Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As the last extracts indicate , schools and teaching exist in a social framework .
2 All Byzantine decorative form is a mixture of east and west treated in a symbolic rather than realistic manner ( 187 ) .
3 This is one band into barrier breaking and category crushing in a big way .
4 This is one band into barrier breaking and category crushing in a big way .
5 Although it is sometimes realized that the demands of public sector accountability and decision making in a political context can serve to limit the extent to which concepts of efficiency derived from the private sector can be applied uncritically in the public sector domain , there nevertheless remains a feeling that much more could be done to improve resource utilisation .
6 The whole station was like some vast and awkward school dance , where need and constraint mingle in a heady , violent ferment of suppression .
7 Guarded by a collective representation in which theft and violence reside in a dangerous class , morally elevated by its correctional quest , the state achieves the legitimacy of its pacific intention and the acceptance of legality — even when it goes to war and massively perpetuates activities it has allegedly banned from the world .
8 He currently works from his studio and workroom built in a large living room at home in Bethnal Green , East London .
9 He currently works from his studio and workroom built in a large living room at home in Bethnal Green , East London .
10 There was no time common to all popular music , as myriad fragments of past , present , and future whirled in a mad dance .
11 Tom was standing in the hallway , his cap and overcoat covered in a thin layer of drizzle .
12 Thus with the aileron and rudder held in a central position , a glider will always weathercock into line with the relative airflow , just as the wind vane on a church steeple will always swing into the wind .
13 A striking difference between pagan and Christian attitudes to sex and marriage appears in a curious duality .
14 However , in 1904 north and south recombined in a united Welsh Black Cattle Society and the strains were mingled into a single , hardy , dual-purpose breed .
15 The scent of rotting leaves , beech nuts and bracken combined in a heady mélange Elisabeth found intoxicating .
16 We know , moreover , that the more affluent among the old in Britain are more likely to feel that they enjoy good health and less likely to suffer from conditions which restrict their mobility and capacity to participate in a wide range of social and cultural activities than the least well-off ( GHS 1986 ; 126 ) .
17 Materials and equipment kept in a particular classroom or specialist room should be clearly labelled in large print or braille ( such as labelling with Dymotape , for example ) .
18 Here the principle of similarity and difference operates in a similar manner to its application in the intrinsic aesthetic .
19 Whether accompanied by a light meal of sandwiches and cake served in a cosy sitting room in front of a fire , or somewhere as elegant as the Ritz , a cup of tea is part of the English way of life and the tea ceremonies of all the Orient are equally famed .
20 • Calories , cholesterol , fats , protein and sodium counts in a single serving shown for every recipe .
21 Then every star vanished , and the sky was instantly one piled mass of black cloud , out of which lightnings flashed and rain streamed in a circling torrent , swirled by the terrible wind .
22 Subsoil Principally Belemnite chalk , with some Micraster chalk at the edge of the lower slopes and lignite , sand , sandstone , clay and flinty-clay exposed in a thin strip on the highest slopes .
23 When the process is also multidisciplinary and has the objective of enabling the user and carer to participate in a meaningful , empowering way , the levels of complexity and expertise increase further .
24 Women 's role and position in the social stratification system husband and wife working in a paid job or career ? vicarious role they are assigned in the sociology of stratification .
25 Elaine exclaimed , her delight evident as she entered the open-plan living- and dining-room decorated in a fresh lemon and blue fabric which Christina had chosen .
26 A fountain of earth and smoke erupted in a nearby field .
27 Opposite , top This formal raised pool and fountain built in a striking modern style make a really strong garden feature .
28 Mother and daughter conversed in a wary , detached manner , recognising that this was the best way to handle a potentially tricky situation .
29 And they sat around , did n't they , looking devastatingly blasé and cheery in this sexy gear , all sheepskin and flying boots , and scarf knotted in a debonair fashion at their throats ?
30 The eyes widened , the mouth opened to form a smile , and then a gaping O , and then with a cry that Bernice heard in her mind rather than with her ears the nose and chin split in a vertical line , the eyes moved apart , and the entire face divided in two .
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