Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ice and snow would disappear from the mountains , and as the new plants from the more temperate regions of the south migrated northwards , replacing the arctic plants , these latter would crawl up the now uncovered mountains , and likewise be driven northward to the present arctic shores . |
| 2 | A stool was brought out , and as the last echoes of twelve faded in the warm night air a dark-haired young man with flashing black eyes came and stood alone in the dim light . |
| 3 | Two of the old Bunch ( Burroughs and Sperry ) merged into Unisys ; Digital Equipment ( DEC ) and Hewlett-Packard provided increasingly severe competition in the minicomputer range and as the main beneficiaries of ‘ down-sizing ’ ( in effect producing mainframe-level computer power on a much smaller and cheaper machine ) . |
| 4 | Bill accompanied his wife , and as the red lights of the ambulance faded down the street , Tom emerged from the study at last . |
| 5 | In this chapter , I want to distinguish carefully between marketing ( as a whole ) and advertising , and between the various types of statement of intent . |
| 6 | The pattern of sequence conservation within the marsupials and between the two classes of mammals is the same as that previously noted in eutherians : average levels of conservation in the region encoding the HMG box and little or no conservation outside the box . |
| 7 | The extent of cell death varied between embryos and between the two sides of the neural tube in individual embryos . |
| 8 | Research reviews have also been carried out of existing knowledge about inequalities between men and women and between the ethnic groups in the UK in respect of both health and health care . |
| 9 | It will use data from the Scottish Young People 's Surveys of 1985 , 1987 and 1989 to make comparisons between TVEI and non-TVEI pupils in TVEI schools , between TVEI schools and all other schools in Scotland , and between the same schools at different times before and after the introduction of TVEI . |
| 10 | If you live in Oxford , in the City area of Oxford , you have a far higher chance of getting a home help , getting a place in an elderly person 's home , getting a meals on wheels , than anywhere else in the county , and between the different areas of the county there are vast differences in that . |
| 11 | Clearly distinguish between primary and secondary sources , and between the different types of history books . |
| 12 | Recently , there has been considerable national publicity and extensive media coverage demonstrating increasing public concern about self-medication , and about the adverse effects of ‘ multi-prescription ’ . |
| 13 | When those at the level of schools read about allegations of incompetence on the part of the earlier separate Universities Funding Council and about the individual difficulties of separate universities , they felt frustration about the apparent misuse of money in other sectors or believed that if other people got their sums wrong , they in schools should also have been excused . |
| 14 | We hear very little about those localities where people are working away quietly with encouraging results , and about the many examples of excellent collaboration that protect so many children . |
| 15 | Since then , much has been learnt about the structure and properties of proteins and about the active sites of enzymes . |
| 16 | Constitutional theory , in explaining how the various institutions of the state work together and in offering a particular theory of representation connecting state to society , seeks to provide us with answers to large and profound questions about who governs and how ; about who should govern and how ; and about the respective rights of people and the privileges of property in British politics . |
| 17 | However , others in the industry are concerned about ‘ cowboy ’ companies dabbling in biotechnology for the first time and about the commercial offshoots of universities which are scaling up laboratory experiments — often on shoestring budgets . |
| 18 | To do this , I must rely on the truth of a number of facts about the world , and about the optical properties of my eyes . |
| 19 | Elegant and closely-analyzed work has shown that , formed by photolysis of , probably contains a semi-bridging carbonyl group ; in the complicated photolysis of , it has been possible to deduce a great deal about the forms of the intermediate and about the photochemical processes by which it is formed and reacts . |
| 20 | She seemed much more cheerful and was full of chatter about her new friends and about the wonderful workers at the Blind Club , where she was learning to write using a metal board with black elastic stretched across it for lines . |
| 21 | Like its predecessors in Mexico ( 1985 ) , Rio de Janeiro ( 1987 ) and Caracas ( 1989 ) the Festival will provide participants with the opportunity to exhibit and view the most recent cinema and video productions made by and about the indigenous peoples of the Americas . |
| 22 | Sylvia comes from nine to five each weekday , and nurses are on duty between six and 10 every evening and for a few hours at the weekend . |
| 23 | The machine will no doubt tell you but erm and for every fifty pounds of petrol you get one pound for Argos . |
| 24 | During its period of construction , and for the five years until its dramatic destruction , it drew crowds of curious sightseers to the Rame Peninsular and to every other viewpoint . |
| 25 | The court ordered the original bills of lading , which were in the hands of B. , the ambassador of the Republic of Somalia appointed to the United Nations Organisation by the former government , to be placed in court to facilitate the sale of the cargo and for the net proceeds of sale to be paid into court . |
| 26 | The usual convention , followed in this example , is to place the largest , slice on the left and for the other slices to be drawn in descending order . |
| 27 | Remedies were sought for the lack of international liquidity and for the other causes of the decline in international trade — especially during the 1930s . |
| 28 | We pray for the church , for all who are followers of Christ ; O God , we pray for the work of the province of Jerusalem and the Middle East , and for this Diocese ; for Samir Kafity , our Bishop , for the Cathedral , for St George 's College , and for the many parishes throughout this province . |
| 29 | The guests , who consisted mostly of green types and sensible eaters , were lectured by Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth and very important Green Party spokesman , on his concern for the ill effects of Western food on the health of Europeans , and for the devasting results of exporting processed food to developing countries . |
| 30 | Here the King 's exotic evergreens were housed during the winter and plans were made for extensive alterations at Hampton Court and for the great gardens at Blenheim and Longleat . |