Example sentences of "and [prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It was always the same when trade was booming at the local wharves , and as the convoys of horsecarts and lorries lined up along Cotton Lane so the cafe became even fuller . |
2 | in their own consciousness and between the covers of novels bearing my name , somewhat inaccurately , as author . |
3 | Our argument is therefore that evidence about the changing nature of family life , about the characteristics of present-day parenting , and about the views of clients , points to a clear need to review both the legal/moral framework governing state intervention in the lives of families and the professional practice of those working in child care . |
4 | There were fundamental disagreements — both medical and moral — about basic procedures and operations , about the institutional settings that would best serve gynaecology and about the kinds of practitioners who should be involved . |
5 | Essentially it is this : that only very exceptionally should the implied undertaking be varied to permit disclosed documents to be used for ulterior purposes , not least when the application is made by a third party and for the purposes of proceedings wholly unconnected with those in which discovery was ordered . |
6 | If we are to understand the philosophical assumptions that motivate individualism , we must ask what individuals need to be like for their causal powers to exhaust the causal powers of groups , and for the characteristics of groups to be explicable in terms of the characteristics of individuals . |
7 | Yet there is a firm respect for women and for the relations between men and women in daily life . |
8 | The actors themselves are generally keen to help , both in person and through the mouths of officials at the time , and ( often telling a rather different tale ) in tranquil autobiographies afterwards . |
9 | FROM WHICHEVER direction you approach Mothecombe , whether along the winding wooded valley beside the ever widening River Erme , or down the road from Battisborough Cross and through the clumps of hydrangeas , or by sea around Butcher 's Cove to its sandy bay and up the secret combe strewn with bluebells and daffodils , the first sight of it takes your breath away . |
10 | The study contributes towards a comprehensive view of the working of the labour market over a long period and of the sources of shocks disturbing the economy . |
11 | Before entering into a discussion of the reasons for the decline of the organized networks , and of the patterns of cattle theft in the first half of the twentieth century , 1 shall first discuss in some detail the administrative policies which affected cattle stealing in its heyday . |
12 | In studying Epicurus , Gassendi found confirmation for the embryonic idea of the Exercises , that sense-experience might give us something worthwhile and valuable even though it can not give us knowledge of necessary causes and of the natures of things . |
13 | As it is , when I use mine , I think of her , and of the generations of Merchants that have not been as lucky as I. |
14 | At the annual congress of the CGIL in Rimini on Oct. 22-26 the federation 's reformist secretary-general Bruno Trentin , fighting off challenges both from a current linked to the Socialist Party ( PSI ) and from the old-style communists , claimed that rather than " making demands for the working class " the CGIL would now be " the union of solidarity and of the rights of pensioners , the disabled , immigrants , women and the marginalized " . |
15 | This highly artificial ideal can be seen , then , both as an aspect of the relations of men and women , and of the relations between classes . |
16 | Combining direct knowledge of the needs of patients and of the capabilities of providers |
17 | We have seen that young children have considerable understanding of intentions , and of the relationships between intentions , actions and results . |
18 | We have shown how group frequencies derived from experience with other molecules may be used to suggest assignments for particularly characteristic bands , and how the use of isotopes may assist us in the deduction of molecular structure and of the types of atoms involved in each mode . |
19 | Distrust of government and of the pronouncements of politicians was endemic and the circulation of rumours fed an atmosphere of crisis and fear , reinforced by the manner in which Iliescu ended the demonstration in University Square in Bucharest on June 15-16 by calling in miners to restore order [ see pp. 37544-45 ] . |
20 | The Orc and Goblin tribes were engaged in their own wars against each other and against the tribes of Men , so the whole land was dangerous and strife torn . |
21 | I think that the computer presents exactly that challenge and amongst the sorts of things I 'm thinking of is that erm it 's one thing to play with a computer toy , a game of some sort — we 've all seen them in the bar and elsewhere — it 's another thing entirely to devise your own game , to program your own rules in and then to bring your friend along and have them challenge it . |
22 | The tournaments were played at Munster Road headquarters , and with the women in trousers , the games were quite competitive . |
23 | It assumes no previous security experience , but it assumes a familiarity with the PC , with DOS and with the elements of LANs . |
24 | And with the numbers of climbers increasing by a significant margin each year our relevance within the broader public sphere will also increase . |
25 | The ostler , whose accent was almost unintelligible , muttered that on the night the murders had been committed , I had been hustled dead drunk out of the tavern and into the hands of strangers waiting in the yard . |
26 | It is all part of gathering more power , whatever may be said by the Government about his intentions int into the hands of Whitehall and into the hands of ministers who at the moment will be Conservative , but very shortly I think are likely to be Labour . |
27 | My goal is to get the technology out of the lab and into the hands of others . ’ |
28 | She fluttered the strut all and above the windows like eyelashes and all three storeys brick style glowed with pride . |
29 | about a week ago and from the looks of things I 've passed it quite successfully . |
30 | The wealthier classes might have stone-built barns , which could protect their supplies , but houses built of timber and mud , and with earth floors , would be very damp , so it would be hard to protect grains both from rotting and from the depredations of rats and mice . |