Example sentences of "and [prep] a [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggressive species of hard corals and aggressive large anemones such as Carpet anemones are best therefore placed well away from other invertebrates and as a general rule the larger non-colonial forms of anemone should be kept to a minimum in the aquarium to avoid the survival of the fittest syndrome from taking over . |
| 2 | Discourses gain status from the relative power of the group with which they are associated — and as a general rule the media tend to favour the discourses of the elite . |
| 3 | Dinner costs £35 per person , and as a special offer the hotel has a limited number of bedrooms for £45 per person on November 26 . |
| 4 | He loved life , and for a long time the force was with him . |
| 5 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
| 6 | But Joseph had always been very devoted to any local news and for a long time the talk of the town had been the Cockermouth man — Fletcher Christian 's — Mutiny . |
| 7 | One might call this ‘ applied phonology ’ ; however , the phonological analysis of different languages raises a great number of difficult and interesting theoretical problems , and for a long time the study of phonology ‘ for its own sake ’ has been regarded as an important area of theoretical linguistics . |
| 8 | And for a loving mother the child would have Katelina , who would cherish him now , and make what she could of her marriage , for the sake of what she had found in Kalopetra . |
| 9 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 10 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |
| 11 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 12 | The man whirled round and for a few seconds the landlord saw his face . |
| 13 | Accumulated errors were to be erased from the holy books , services were to be conducted in a more intelligible manner , sermons were to be encouraged , and scholarship was to be actively fostered in a number of monasteries ; at the same time , new saints were canonized , clergy and laity alike urged to observe the prescribed fasts , and for a brief time the government even went to the lengths of closing the taverns . |
| 14 | This facing colour was designated as sky-blue for the infantry ; and for a brief period the collar , pointed cuffs , and the flaps of the breast pockets were also seen to display coloured facings . |
| 15 | A successor ( all Heads of Department were eligible for election ) had proved hard to find and for a brief period the chairmanship of the Course had been taken over by the Deputy Director , Brian Tonge . |
| 16 | A meeting of Leaders and Trustees was held in the Carleton Cafe the following Friday evening , 18 December — they wasted no time — and after a prolonged discussion the decision was taken to build a new church as soon as possible and certainly within the following five years . |
| 17 | They rang and waited , and after a full minute the door was opened by a man in his thirties , fair , clean shaven , medium height , and slim . |
| 18 | I get that teacher feeling again : the one where he walks unexpectedly into class , and after a sudden flurry the kids settle down and look innocent . |
| 19 | They did n't say anything , and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward . |
| 20 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 21 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 22 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
| 23 | But the Lancastrian army proved too powerful , and after a brave fight the defences were breached . |
| 24 | The Large Cloud is so bright that it can be seen even when the Moon is obtrusive , and against a dark sky the Small Cloud too is conspicuous . |
| 25 | It is for this reason that any unused ‘ B ’ solution must never be returned to the original container , as it would then destabilise the contents which , in a sealed container without a vented cap , could cause the container to burst , and with a vented cap the solution would eventually become ineffective . |
| 26 | Hooked teeth on the tip snag into the snail 's body and with a twisting movement the snake neatly pulls it out and swallows it . |
| 27 | In the early stages and with a young horse the aids must be very clear and definite until the horse understands what is being asked of him and when he responds he must be rewarded with a stroke on the neck and soothing voice . |
| 28 | In all sixteen teams had made it through to this stage and with a full house the scene was set for an evening of top quizzing . |
| 29 | In the event , Palmerston and Russell agreed to sink their differences and with a united opposition the Conservatives ' days were numbered . |
| 30 | The fortune teller , half his moustache still attached , shook his head , and with a single shot the officer summarily executed him . |