Example sentences of "and [prep] the [noun pl] of [noun] " 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 | SPORT reflects the ills of society and , in the current climate of moral torpor , perhaps we should not be surprised by declining standards of behaviour both on and off the fields of activity . |
3 | Thus these issue networks provide a kind of intellectual community in specific policy fields which to some extent transcends traditional political boundaries between Congress and the executive and between the layers of government in the American federal system ( this is examined in more detail in chapter 16 ) . |
4 | The town boasts several fish and chip shops and between the hours of noon and two queues stretch out to sea . |
5 | And between the months of October and March he does n't climb , so this On the Rock begins with a compromise . |
6 | And between the shores of waking and slumber lay sharp reefs of nightmare . |
7 | This study aims to discover patterns of migration of labour within and between the townships of Calverley parish and to look at the role of vestry policy upon this and also upon movement into and out of the parish . |
8 | in their own consciousness and between the covers of novels bearing my name , somewhat inaccurately , as author . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | This raises questions about how such an ability develops , about whether young children ( and certain groups of adults ) have the ability , about the age at which it normally develops , and about the effects of culture and education upon that development . |
11 | Shoplifting , undetected female crime and the social interior of women 's prisons are no longer completely uncharted territories ; we know more about the career of the prostitute and about the characteristics of delinquency in girls . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | The kind of service devised was shaped by a number of different beliefs about community care , about the services available , and about the needs of dementia sufferers . |
14 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
15 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
16 | For information on other forms of cancer induced by tobacco use , see Factsheet No. 12 in this series and for the effects of pipe and cigar smoking on the lungs , see Factsheet No. 13 . |
17 | 2.45 Lord Guest thought that the dependency of £4,000 awarded by Lyell J was on the high side , but could be justified when allowing for possible future increases in earnings and for the effects of inflation . |
18 | There is no need for the Bill and for the hours of debate that will accompany it . |
19 | I know perfectly well what responsibilities I have for the Home Office and for the actions of Home Office officials and the Minister who handled the case , and I know my own responsibility in this matter . |
20 | In this book , and for the purposes of translation , it makes more sense to take a broader view of cohesion and to consider any element cohesive as long as it signals a conjunctive-type relation between parts of a text , whether these parts are sentences , clauses ( dependent or independent ) , or paragraphs . |
21 | Yet reference for the purposes of judicial review and for the purposes of construction are indistinguishable . |
22 | The business carried on by the company was one entire business and for the purposes of Case I there was only one trade . |
23 | ‘ That the Dawson International Executive Share Option Scheme 1993 , the provisions of which are summarised in the Appendix to the letter to members of the Company dated 16th June 1993 , to be constituted by the Rules produced in draft to this meeting and for the purposes of identification initialled by the Chairman hereof , be and is hereby approved and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all acts and things which they may consider necessary or expedient for implementing and giving effect to the same including making such amendments to the Rules as may be necessary to gain the approval of the Inland Revenue . ’ |
24 | 5.133 of the Act makes the licensing board the authority in Scotland for the grant or renewal of bookmakers ' permits , betting agency permits , and betting office licences under the Betting , Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 , and for the grant , renewal , cancellation , and transfer of licences and for the purposes of Schedule 9 under the Gaming Act 1968 . |
25 | However , as discussed in Chapter 1 , a clause excluding liability for failure to perform due to circumstances beyond his control ( usually called a " force majeure " clause ) is considered reasonable both commercially , and for the purposes of s 3 of the UCTA . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | He is as intent as his father on saving his own skin , and just as inattentive to the possible consequences for his wife and for the purposes of God . |
28 | Capellan hands directed the operations , Capellan machinery accomplished the construction , but it was by and for the humans of Earth , her nearest neighbour , that the great work of habilitating Mars was undertaken . |
29 | The Ethiopian famine of 1984 — 5 was a more severe relation of the Ethiopian famine of the 1970s yet the latter was consigned to a memory which is rarely mined for information and for the lessons of history . |
30 | 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 . |