Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But below the mirror images of arts and architecture lurks the threat of extinction — Venice is in Peril . |
| 2 | Students studying art criticism as Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology say the paintings have no merit , show no talent and are worthless . |
| 3 | The third series of P. G. Wodehouse 's immortal stories begins on ITV on Sunday March 29 , coinciding with the release of an album of incidental songs and music entitled The World of Jeeves and Wooster , performed by the stars themselves . |
| 4 | An exquisite bored mobile of gyrating flesh , her arms , legs and stomach caress the music and the customers , eyes . |
| 5 | Replace old foam-filled furniture at the earliest opportunity with furniture labelled to indicate that its covers and filling meet the requirements of the 1988 Furniture and Furnishings ( Fire ) ( Safety ) Regulations . |
| 6 | Unless the Government are prepared to provide a forum for funds and expertise to assist the defence industry to diversify into other products , the job losses and the decline in Britain 's economic performance will continue — but , then , the Secretary of State does not care . |
| 7 | Following the conclusion of the agreement on the withdrawal of all 73,500 Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia in February [ see p. 37258 ] , the first units and equipment left the country on March 2 . |
| 8 | Given economic growth and open markets , that figure could easily double in the next five years , and again in the next five , putting China into the top rank of the world 's traders and helping maintain the growth rates of its Asian neighbours . |
| 9 | Abruptly as with all cities and their tight schedules the street below was jammed with cars and Maxim assumed the coffee shop on the ground floor would be open . |
| 10 | Whatever influence Le Fanu 's works may have had on Stoker , the young Dublin boy must have known that in the prevalent Celtic legends the graves open all over the Irish countyside on All Souls ’ Night and the dead walk across the fields — and Irving 's performances and demeanour sealed the future of his fictional imagination . |
| 11 | Inability to raise local funds through savings and investment to reach the proportion required for projects prevented the disbursement of foreign aid committed to such projects , the World Bank estimating that USdollars 4,600 million was waiting to be disbursed . |
| 12 | The concertino group of two violins and cello remains the same , of course , though the composition of the continuo group frequently changes . |
| 13 | He said directors at his firm , based in Kingston , Surrey , had decided that ‘ it is in the best interests of both their clients and company to sell the business to the PGL adventure group ’ . |
| 14 | Even before this time , the cost of war was beginning to sap enthusiasm for it : loans on wool and in wool , accompanied by embargoes and dubious credit arrangements , were testing the patience and loyalty of more than the merchants who assented to these measures ; purveyances , now being collected with a frequency and ruthlessness to match the 1290s , were provoking deep unrest in wide sections of the community , lay and clerical ; efforts to muster arrays for defence against the Scots and French antagonized the clergy when the requests for support were directed to diocesan , instead of provincial , synods . |
| 15 | What I love is looking at the designs and helping choose the fabrics — and working out how much to charge ! ’ |
| 16 | In the case of property companies and investment trusts the undertaking should refer to an increase in asset value per share for the remaining shareholders . |
| 17 | Stressing the need for dialogue involving oil companies , contractors and government to improve the cost-effectiveness of North Sea operations , Mr Chambers said : ‘ Creating new solutions that improve the economic attractiveness of our region requires a shift in our thinking . ’ |
| 18 | These courses are based around short projects and topics of general interest such as : the mass media , life styles , social problems , the arts , etc. , and concentrate on language functions and usage to enable the student to achieve a higher level of fluency and accuracy . |
| 19 | He also collected sandbags and wood to barricade the Legation buildings . |
| 20 | Typical of such demands are information relating to the countries and business segments the company operates in and especially the performance of each segment , employee policies and employment impact , environmental impacts and company objectives and plans . |
| 21 | The team of expert speakers will use their own experiences and expertise to illustrate the problems , opportunities and solutions facing the international tax professional . |
| 22 | This makes the diet difficult to sustain over long periods and management requires the services of a specialist metabolic team . |
| 23 | If the mother notices that he does not like certain songs she at once introduces others with different phrases and melody embodying the same teaching . |
| 24 | After bids and counter bids the Secretary of State referred the Guinness proposal to the Commission for inquiry and report . |
| 25 | The more that parents and industry provide the greater grows the temptation for government to provide less . |
| 26 | As feminists , we need to have a way of looking at this work which makes us think about whose shattered lives and suffering produced the money used to pay her for her paintings — namely the poor rural workers of Britain and Ireland and the enslaved African peoples working in the West Indies and the American colonies . |
| 27 | This is to enable the banks , institutions and management to tailor the share and loan capital structure , and bank borrowings , to the circumstances of the transaction . |
| 28 | Sir : Has anyone a suggestion about how , once we have made all our graduates pay for their own education through some sort of lifelong surtax , we should set about stopping those with any marketable skills and sense leaving the country as soon as they possibly can ? |
| 29 | Lack of investment in skills and innovation limit the potential of many to boost their levels of pay and job satisfaction . |
| 30 | The role of the non-disabled workers should be to allow the information to be passed on and to give support to people who want to develop skills and confidence to challenge the barriers they face . |