Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it argues convincingly that only by giving economic and political power back to the poor — the people most dependent on the natural environment for their day-to-day livelihoods — can the world defend its future . |
| 2 | We have every reason to be proud of the service of the Territorial Army over the years , because we can trace the history of volunteer and reserve commitment back to the Norman conquest . |
| 3 | But you will find plenty of kindling and dry wood down on the beach . |
| 4 | The government itself has encouraged individual rather than collective advancement by turning much of the initiative for vocational and technical training over to the private sector — with local and multinational companies selecting candidates for higher-level training and providing scholarships and bursaries to this end . |
| 5 | However , the three-way tone section allows this to be EQ 'd out and careful setting up of the guitar and amp or PA enables the 1992-H to put out a most convincing acoustic sound . |
| 6 | Despite a lingering tendency to see the Chinese cult of the dead as a simple and direct projection on to the mystical plane of the strict code of filial piety controlling the behaviour of sons towards their fathers , recent studies by Sinological anthropologists are increasingly adopting a wider cosmological perspective which places the dead , where they naturally belong , among the other spirits and forces of traditional Chinese religion . |
| 7 | Third , the political turbulence of the seventies born of economic failure and increasing unemployment , destroyed consensus and brought " conviction politics " and real choice back to the fore with a vengeance : the Conservatives rediscovered old roots in their opposition to state intervention and their commitment to the free market ; the Labour Party rediscovered socialism and attacked the free market of capitalism at the same time as they were eager to fashion an interventionist state ; the specifics of nationalist sentiment ebbed and flowed in unpredictable ways ; and only the Liberal-SDP Alliance seemed eager to try and recreate the moderate consensus politics and policies of the fifties , and they did this despite growing signs that the social and economic conditions that made those policies viable had ceased to exist . |
| 8 | His great claim to fame is that he was the first Englishman to build a long and lucrative career out of the dissemination of public news . |
| 9 | Masklin pulled the Thing from its niche in the wall and padded back out into the open . |
| 10 | The landing ships are expected to be fitted with two twenty metre cannons each for the dangerous and vulnerable trip up to the Gulf . |
| 11 | This is a growing burden , given the government 's devolution of geriatric and mental care on to the ‘ community ’ while actually failing to provide support and relying instead on the voluntary services of women in the family . |
| 12 | Using 256 colours on a VGA display , the graphics show warmth around lamps and fireplaces and muggy dampness out on the smog filled London streets . |
| 13 | The next afternoon , Matilda managed to get a rather sooty and grumpy parrot down from the chimney and out of the house without being seen . |
| 14 | The passage continued narrow , clearly cut and low-roofed , a safe and secret way out of the castle by which the garrison could retreat towards Shrewsbury , if too hard pressed , and by which it could receive stores and reinforcements in time of siege , or emerge to raid and counterattack by night . |
| 15 | We recognise the anomalies and obstacles with which CCW has had to contend , and support its efforts to weld an effective and influential organisation out of the raw materials at its disposal . |
| 16 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
| 17 | Canyon Capers — an organised 3-event excursion of jet-boat ride up the rapids of the Shotover River , a bungy jump of 280 feet from a bridge into the Shotover gorge , and white-water rafting back down the river . |