Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fertility increases in Britain occurred in a modest way in the later 1930s and much more strikingly between the mid-1950s and 1960s . |
| 2 | He walked right through the ghosts and through the entrance they had opened . |
| 3 | Back at the river , walk down the track , turning right through the trees and follow the Tweed to St Boswells . |
| 4 | SUPERCHUNK — On The Mouth ( City Slang ) : Superchunk check in somewhere between the Pixies and the Buzzcocks with a bit of grunge topping . |
| 5 | Somewhere between the Mongols and the present day the lands to the north of the Black Sea acquired the name Ukraina , which means ‘ at the border ’ . |
| 6 | He clambered aboard the coach , the juniors raised a brief , cheeky cheer , half mocking and half friendly , the driver hoisted himself imperturbably into his cab , and the coach started up and surged ponderously through the gates and away along the Silcaster road . |
| 7 | The information in the series of guides by J. Watson Lyall which begin in 1873 is mostly about the shootings and fishings . |
| 8 | The information in the series of guides by J. Watson Lyall which begin in 1873 is mostly about the shootings and fishings . |
| 9 | Some teenage mothers complain bitterly about the attitudes and treatment they receive in antenatal clinics and classes and in hospital , which are sometimes patronising and even rude . |
| 10 | I think now of the way the shaggy but emaciated-looking , dull-eyed sheep who wander so wearily about the paths and tracks of the Forest of Dean find their way into the brick bus shelters on nights such as this . |
| 11 | Take this turn and after a couple of miles the road narrows incredibly through the hedges and stone houses of the village . |
| 12 | Then , still without speaking , Mr Dakin moved unhurriedly between the cows and a faint chink of metal sounded as he fastened the chain around Blossom 's neck . |
| 13 | The way in which things are made has changed slowly through the millennia and much more rapidly during the last two centuries . |
| 14 | You 're almost sure to be right about the spells and enchantments . |
| 15 | Perhaps there was something not quite right about the files and the ledgers . |
| 16 | The colour range is amazing and there is generally enough for the hems and sewing on the buttons of one garment on each reel . |
| 17 | Eventually things got cool enough for the protons and neutrons to fuse and form atomic nuclei ; later still it was possible for electrons to cling to the nuclei , thus creating atoms . |
| 18 | They do n't have to worry too much about the eventualities and all the other sins that the planning process is concerned with . |
| 19 | She needed to live his life with him , if only through the eyes and ears of her dearest friend . |
| 20 | McIntyre was able to drive her almost as fast to windward as the 50-footers and lost nothing on the downwind legs . |
| 21 | Better for the employees and pensioners , he said yesterday , for Pilkington to stay and run the business as it runs its UK operations . |
| 22 | Better for the employees and pensioners , he said yesterday , for Pilkington to stay and run the business as it runs its UK operations . |
| 23 | So much for the experts and their fuckin' theories , the driver thought bitterly . |
| 24 | So much for the nuts and bolts of shooting video but what makes a movie work on screen ? |
| 25 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 26 | And VERDI , known only for the Operas and the Requiem : how much non-operatic music did he write ? |
| 27 | I am conscious of the time , so I say only that it will be a sad day if the Government are allowed to change the legislation , not only for the miners and their communities or for those who , directly or indirectly , are involved in or seek employment in the industry , but for the whole of society . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's only for the players and the managers . |
| 29 | We accept responsibility not only for the acts and omissions of our own employees and agents but also for those of our suppliers with whom we contract to provide a holiday or reasonable standard . |
| 30 | Kylie Ann Minogue weighed in at just over 6lbs and was immediately established as the darling not only for the Minogues and their friends , but of mum Carol 's network of relatives who had emigrated with her from Wales to Australia . |