Example sentences of "and [prep] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance , comprising the USSR , Poland , the GDR , Hungary , Czechoslovakia , Romania and Bulgaria , was founded in 1949 as a diplomatic counterweight to the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation ( OEEC ) and as a multilateral forum for containing the effects of Titoism . |
| 32 | The generations of Marxists who have lived through the grievous experience of Fascism and who , in another order of things , have experienced Stalinist degeneration , appraise the concept of democracy in a different way [ from Lenin ] , and not in opposition to socialism and communism , but as a road towards them and as a main component of them . |
| 33 | It turned out to be a programme of popular Baroquerie , in thoroughly ‘ inauthentic ’ performances ( just imagine the Philadelphia Orchestra , with strings in vibrato overdrive , playing ‘ Sheep May Safely Graze ’ ! ) , which nevertheless once again reflects careful programming , and as a well-upholstered background to a meal of similar ( pro ) portions and dimensions , should satisfy even the healthiest appetite . |
| 34 | I would place this new Jeu de Cartes above the much-favoured LSO/Abbado DG recording , and as a vital alternative to the composer 's own Cleveland version on Sony . |
| 35 | I can recommend Houses and Buildings as an excellent instructional resource book to those already interested in this theme and as a tempting introduction to a new subject area to those who are not . |
| 36 | It should , however , be used as a management tool both by officers and officials and as a clear statement to members of how their subscription to and interest in the sport are being expended . |
| 37 | His earliest sporting interests were as a co-founder of the Worcester Rugby Football Club and as a penny-farthing cyclist in 1876 . |
| 38 | The Il-103 , first revealed in model form at last year 's Paris Air Show and as a full-scale mock-up at MosAero '92 in August , is a low-wing four/five seat fixed-gear aerobatic trainer/tourer with a maximum take-off weight of 1,300 kilograms and a useful load of 350 kilograms . |
| 39 | Seymour Drescher 's work has recently sought to underline the significance of petitioning by comparison with its role in French antislavery and as a high proportion of all petitions to the British parliament in particular years . |
| 40 | The main products now are artificial fertilisers and carbon dioxide which is sold to other industries , particularly to put the ‘ fizz ’ into drinks and as a cooling agent for nuclear power stations . |
| 41 | The VC2300 codec is to be marketed both for use in the VC5000 Series 2 rollabout videoconferencing system , and as a stand-alone unit for use by systems integrators and PTTs . |
| 42 | Robin Prentice , who died during the winter , became the Scottish Cricket Union 's Administrator in 1982 , retiring in 1990 and had a long association with the game in Scotland and as a wicket-keeper batsman with Uddingston in the Western Union . |
| 43 | This is seen both as a device for testing the seriousness of the teacher and thus his/her attitudes to the pupils themselves , and as a retributive routine for dealing in an orderly fashion with what they construe as insulting or demeaning . |
| 44 | Clearly the shareholders ' interest tends to be a purely financial one ; employees have an interest in the security of their jobs and the type of life they lead within the workplace ; consumers have an interest in the type and quality of the goods and services produced ; and the local community has an interest in the company as a supplier of jobs and livelihoods and as a potential threat to the local environment . |
| 45 | At this time and in this climate Thomas Sutton emerged as a keen student and follower of Thomas Aquinas and as a notable thinker among the group of English Dominican Thomists who flourished in the last quarter of the thirteenth century . |
| 46 | We play a central part in world affairs as a member of the European Community , NATO , the Commonwealth and the Group of 7 leading industrial countries , and as a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council . |
| 47 | Lakatos 's account was presented first in this book because it is best seen as a culmination of the Popperian programme and as a direct response to and an attempt to improve on the limitations of Popperian falsificationism . |
| 48 | This power was in part a consequence of the Church 's position as a landlord , as a charitable institution , and as a direct employer of labour in a ‘ beggar economy ’ . |
| 49 | More recently , and as a direct outcome of shortcomings in the original four theories , two ‘ new ’ theories have been proposed . |
| 50 | In 1826 at Orbiston in Lanark , and as a direct consequence of his report to the county , a co-operative community was set up . |
| 51 | As a matter of interest and as a direct result of our attendance at five of these Auctions — a total of 37 unweaned foals and ponies were rescued , and a small FOAL SANCTUARY has just been set up in Burnley for their rehabilitation . |
| 52 | ‘ He died , and as a direct result of your intervention . ’ |
| 53 | In the meantime , and as a direct result of the cleaning , an association has been formed in France to campaign for ‘ respect of the integrity of the national heritage ’ and 150 French artists and intellectuals have signed a petition demanding a moratorium on all new restorations of works of art without prior and open consultation of international opinion . |
| 54 | In addition , and as a direct result of the restoration programme , it will be possible to visit these churches every Saturday until the end of June . |
| 55 | Segmentation has significance both as a marketing tool , and as a basic input to marketing and business planning . |
| 56 | Bankers regarded the ocean bill of lading as sound collateral , and as a secondary source of repayment of the account parties ' reimbursement obligations to the issuing bank . |
| 57 | The nature of the task requires cooperative activity of a high order at various levels and between a wide range of people . |
| 58 | In my own turfs we are quarrelling among ourselves with intense energy about whether women can be ordained priests , about who is more Catholic than their neighbour and about a whole host of internal issues , because we apparently have neither the grace nor the guts to face up to the real issues which are the business of the Church in the current world . |
| 59 | And for a great range of hair grooming products for guys , look out for Silvikrin 's Active Care , this range of styling products is popular with boys in the bathroom . |
| 60 | He was difficult sometimes — maddening sometimes — but he had , I always thought , a curious innocence of character so that you could n't be angry with him for long — and I found him always stimulating to be with — talkative , bursting with ideas and comments — and for a great deal of the time — just plain good fun to be with . |