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

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1 Summer Lodge was in mourning , dark drapes were closed against the pale , spring sunshine and the gloom within the rooms was accentuated by the soft sound of women weeping .
2 One significant point was noticeable : very few of the European deaf have any knowledge of a manual alphabet and the spelling on the hands by the British and American representatives caused many to pause and gaze with an added interest .
3 The user is then able to make a detailed search of the database , armed with the knowledge of its potential contents and the spelling of the terms involved .
4 Christopher Hitchens in Washington and the despondency of the Democrats .
5 However , with the comparatively recent revolution in geological views on the matter , and the promulgation of the theories of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading ( Ollier , 1981 ) , ocean basins seem to have become some of the less stable features of the earth 's crust .
6 Despite these landmark judgments and the abolition of the earnings rule in 1989 ( see below ) , the five-year differential in state pension age still remains at the time of writing .
7 Reforms of national insurance and the abolition of the pensioners ' earnings rule will effect most of the working population , claims the Treasury in this month 's Economic Progress Report .
8 Scott had three separate interviews , Hammond four , Pennethorne seven , and Hunt , who provided the information about the organization of the competition and the cost of the schemes , appeared twelve times .
9 Examination of visitors ' replies showed that the two most important reasons were insufficient interest in the subject to explore it beyond the exhibition ( 35% ) , and the cost of the catalogues ( 31% ) .
10 On learning their secret , Martin agreed to pay for further development and the cost of the patents taken out on the dephosphorization process in 1877 and 1878 .
11 Er it was a deal done with the Spastics Society er on a at a national level in that er the individual local parties would buy this data er from the appropriate councils on on either disk or tape , er EARS would translate them and the the cost of the translation would be borne by the Spastics er Society , and the cost of the disks , would be borne by the Spastics Society , and I think it was about a hundred and thirty quid or something like that altogether .
12 If one looks at the painting there is clearly a gap between the mythic illusion which one can ‘ read ’ and the immediacy of the sensations one experiences through the sense of sight .
13 So then Pete had told him , truthfully , word-for-word and without any embellishment ; about the shotgun , and the pigeons , and the misunderstanding on the stairs .
14 In the Perfect Future Of Those Obsessed With Electronic Fantasy , Ted Hughes will be replaced by the Sega Laureate , who will spend his days inventing computer games especially for national occasions like royal divorces , and the rapper from The Shamen will be considered a cultural visionary .
15 The nasal discharge and the discharge from the abscesses is highly infectious and this is how strangles is spread to other horses .
16 The topology of the three helices in the NMR structure , and the assignment of the residues that make up the helices agree well with the crystal structure .
17 Futures punters know they are playing with fire which is why some ask not to be rung at home , and the name of the commodities firm is never to be given to anyone who answers the office phone .
18 The seminars were designed to address both practical implementation issues and the question of the awards .
19 Like the patriarchal Victorian factory owners in Britain , they resisted any measures to eliminate child labour practices and the education of the masses , they opined , would bring about the economic ruin of the country .
20 The number and the thickness of the sands increased .
21 It 's all very well having lots of different combinations of pickups , but many players do n't realise that factors such as the height of the bass and the thickness of the strings all affect playing style . ’
22 It 's all very well having lots of different combinations of pickups , but many players do n't realise that factors such as the height of the bass and the thickness of the strings all affect playing style
23 Each of the three stages of painting involves several coatings and several sandings , and the thickness of the bodies is checked periodically for too much or too little finish .
24 However , it is important to remember that the differences based on sex are small and the overlap between the sexes is very great .
25 May the Hong Kong branch find inspiration in the mottoes of both the RAF and the RAFA in the years to come .
26 The term ‘ formal interview ’ is used here to designate a type of interview in which there is an appreciable amount of control exercised over both the presentation of the questions ( stimuli ) and the recording of the answers ( responses ) .
27 He now wrote a number of books on it intended for the general reader , including History of Astronomy ( 1909 ) and The Wonder and the Glory of the Stars ( 1926 ) .
28 There are the coercive measures of the gastro-nasal tubes and the plastering of the arms to which I have referred .
29 In cases such as the present , it is in truth a combination of these actions , the removal from the shelf and the switching of the labels , which evidences adverse interference with or usurpation of the right of the owner .
30 For reasons of national security a law of 1837 and a decree-law of 1851 conferred on the state a monopoly of transmissions by telegraph , and the policing of the airwaves .
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