Example sentences of "and [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Kandel , trained as a psychiatrist , spent a period working on Aplysia with Ladislav Tauc in Paris in the 1960s , saw the potential of the organism , initially for the study of short-term processes such as habituation , and over the subsequent quarter-century in New York he has made its study peculiarly his own and that of the generations of researchers who have cut their teeth in this Columbia laboratory .
2 The Poles looked back to two periods of greatness — the kingdom of the Piasts , which disintegrated in the twelfth century , and that of the Jagiellonians under whose rule Poland 's frontiers were extended from the Baltic to the Black Sea .
3 Increasing use of digital data has led to the introduction of a licensing system to regulate their use by external parties and protect copyright — both NERC 's own copyright and that of the owners of the data , for BGS does not have proprietary rights to all the data it holds .
4 The perception of Dr John Viney of Heidrick and Struggles — and that of the clients with whom he has spoken — is this : to be recruited as a consultant in Egon Zehnder one needs a strong first degree , plus a business degree , usually an MBA .
5 He claims that by the latter half of the eighteenth century the fading ‘ monarchical law ’ of the ancien régime was being confronted by two different alternatives : the programme of the ‘ reforming jurists ’ ( classical criminology ) and that of the advocates of the prison :
6 But it was not only in Northern Nigeria that the charms of obscurity were known and appreciated ; in the late imperial world the passion for secrecy was widespread , and that of the practitioners of Indirect Rule was only one manifestation of it .
7 If the cavalry were still , in every sense , the army 's natural leaders , the victories of the Flemish burgher forces and militia over French knights at Courtrai in July 1302 , and that of the mountaineers of Schwyz and Uri over the formidable feudal array of knights and footmen belonging to Leopold of Austria at Morgarten in November 1315 had shown what could be done in conditions and terrain unsuited to the effective use of cavalry .
8 She distinguished three aspects to the gaze : that of the eye of the camera registering the pro-filmic event , that of the spectator viewing the film , and that of the characters on screen looking at each other .
9 She peered down into the water but was aware only of her own reflection and that of the branches of the beech trees .
10 It was agreed that ( i ) a system of proportional representation in the Assembly of the Republic ( legislature ) would be adopted ; ( ii ) legislative and presidential elections would be held simultaneously within one year of the signing of a ceasefire accord , although this deadline could be extended ; ( iii ) presidential candidates would be at least 35 years old and their candidacies supported by a minimum of 10,000 signatures ; ( iv ) the minimum voting age and that for the representatives in the Assembly would be 25 years , although there was an expectation that these would be reduced to 18 years after the first set of elections ; ( v ) a National Electoral Commission , one-third of whose members would be appointed by the MNR , would organize the electoral process , determining for example the number of seats per region ; and ( vi ) the government would assist the MNR to secure appropriate facilities to carry out its political work in at least every provincial capital .
11 Total mortality and each of the outcomes of coronary heart disease increased as severity of periodontal disease increased .
12 The lesson was very strictly controlled although it began with lots of open questioning which stimulated the class to decide where Rome should be founded and some of the reasons for its being in that position .
13 and erm , with all the erm younger men and some of the girls of course er , volunteered for the services
14 I recouped the payment by making garment for friends and some of the girls in the office .
15 It describes everyday experiences , like crossing the Bristol Road , getting lost in University Square , and some of the problems of teaching and researching as a blind scholar .
16 Jo and Maggie and some of the others from work had gone back last week and met them again .
17 We trimmed the majority of the bad language and some of the excesses of violence as well .
18 Many of the later Latin fathers ( and some of the fathers of the Reformation ) tended to see it only as a backdrop to the true meaning of the atonement .
19 BEC courses have also grown in number in recent years and some of the Institutes of Higher Education , for example , offer full-time courses leading to BEC Ordinary National and Higher National Diplomas .
20 Cheshire notes that even so a number of alternating items and structures did not occur frequently enough for a quantitative analysis , and some of the frequencies for the variables which were analysed are very low .
21 The bottom jaw was missing and some of the teeth from the top , but the sockets were there .
22 In this issue of Health Action we highlight some of the challenges that arise in the collection and use of information and some of the experiences of people who are trying to meet those challenges .
23 Before embarking on the exposition of the theoretical model itself , it may be helpful to consider briefly the nature of the theory of economic growth , how it should be interpreted , and some of the sources of controversy .
24 Recognise and talk about the use of word play , eg puns , unconventional spellings etc , and some of the effects of the writer 's choice of words in imaginative uses of English .
25 The proposals of the Labour party , and some of the proposals in the Maastricht social protocol , would be deeply damaging to the industry .
26 Other patrons in those days had included Narbra Hutton and some of the relatives of J Paul Getty .
27 He says when they started they had to improvise and some of the lights on the stage were just tin boxes .
28 There is again some anecdotal evidence that such degrees are less likely to lead on to postgraduate research , and some of the figures in Table 3.2 suggest this ; but such assertions need to be tested empirically .
29 And some of the teachers at the school were horrid .
30 Computer hackers pose a serious threat to the security of computer systems and some of the activities in which they engage are potentially criminal in nature .
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