Example sentences of "and [det] [noun] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using data from the General Household Survey for 1972 on 6,873 male employees and using a method of analysis similar , but not identical , to that of Jencks , Psacharopoulos found ‘ that personal characteristics explain a higher fraction of earnings variance in the U.K. than in the U.S. and that education has a sizeable direct effect on income as well as an indirect effect through occupation ’ . |
| 2 | But Greenpeace insist that only a small percentage of the fish caught by the seals are of interest to the fishermen , and that over-fishing remains the main threat to North Sea fish stocks . |
| 3 | It is an unfortunate fact that Klein has almost no sociological theory , and that Marcuse has no therapeutic theory . |
| 4 | Comforting a sad and discouraged Louise ( March 27th , 1853 ) , he reminds her that we are all caged birds , and that life weighs the heaviest on those with the largest wings : ‘ We are all to a greater or lesser degree eagles or canaries , parrots or vultures . |
| 5 | The expected support of the NUR and the NTW on Friday , 15 April 1921 never occurred , and that day became the infamous ‘ Black Friday ’ of Labour history . |
| 6 | Although the Secretary of State knows nothing about the Bill , he knows the man who does , and that man does a good job . |
| 7 | 1 Samuel 4 renews the story of the conflict between the two peoples , and that rivalry remains a major feature of the account of Saul 's reign , and does not come to an end till victories won by David , described in 2 Samuel 5 . |
| 8 | His control is through their commitment to forming a clear vision of success and turning it into reality , and that vision includes the highest standards of self-discipline . |
| 9 | In a tokamak an external transformer winding induces a current in the plasma , and that current creates the poloidal field . |
| 10 | The Soviet Union would only permit a united Germany if that state was to be neutral , the argument went , and that way lay the old nightmare of a Germany swinging between East and West . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , as successful communication involves the transfer of information , and that transfer presupposes a successful evaluation of what is known and not known at the outset , a number of general suggestions have been made by theorists and methodologists advocating a communicative approach . |
| 12 | On the title track of his début album , Waits sang : ‘ The dreams are n't broken down here , they 're walking with a limp , ’ and that line offers a neat résumé of his lyrical concerns through the Seventies . |
| 13 | There is some way to go : in fact , BIS Strategic Decisions has estimated that $50bn plus will be invested in Eastern European telecommunications over the next decade — and that estimate excludes the former Soviet Union . |
| 14 | Higham 's book contains an informative section upon the politics of dividing up a bookfund , and on the necessary procedures for monitoring and managing expenditure to ensure that all funds are committed , and that commitment follows an even pace throughout the year . |
| 15 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |
| 16 | One of its valves is larger than the other , and that valve has a circular opening at its apex , through which a fleshy stalk passed which served to attach the animal during life . |
| 17 | That incident pointed up the hostility between the two and that hostility reflects the political culture of Scotland . |
| 18 | And that negotiation affects every one of us at this table . |
| 19 | It is easy to forget that Byrd 's music possesses a chronology no less than Bach 's or Beethoven 's , and that chronology makes a solid basis for good programming . |
| 20 | And that illustration offers the same image of an invisible power , and with this we can begin to see the spirit of God at work in the world . |
| 21 | A house buyer might reject a particular house because a good kitchen was a top priority and that house had a poor kitchen . |
| 22 | And that cloud brought a little drizzle , mostly on the east coast , the only sunshine this morning stayed in the west . |
| 23 | For all irrational and exploitative forms of authority , self-assertion — the pursuit by another of his own goals — is the arch sin because it is a threat to the power of the authority ; the person subject to it is indoctrinated to believe that the aims of the authority are also his , and that obedience offers the optimal chance for fulfilling oneself . |
| 24 | It seems odd , at first sight , that the potteries of Stoke-on-Trent ( q.v. ) should have grown up more than two hundred miles away from the source of their vital ingredient , but in fact the manufacture of stoneware and earthenware had been established in Staffordshire long before the secret of porcelain was found , and that area had the necessary clay , coal and water supplies for the growth of the industry . |
| 25 | So there are precedents for both our finding that knowledge spread through the electorate as the election approached and that television played a particular role in that process . |
| 26 | Nor did this brief fashion for working-class subjects derive directly from their critical campaigns , except insofar as Richardson had directed Look Back in Anger on the stage in 1956 , and that production marked the cultural watershed from which a fashion for ‘ realism ’ seemed to flow . |
| 27 | And each play has a plausible villain , making it tempting to think that Iago and Angelo were both played by the same actor . |
| 28 | The table was covered in red ribbon streamers and chains of coloured paper and each candlestick bore a large bow of ribbon and a rosette of gold and silver paper . |
| 29 | The resulting plants are likely to be better because there is minimal root disturbance , and each seedling has a generous amount of compost without competition — but the number of seedlings you can raise at once will be very limited , so use this method for plants like tomatoes , where you do n't need many , or those worth special treatment , such as bedding geraniums . |
| 30 | They must scoop up or snap up huge numbers of insects each day to fill their stomachs , and each insect contains a large percentage of rather non-nutritious outer-covering . |