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

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1 In secular matters , they were worldly , sophisticated and cosmopolitan , adapting themselves to the Greco-Roman values , attitudes , manners and mores of the Empire .
2 He summarised continuously — the manners and mores of the people , the scale of hospitality , the diet , and the disposition of the household in which he stayed , the more ‘ ordinary ’ the folk the greater Johnson 's detail .
3 The Report from the Royal Commission on the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts , 1871 , pointed out that the ‘ decorous and wholesome ’ improvement in the manners and habits of the people was a direct result of expanded sanitary regulations .
4 The members of the Royal Society , although they probably did n't adopt the social manners and customs of the 1770s and actually drink Priestley 's soda water at their Dining Club , were greatly impressed by its merits .
5 ‘ They are here for the sea , sand and sun , bodies spread out in clumps and clusters on the beach .
6 Although partial 16S sequences ( the first 700 bases ) are known for incompatibility bacteria from several insect species , nearly complete sequences have only been published for incompatibility bacteria of the mosquito Culex pipiens and wasps of the genus Nasonia .
7 Some Conservatives also suspected that the welfare ethic — by removing the risks and disciplines of the market , providing a cushion for failures , and undermining incentives for the ambitious — weakened enterprise .
8 The statement added that ministers " believed that such a medium-term strategy was the best way of reducing potential risks and uncertainties in the current outlook " .
9 The results of an integration of the above factors should be analysed with reference to the objectives of the organization concerned and the expected risks and rewards of the project .
10 It is abundantly clear that Mr Radice has two main objectives — to ensure that the Department of Health is required to give its reasons why a product licence for a medicine is granted , revoked , or suspended , and to ensure that patients are provided with better and more comprehensive information about the risks and benefits of the medicines that are prescribed for them .
11 A merger is defined to be a business combination in which , rather than one party acquiring control of another , the parties come together to share in the future risks and benefits of the combined entity .
12 Each of these systems involves quite different risks and responsibilities for the employer , contractor and surveyor who may be involved in the design and/or management of the project .
13 The General Directorate for Fine Arts and Archives of the Spanish Ministry of Culture has announced a Pta100 million funding programme for archives in Central and South America which relate to Spain 's colonial past .
14 For the 1985 exhibition ‘ A day in the country : Impressionism and the French landscape ’ , he was made Chevalier of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture .
15 He was trained at Bradford Technical College and the Royal College of Art , and was employed as a textile designer in Bradford until 1911 , when he took up a post as inspector of arts and crafts in the Egyptian Ministry of Education in Cairo .
16 Annie Garnett and her workers were part of an important movement in Britain and Europe when there was a resurgence of pride in the natural characteristics of arts and crafts after the Industrial Revolution .
17 Partnerships , a quarterly newspaper highlighting issues in the fields of arts and disabilities in the West Midlands , has produced a special issue looking at arts provision for older people .
18 Such incidents could influence the future not only of individuals but , in this case , of a whole series of skirmishes and mini-battles on the island of Timor .
19 In general , the answers from different types of respondent did not differ all that widely and the variations that emerged seemed , for the most part , understandable in terms of the characteristics and circumstances of the people they were telling us about , although there did seem to be a tendency for the staff of homes to put a more rosy interpretation on situations .
20 BLENDING It is in the blending room that the mature Scotch Whiskies are combined with each other , finely balancing the characteristics and ages of the individual grain whiskies and malt whiskies .
21 Japan is no exception to the tendency to sum up widely shared social characteristics and attitudes under the heading of ‘ national character ’ .
22 Even though companies ' actions are the result of a substantial contribution of views from many people it is surprising how often one can predict the competitive gambits from knowledge of the characteristics and prejudices of the leader .
23 Manucchi gives a rather patronizing description of characteristics and temperaments of the eunuchs of Mughal times .
24 ‘ She banished pets and festivities from the priory .
25 This lattice , composed of the cations and anions in the adlayer and their effective image charges in the transition metal substrate , will have a Madelung energy associated with it .
26 They simply discharge their sperms and eggs into the water , where they fuse .
27 While the theme of loss of interest in life , linked to Cornford 's pointing to the continual presence of phallic songs and rituals in the comedies he studied , combine in the crude punning that ensues .
28 The mysterious and plaintive songs and calls of the humpback whales are now well known , after the efforts of Americans Roger and Katy Payne to record their haunting deep-sea melodies .
29 Cantus Cölin , under the direction of lutenist Konrad Junghänel , perform a varied selection from Albert 's songs and motets including the engagingly names Musicalishche Kürbs-Hütte ( ‘ Musical Pumpkin Cottage ’ ) .
30 Gone is Mr Morley as presiding anchorman and the device of splitting the evening between actors and singers : instead we have Simon Cadell and Patricia Hodge evoking the platonic passion of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence and giving us generous helpings of songs and scenes from the shows .
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