Example sentences of "and the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 | The oscilloscope picture shows the plug voltage and the voltage across the mosfet switch . |
| 3 | Er , it 's something that will be welcomed by the trade union movement , a new forward , a new beginning to join once again the fruits of our labour with partnership with other unions and the Labour Party which was what we all need , but it must be done with careful planning and the brains at the top of the union must be telling the of the union , the members on the shop floor , the right direction in which to walk . |
| 4 | Mr Patten , a former Tory research officer and the brains in the Thatcher team , has been involved in the great behind-the-scenes task of the week at the Imperial Hotel , Blackpool . |
| 5 | For Yegor Gaidar , First Deputy Prime Minister and the brains behind the shock therapy , this was an attack on his government 's freedom . |
| 6 | I have seen schools with their own livestock — chickens , goats and rabbits ; and schools where the only livestock in evidence were the bats in the roof and the cockroaches in the latrine . |
| 7 | The contrast is between all that unstoppable force , irresistible depredation , and the fragility of a poem : ‘ Oh none , unless this miracle have might — /That in black ink my love may still shine bright . ’ |
| 8 | Here , at the site of the most devastating explosion in human memory , we wished to demonstrate both the unity and the fragility of the earth by blowing soap bubbles across the crater . |
| 9 | for storing the engines and the coaches for the excursions |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Such programs have a dictionary disk and the spelling in the document is compared to that in the dictionary and corrected where necessary . |
| 13 | Thorfinn lifted himself in the saddle and saw men 's heads turn , and the flash of a spear to be deflected . |
| 14 | These relate to each of the preceding sections , that is the modalities of the sensation , the modalities of the diarrhoea , and the modalities of the nausea and vomiting . |
| 15 | National campaigns , like the support for Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936 , and the portrayal of the BUF as a peace movement in the later 1930s , either fell on deaf ears or were only partially successful in changing the focus of fascist politics from the parish pump and the anti-immigrant concerns of the East End of London to wider issues . |
| 16 | Christopher Hitchens in Washington and the despondency of the Democrats . |
| 17 | He begins to read , beautifully , lyrically , with heartfelt empathy , a poem by Wole Soyinka in which the poet tried to rent a room in London in the 1950s , and the landladies on the telephone ask him just precisely how black he is . |
| 18 | According to these sources , the Pope and the Secretariat of State intend to push for a firm public commitment to legalisation by Mr Gorbachev when he visits Italy and the Vatican at the end of November . |
| 19 | They let it lye three or four days in this Condition ; which Time they allowe , as well to give the dead Person an Opportunity of Coming to Life again , if his Soul has not quite left his Body , as to prepare Mourning , and the Ceremonies of the Funerall . |
| 20 | Misson , in his commentary on the English funeral , tells us what happened next , and why : ‘ They let it [ the corpse ] lye three of four Days … which Time they allow , as well to give the dead Person an Opportunity of Coming to Life again , if his Soul has not quite left his Body , as to prepare Mourning , and the Ceremonies of the Funeral . ’ |
| 21 | He was an outstanding craftsman in wood , and the panelling for the organ and the Headmaster 's Chair are just two examples of his work . |
| 22 | There was an abundance of help ( ‘ both seen and unseen ’ as one elder put it to me ) ; there was constant anxiety about the weather ; there was joy of meeting old friends and making new ones ; there was the amazing efficiency , imperturbability and the reticence of the treasury ; and the true pleasure of finding things for people . |
| 23 | It was a fundamental difference as to the methods to be used to acquire the surplus , and the time-scale of the transformation of agriculture into large-scale units , that divided them . |
| 24 | Briefing sessions should provide advice on : who is responsible for overseeing the removal — the employer or the employee ; choosing a contractor ; packing goods ; storage facilities on arrival ; and the time-scale of the removal process . |
| 25 | In exchange for most of a shipment of Hawk parts worth $6.5m , no hostages appeared ; and the hopelessness of the enterprise was laid out as clearly as if a hand had drawn it in the heavens . |
| 26 | Scientific analysis , the assembly of technical and investment ‘ packages ’ and the acquiescence of the target population in the measures ordained are the result . |
| 27 | I am concerned about the contents of , lack of objectivity of and lack of thoroughness in the study that was carried out by the Environmental Advisory Unit of Liverpool University Ltd. for the Government and the promoters of the Bill , Cardiff Bay development corporation , when there was still a private Bill , in preparation for the Government 's hybrid Bill , which was laid before the House on Tuesday . |
| 28 | There seemed to be no jealousy , no discontent among them ; and the gaiety of the scene was such that I for a moment doubted whether unhappiness had any place in Rasay . ’ |
| 29 | Sugar have provided the right vehicle for Mould to tether his current world-view to , providing ( with Mould 's guitar and the tightness of the rhythm section ) a set of beautifully hard-knuckled rock arrangements that give him the clout he needs to reinforce the feeling inherent in his vocals . |
| 30 | Central to their economic strategy was a commitment to reduce public expenditure ( except for the law and order budget ) and the breaking of the power of the trade unions . |