Example sentences of "of [noun sg] and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scheilenberg waited , desperate for a cigarette , but aware also of how totally Himmler disapproved of smoking and then the door opened and Rossman appeared with another man . |
| 2 | In order not to bore my readers , I have left the subject alone for the past six months , but with the start of a new summer season approaching in Britain , it is perhaps time to take up some of the issues again ; for I see few signs that there is any change of heart and certainly no sign of a change of direction . |
| 3 | Carry on through a strip of woodland and over a second stile . |
| 4 | Also , step back from engagement , never forward ; an exciting bout generates a great deal of noise and sometimes the opponent does n't hear the referee 's call to stop the bout . |
| 5 | Founded in 1583 , the University has a distinguished tradition of learning and of innovation , including examples in the Arts ( Edinburgh established the first Chair of English Literature in Britain ) , in the Sciences ( with the UK 's first Chair of Agriculture and latterly the first Chair and Department of Artificial Intelligence ) and , of course , in Medicine and the other professions . |
| 6 | So the idea is you have some kind of token so that er , classic example in sort of junior schools , primary schools , that y'know if a child actually does what you want it to do , it gets a kind of star in a star chart and added up so many stars it gets some kind of present and basically the same kind of thing can be applied in clinical and in occupational settings as well . |
| 7 | The same Electoral Register is used for both types of election and much the same criteria for inclusion and exclusion are applied . |
| 8 | If the patient takes more medicine than they need then there will be over-reaction but I have had very few cases of over-reaction and always the state produced has calmed within a day . |
| 9 | Instead of a systematic policy of imperialism , Unionists had Montagu 's Indian policy and Milner 's policy in Egypt ; instead of settlement in Ireland there were outrages ; instead of a broad social policy there was first a reckless waste of money and then an abandonment of almost all that had been proposed . |
| 10 | You do n't want a bit of sedimentation and then a gap when nothing was being laid down and then a bit more being sedimented , because , you know , you do n't know then whether the jumps you see in the record are simply there because there was a gap in deposition , or whether they really reflect the sudden change in the population . |
| 11 | Important or insignificant , customs appointments were , however , obtainable only by those who could expect a political favour , and many of the officers were in fact the nominees of a member of parliament and often the active partisans of that politician . |
| 12 | But it does mean that the job is immensely diverse , with a lot of administration and only a small element of number crunching , which he seeks out as an extra because he likes doing it . |
| 13 | In 1828 George Hurst became a director of the House of Industry and subsequently a member of the Board of Guardians , a position which he held until he was in his nineties . |
| 14 | They show a continuing collapse in inflation and that can only help the competitiveness of industry and thereafter the growth of the economy and the creation of jobs . |
| 15 | It was a role to which he seemed well suited , for he displayed little originality of mind and almost no strong convictions — except in defence of the Church of England . |
| 16 | Mr Shultz had been an economics professor , the Nixon administration 's man in charge of labour and then the economy , and subsequently a top executive at the Bechtel Corporation , an international construction giant . |
| 17 | In front , southwards and seawards , there was a stretch of gravel and then the ground fell away abruptly down to the sea . |
| 18 | A big erm pitcher full of tea and then a basket tied on my back with the sandwiches and and the cake of scone my mother used to back more often . |
| 19 | Then you start at half past four I 'll go round and give them a bit of tea , all of them , you see , see if they 've eat , those that 's eat up horses eat up , give them a bit of tea and then the lads start on them and they dress them over till they sa well , well say , we give them till six o'clock wa to do two horses . |
| 20 | I 'll make you a cup of tea and then the only trouble with this job is that there 's that much stuff around . |
| 21 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 22 | Disadvantages include handwriting as an obstruction to understanding , the element of personal ‘ ownership ’ which discourages the release of the book to some central point at the time of completion and so the sharing of data therein ; the primitive linking of support data ( anything from staples to sticky tape ) with the accompanying disincentive to completeness and tendency to data loss ( e.g. through sticky tape perishing ) ; some support data presented even more of a problem , such as photographs and outsize computer print out which led to separate support folders to the actual laboratory notebook . |
| 23 | Inner conflict involves the experience of temptation , the seduction of ambition and often a struggle with God , perceived or unrealised . |
| 24 | The submission which Mr. Lester makes on the other hand is not restricted by reference to the type of statute and indeed the only way in which it could be discovered whether help was to be given is by considering Hansard itself . |
| 25 | He watched the emotions play over her young face ; the stir of anger , the hint of disappointment and then a smile settled , hesitant , ravishing in its innocence . |
| 26 | I was present when one subject adviser made a visit , first to see the head , then the head of department and finally the whole department . |
| 27 | For some authors perspective provides both the laws of perception and also the key to the true and rational representation of objects . |
| 28 | Not only did the names change at the Palaeozoic/Mesozoic boundary , but also the classification , the methods of study and even the terminology of the anatomical parts . |
| 29 | I exist with a primary school football team and th the two skills that they 're able to develop , the powers of concentration and hopefully a sense of fair play . |
| 30 | I do have to thank on behalf of my stewards ' committee er , Terry who gave us a lot of help and also the er , Regional Section who also helped us . |