Example sentences of "and [noun] and [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes skill and judgement and sometimes a compromise is not possible — you may have to choose one over the other . |
| 2 | His mum had got the caterers in back at the house and there were great plates of sandwiches and cakes and even a couple of barrels of Tetley 's out in the kitchen with the head waiter from the restaurant at Mary Ann Evans 's dispensing from the tap . |
| 3 | It contains a sensible stimulus , a great deal more federal spending , an energy tax , a guarantee of higher income tax for people and companies and only a promise of future spending cuts . |
| 4 | I must have one Sunday in the year when we have Sunday lunch at mid-day and not in the evening , because , you know I get to carol services on And he said oh that 's alright , mum and dad eat mid-day anyway so they only want , erm , they only want biscuits and cake and maybe a bit of bread and butter what can you do ? |
| 5 | So , after two years of design and development and nearly a year in the building , what happens now ? |
| 6 | The problem can be quite severe , er we 've had a number of penalties introduced by customs and excise over the last few years but what we 're going to see from the 1st April in this year is interest being charged on overdue moneys paid to customs and excise and also a penalty charged where people make a mistake on their VAT returns , even where they make those mistakes quite innocently . |
| 7 | The instrument panel and avionics fit were much more comprehensive than the average trainer , with ADF , RNav , Decca , and HSI and even a radio altimeter . |
| 8 | No doubt we will feel better without the pain and discomfort and often a spell away from the stressful situation will alleviate some of the effects . |
| 9 | The soft part of the contract includes low maintenance grass areas , high quality formal rolling lawns backing onto the buildings , putting greens for use by both patients and staff and also a children 's green . |
| 10 | He never married , but there were nieces and nephews and always a stream of people staying . |
| 11 | Out of sight , shielded by riot and revelry and now a quarter of a century older , lurks the poet who boasted he had not shown his young mug in Poor People : the sober laborious craftsman determined that his tone shall save everything . |
| 12 | Directions and instructions and also a description of the Grimoire itself are contained in there . |
| 13 | Not for the faint-hearted , the fair could reduce even the most hardened Frankfurt Book Fair stalwart to a whimpering wreck with its miles of cut-glass , Capo di Monte and leathergoods and scarcely a book in sight . |
| 14 | ( An attempt to hold elections in November 1987 was called off when voters were massacred by Duvalierist gangs ; the subsequent poll , held in January 1988 , was dominated by Duvalierist candidates and involved considerable fraud and intimidation and only a fraction of the electorate participated — see p. 35697-98 ; 25698-99 . ) |
| 15 | No , he 's got some very strong views on the issues to do with computer literacy training and requirements and possibly a way of managing that together with all the other things . |
| 16 | The remaining dancers , holding each other very close , slowly circled the floor , which was littered with discarded flowers and dance-cards and even a pair of silk gloves . |
| 17 | The package includes a word processor , database , drawing and paint applications plus a spreadsheet with graphs and charts and finally a communications program . |
| 18 | The result would have been world wars and migrations and eventually a weakening of life-instincts in favour of a self-destructive ethic of murder and suicide like that of the Fijians . |
| 19 | ‘ You and McCloy and maybe a couple of others when you 've told us who they are . |
| 20 | And my mum and dad and probably a couple of the s little kids with them as well . |
| 21 | They may both have an outsize man 's old jacket , large shoes and socks and even a skirt or large pair of trousers ( pants ) . |
| 22 | aspect of Horus as the son of Osiris and Isis and therefore a child with the sidelock of youth . |
| 23 | Not on that evening , but long afterwards , Nicandra was to understand something of Aunt Tossie 's efforts for this celebration : this party for her darling , into which she had thrown heart and soul and quite a lot of money . |
| 24 | Two important initiatives in community economic development have been the National Association of Development Trusts for England and Wales and also an investigation into the strategic needs of community enterprises called Investing in Community Enterprise . |