Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Library Association sought to clarify the matter and thereby safeguard the librarians ' position , and sponsored an amendment which was put forward by Lord Peston in the House of Lords . |
| 2 | Experimenters who expected their subjects to be brighter behaved differently towards the rats and thus affected the rats ' learning abilities . |
| 3 | The ‘ Bouncers ’ , as they quickly became known , raised £70 , and they would especially like to thank the participants of Horley Rally , who spontaneously and generously supported the Bouncers ' efforts . |
| 4 | All students are encouraged to make full use of the union facilities and also to use the Students ' Representative Council ( SRC ) . |
| 5 | Although the wife , as the other trustee of the conveyance , should have received notice of any incumbrance ( see Dearle v Hall ( 1828 ) 3 Russ 1 ) , it is as well if the conveyance to the wife and new husband contains a recital that the property is free from incumbrances ( assuming this to be so ) to stop any requisitions on a later sale and also to direct the parties ' attention to any incumbrances if there have been such . |
| 6 | He clearly enjoyed the vicarious thrill of reading about grisly murders and thoroughly enjoyed The Murderers ' Who 's Who . |
| 7 | All that is needed is to specify clearly those occasions when there is a strong danger that directors may be tempted to act in their own self-interest and then to make the shareholders ' consent necessary in those circumstances . |
| 8 | In view of the embargo on the employment of Indian troops to suppress Burmese nationalism , the Acting Supreme Commander South-East Asia informed the Chiefs of Staff that substantial British reinforcements must be despatched from Malaya , weakening the position in that territory whose rubber was much more important to Britain than Burma 's rice : and incidentally delaying the troops ' repatriation and demobilisation , a politically sensitive issue . |
| 9 | Ever since Munro visited the area on his mammoth feat of cataloguing , and inexplicably rejected the locals ' claim of its 3000 foot stature for his original table of 283 Munros ( the figure has now been cut to 277 ) , Foinavon has been lurking in the wings . |