Example sentences of "[noun] and [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | UK and EC policies have developed separately , largely in isolation and over a different time scale . |
| 2 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 3 | He edged his way through the standing drinkers and for a moment she thought he was going to join her , but he merely nodded and drifted down the room , taking up a position by the wall where he seemed to become engrossed in watching the efforts of a group of youngsters on the one-armed bandit . |
| 4 | An investigation by Allan ( 1979 ) , for instance , found that not only did the middle class have more friends , but they were also drawn from a greater variety of social settings and over a wider geographical area . |
| 5 | In better days , however , it merely served to guarantee the privacy of the sovereigns and as a diversion for the Prince Imperial who enjoyed running up and down it when he came to play with his parents . |
| 6 | As to the amount left for food and clothing after rent and a more flexible sum for heat had been deducted , wives tended to act as the buffer against the needs of husbands and to a lesser extent children . |
| 7 | She helped to produce a sketch of her assailant and as a result of its publication , another woman told police that he was the same man who had attacked her the day before . |
| 8 | In the novel he stays polarized , but without bulk and in a tragic sense without force ; he goes through the motions ( ‘ the habits of a decent man ’ and so forth ) while his great-sinner infamies are unloaded upon a past which he can not even renounce . |
| 9 | After six years as Chairman , he knew all the important party figures and he became a dangerous foe ; in the National Union he combined with Selborne to mount a campaign against coalition and as a Birmingham MP he threatened even- Austen Chamberlain 's home base . |
| 10 | Mr Mellish disclosed that investigations after the incidents at Gateshead gas depot just before midnight on Tuesday and at a disused Esso oil terminal at North Shields late last night involved explosives . |
| 11 | Many women used the campaign as a means of deepening feminist consciousness and as a platform for launching a wider programme of demands . |
| 12 | The explosive pain of it brought me hellishly back to full savage consciousness and to a revived desire not to become part of the eternal mystery just yet . |
| 13 | In a rapidly changing business , how can crucial decisions on manpower be taken with the necessary speed and on a basis of fact ? |
| 14 | Unit Trusts are becoming an increasingly popular form of investment and as a High Interest Cheque Account holder you are entitled to a 1% bonus allocation when you make a lump sum purchase of £500 or more of Midland Unit Trusts . |
| 15 | He applied to be joined in the proceedings as a defendant and for a stay of the possession order . |
| 16 | Our base for the weekend is the comfortable Golf View Hotel at Nairn , delightfully situated on the sheltered shores of the Moray Firth and with a 4-star AA rating and Egon Ronay recommendation . |
| 17 | But this ca n't be seen — it is n't obvious — a child can become the subject of ridicule and for a sensitive and intelligent child this can be sheer hell . |
| 18 | We therefore conclude that an element important for neuronal-specific expression has been lost by this deletion and as a consequence that the transgene is more sensitive to position-effects . |
| 19 | The problem was Ron Dennis and in a way , this clash between the two men is a microcosm of life in FI and deserves a brief aside . |
| 20 | These committees act as a forum for interested parties to air their grievances and as a result enables a clearer picture to emerge of the extent of any odour problem in the area . |
| 21 | The Bank also acts as banker to overseas central banks , as well as to international organizations and to a small number of other institutions , companies and private individuals . |
| 22 | Its internal structuring , however , may be on a geographical basis in terms of area offices and on a client basis in terms of individual officials having a number of cases to deal with . |
| 23 | NATO decided to go ahead with the cruise missiles before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and against a background of Soviet-American agreement in the Salt 11 talks on strategic weapons . |
| 24 | However , as time progressed they took up the argument of legislation requirement and professional competence as a form of self-defence and as a means of maintaining their professional standing not only in their own eyes , but in the eyes of other planners , and in the eyes of their fellow colleagues in Kirkwall . |
| 25 | As Pavel stepped out onto the asphalt , he could see the take off of a Cathay Pacific 747 through the chainlink and across a few hundred feet of grass ; it seemed shockingly , dangerously close , and he turned his face away to look toward the main building . |
| 26 | They are extremely active little animals and after a couple of weeks , as soon as their fur is grown and their eyes are open , they start to supplement their mother 's milk with insects and other invertebrates that they find for themselves . |
| 27 | He met her eyes and for a second time ; she smiled her shy smile at him , but his swimming head filled it with invitations . |
| 28 | She wore a soft , hyacinth-coloured jersey , for she had summed up Miss Cress as a rival and as a woman who took everything in , clothes , manners , appearances , weighed and judged them . |
| 29 | He wore an expression of abject defeat and for a short moment my attention moved away from my own troubles and I felt sorry for him . |
| 30 | The duchy of Rome was the papacy 's ancient land to which the popes were deemed to have succeeded as the continuators of Byzantine rule and as a result of the Donation of Constantine . |