Example sentences of "[noun] and [subord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 the natural deduction from what I have said so far would be for Governments to end the necessity of monetising debt and make sure that they do n't put themselves in the position of monetising debt — at any rate in circumstances where there is not a substantial deficiency of demand for labour and where therefore the monetisation of debt would not be counterbalanced by an increase in real production .
2 Cows were spayed in full milk and when eventually the supply was uneconomic , the animal was fat and ready for the butcher .
3 Professional men would look in to buy cigars and while away the time , and Alfred Oliver was an expert on cigars and respectful , if not servile , to his auspicious customers .
4 The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the plaintiff had at common law a cause of action in negligence against the defendants arising out of physical injury suffered by her before her birth and whilst still an embryo of about six weeks ' gestation en ventre sa mère and ( 2 ) the judge ought to have held that no cause of action was recognised at common law in favour of a living plaintiff in respect of physical injury suffered antenatally .
5 I recall the time that I saw on one of the stalls a bone-handled Scout knife and though only a Wolf-Cub , determined to buy one .
6 Craft villages were very different in character from their predecessors of a century or two before , and the new settlements which were dominated by a single workplace and where even the houses and public buildings were owned by the ironmaster , millowner or colliery company had no antecedents in an earlier age .
7 Gradually they gained the upper hand and after almost a week of savage fighting the Germans began to fall back .
8 and get in the way and if only the Civil Service could run the place then it would be a lot better .
9 ‘ But then the team suffered a run of injuries and after only a handful of matches I was back on the field . ’
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