Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | For they are presented as holding between structures , or between a structure and the class struggle , and it is so far only an article of faith to suppose that they can be refined to a point where one can identify a specific connection such as that between an aspect of the peasant class and a particular form of capitalist state . |
| 2 | The transfer of energy caused by a difference in temperature between a system and its surroundings or between a system and another system is called heat . |
| 3 | Certain treaties have been entered into between States , or between a State and an international organisation , to give protected status to an identified group of people . |
| 4 | One crucial factor was whether the king in appointing a count or missus had any real choice : for instance , as between kinsmen , or between an outsider and a local man . |
| 5 | We should like to call the attention of your readers , if we may , to the Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea in the Book of Common Prayer — still the standard authorised prayer book for the Church of England , which include prayers before or during a storm and thanksgiving for safety and deliverance , as well as the very beautiful collect which begins ‘ Prevent us , O Lord , in all our doings ’ , in which the word ‘ prevent ’ is used in its original sense of ‘ go before us ’ . |
| 6 | always spread a and I I was listening to or or during a programme and it said er , we 're always told how firms are going down the shoot ! |
| 7 | Order , for example can function as a noun or as a verb and the transition probabilities of both senses to following words would have to be computed . |
| 8 | The software is available in two versions , either as a command language for application developers wishing to migrate their own sub-routines into the environment , or as a point and click configuration for ad hoc users — Convex will take the command language version . |
| 9 | Erm and we talk about erm the stages of evolution or of a person and a group and then there 's the list there . |
| 10 | So , yes , it can help the teacher , like a potter 's wheel can help the teacher , or like a blackboard and a piece of chalk can help the teacher . |
| 11 | Okay , put it into it and you 'd tie your length of cotton or black thread onto the piece of cotton with a button that 's dangling down and you 'd go across the road into somebody 's front garden behind a wall or behind a hedge and just keep pulling the cotton to tap on the window . |
| 12 | Staff had spent most of Friday afternoon and evening looking for the child and the owner , Alan Tym , had gone back again late that night to double check that James had not crawled behind a counter or into a cupboard and fallen asleep . |
| 13 | In the creation of effective multimedia the professions of information scientist , designer , computer programmer , systems analyst , film maker , financier , and publisher must somehow be drawn together , either in a single extraordinary person or into a well-managed and effective creative team . |
| 14 | Prestel can now be accessed through the set or via a microcomputer and modem located beside it in the Community Information section in the library . |
| 15 | The job is made easier if the bending machine is mounted on its own stand or in a vice and if some light oil is used on the formers . |
| 16 | Put Kurt Cobain , Dave Grohl and Chris Novoselic on a stage or in a rehearsal space or in a studio and they can still wreak magic , the three losers who took on the world and won . |
| 17 | ( b ) Tests on the equality or otherwise of two values , held either in two store locations , or in an accumulator and a store location . |
| 18 | Money of any currency which a Firm holds or receives for or from a client and which is not immediately due and payable on demand to the firm for its own account and money held by the firm as stakeholder . |
| 19 | Out-patients visit with or without an appointment and can telephone if they have problems . |
| 20 | I had only ever seen them in a tank or on a slab and this was totally different . |
| 21 | There was a dispute as to whether this contractual provision required the bank 's costs , charges and expenses to be taxed on an indemnity basis or on a party and party basis . |
| 22 | A dispreferred response is usually marked in some way : by a slight pause , or by a preface like ‘ Well ’ or ‘ You see ’ , or by an explanation and justification of the response . |
| 23 | His scrawny body was naked except for a loincloth and the tattered remains of a jerkin . |
| 24 | She was naked except for a tampax and a lot of acrylic paint . |
| 25 | It was empty except for an ox and ass who snorted and brayed a greeting . |
| 26 | WHO estimates that between a half and one million Europeans are infected with the AIDS virus . |
| 27 | Writing in the British Medical Journal recently , she points out that between a quarter and a third of 15-year-olds smoke . |
| 28 | I remember that between a death and the subsequent funeral the street would be very quiet , pianos were locked , children were not allowed to play anywhere near the house and on the day of interment , all blinds were drawn , whilst as the cortege made its way to the Cemetery people would stop , the men always removing headgear . |
| 29 | Now I think it also is important that we recognize that as a university and as colleges we have a responsibility for the sort of environment , the education environment , that we provide our students , but I think we also have to remember that these students are eighteen years old when they come up , they are twenty one when they graduate , and many of the students are older than that , they are graduate students and they are young adults . |
| 30 | So you think we could get away with treating that as a crossroads and have people |