Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as gathering information about parental hopes and beliefs it 's important that detailed knowledge is gathered about home language , religion and culture so that sensitive and effective links can be established . |
| 2 | Adoption workers need to accommodate in their thinking and practice more than one concept simultaneously , that is , the achievement of ‘ open ’ adoption or adoption with contact where it is in a child 's interests but within a framework of legal security . |
| 3 | All grafting techniques depend on preparing matching surfaces at the ends of stock and scion so that they quickly fuse . |
| 4 | A second rapper causes batted eyelids for a time , and the addition of a second guitar during an encore of ‘ Go Wild ’ suddenly give the sound the extra bite it 's been missing all night , but if 25th Of May are going to appeal on musical merit as a vehicle for their politics , they 'll have to update their sound , experiment and hit harder than this . |
| 5 | Universities tend to train academics and research workers to have very detailed knowledge of relatively narrow aspects of agriculture ; their farms are designed for experiment and demonstration rather than to impart practical skills and experience . |
| 6 | Such sums are not obtained without some sort of commitment to success which , in contemporary terms , means circulation and advertising rather than a blind commitment to a political creed . |
| 7 | I enjoy playing football and hockey especially but I am able to enjoy nearly any sport . |
| 8 | During an extraordinary congress of the Democratic and Social Centre ( CDS ) on Sept. 28-29 in Madrid Rafael Calvo Ortega and Antonio Fernández Teixidó were elected as president and secretary-general respectively after fierce debate had exposed divisions within the party . |
| 9 | In his ‘ Chandos ’ novels he created a kind of private Ruritania in sundry duchies and noble estates within the borders of Austria , combining a high idealistic approach to women and active physical courage in a setting of noble families and ancient domains which offer in some ways a post-war version of Anthony Hope 's novels , though his plots concerned private theft and murder rather than matters of state . |
| 10 | Nothing can test a professional 's nerve and patience more than long waits between every shot . |
| 11 | You do n't have to draw the continent and oceans exactly as they are because it 's a diagram . |
| 12 | Where the end is person- rather than role-oriented — that is , where the end is the development of the human mind and spirit rather than the production of , say , information technologists — then education is valued in relation to some conception of worthwhile human existence which it is meant to serve . |
| 13 | But now the water flowed , water as from a spring whose source he had forgotten , the lost energy of young and wasted years ran into his limbs and mind and spirit so that he looked everywhere with honesty , with a sensation of being right in the world . |
| 14 | Something new was developing in the 19th century , argues the historian Albert Hourani , something ‘ created by the vast expansion of the European mind and imagination so as to appropriate all existing things . ’ |
| 15 | This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself . |
| 16 | I have discovered a completeness of my mind and body so that it can work as a whole entity , instead of as a jumble of separate limbs , head and torso all working independently of one another . |
| 17 | The rope seems more bother than it 's worth , creating confusion and danger rather than security . |
| 18 | The White Welsh is generally rougher in coat than the White Park and tends to have bluish flecks and patches on the neck and shoulders rather than black . |
| 19 | I knew a family — six children in that case there were — they got evicted neck and crop just because they cracked a drainpipe . |
| 20 | Sexual encounters — which may include nudity and lovemaking even when the protagonists are not married — should concentrate on highly erotic sensations … |
| 21 | The abolition of examinations , shortening the length of courses and open criticism of teachers and academic knowledge , among other features of the Cultural Revolution period , led to disruption and chaos rather than Mao 's goal of an egalitarian higher education system . |
| 22 | Like a female Eldritch blessed with the dark side of Patti Smith 's voice and persona , Louise drifts off into the sort of ethereal world that brings to mind fear and insanity rather than the more straightforward bliss of , say , the Cocteaus . |
| 23 | Like a female Eldritch blessed with the dark side of Patti Smith 's voice and persona , Louise drifts off into the sort of ethereal world that brings to mind fear and insanity rather than the more straightforward bliss of , say , the Cocteaus . |
| 24 | In this he was to be sadly mistaken , and the collapse of his position in the face of what was initially little more than a putsch organized by the queen shows how shallowly based his authority was , resting on fear and coercion rather than genuine loyalty . |
| 25 | If you lay on the ground whining it incensed them and the subsequent kicks and punches were harder and aimed at the mouth and head rather than the stomach and back . |
| 26 | Place freshly squeezed orange juice and rind , clear honey or syrup and alcohol in a large saucepan and heat gently until honey has dissolved . |
| 27 | France recognises its poor performance in population assistance and is said to be developing a new programme , which , however , is expected to focus on public education and demographic research and training rather than family planning assistance . |
| 28 | Derek Clark says that it will change sailing by forcing people to realise that sometimes championships are won by people who are the right weight and size rather than the best sailor … he says they 're hoping to examine the skill levels … it also means that more people can go racing … |
| 29 | They also had to be decorated with braid and ribbons even when they were out ploughing in the winter ; George Sadler told me : |
| 30 | Such men operated in the Danelaw and Northumbria just as in Wessex . |