronic Fantasy , Ted Hughes will be replaced by the Sega Laureate , who will spend his days inventing computer games especially for national occasions like royal divorces , and the rapper from The Shamen will be considered a cultural visionary .
19 The nasal discharge and the discharge from the abscesses is highly infectious and this is how strangles is spread to other horses .
20 The topology of the three helices in the NMR structure , and the assignment of the residues that make up the helices agree well with the crystal structure .
21 Swiss and the Germans in the terms of the market because they just ca n't compete .
22 The frets have a good profile and are well polished , but seating is not 100% perfect and the corners of the ends are , again , slightly sharp .
23 In 1949 , the Communists drove him and the remnants of the Nationalists forces from the mainland to a refuge on the island of Formosa ( Taiwan ) .
24 Futures punters know they are playing with fire which is why some ask not to be rung at home , and the name of the commodities firm is never to be given to anyone who answers the office phone .
25 The seminars were designed to address both practical implementation issues and the question of the awards .
26 Like the patriarchal Victorian factory owners in Britain , they resisted any measures to eliminate child labour practices and the education of the masses , they opined , would bring about the economic ruin of the country .
27 It was all possible ( and the problems of the regions could be addressed too ) with spatial planning , summed up in two principal objectives : continued and further redevelopment of congested urban areas , where necessary ; and decentralization or dispersal , both of industries and industrial population , from such areas .
28 The number and the thickness of the sands increased .
29 It 's all very well having lots of different combinations of pickups , but many players do n't realise that factors such as the height of the bass and the thickness of the strings all affect playing style . ’
30 It 's all very well having lots of different combinations of pickups , but many players do n't realise that factors such as the height of the bass and the thickness of the strings all affect playing style
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