Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
| 2 | It seems cruel that what is encouraged and praised in girls as children ( and is also , after all , an expression of identity and creativity which little boys too could benefit from ) is suddenly , at age eleven seen as vanity , and a sign of low intellect . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received from business men about the need for the United Kingdom to remain a receptive and attractive base for inward investment . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received from business men about the impact of the Trades Union Congress 's attitude to Japanese inward investment into the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received from business men about the impact of regulatory burdens on industry . |
| 6 | No-one who sees a golgi-stained preparation of neurons can fail to be awed by the complexity and elegance their branching patterns reveal . |
| 7 | The PNP coordinator idea , whatever its problems and imperfections in practice , represents a vision of professional collaboration , development and decision-making which primary schools can ill-afford to abandon , least of all in the era of the National Curriculum . |
| 8 | The Code reminds appeal committees of the apprehension and anxiety which many parents might feel when attending a hearing and of the need to adopt a welcoming and helpful approach , whilst remaining impartial . |
| 9 | It invites denigration , even denial , of the link between physical care and care for the whole person whose body needs tending , and therefore of the knowledge and skill which such activities may require . |
| 10 | As a fashionable spa town during the last century , Baden bei Wien attracted royals and noble hangers-on , who came in droves to take the waters and cake their aristocratic frames in healthpreserving mud . |
| 11 | That puts me in mind of Montesquieu ’ — ; the French philosopher and belle-lettrist whose Persian Letters may have formed the inspiration for Goldsmith 's Citizen of the World : both employed the satirical device of having their society scrutinised by visitors from a far-off land . |
| 12 | Yet treachery was the greatest crime in the feudal code : loyalty and generosity its supreme virtues . |
| 13 | Currently much effort is being directed at understanding the organizational processes of questioning and debate which such audits should stimulate rather than seeing the problem in terms of administrative techniques alone . |
| 14 | Another important finding of the study was the confusion and ambivalence which these carers exhibited in relation to role reversal . |
| 15 | The vicar would never have agreed to any kind of mock funeral , but he finally yielded to Midge 's plea that some intercession should be made for the souls of the unknown man and woman whose charred corpses lay in the refrigerator at the mortuary . |
| 16 | ‘ The young man and woman whose naked bodies were found in the marsh ? |
| 17 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 18 | RADA holds regular annual classes for the professional during vacation periods ; they offer refresher classes in both voice and movement which many actors find extremely valuable . |
| 19 | To his growing band of Cambridge friends he remained the brilliant talker and philosopher whose radical sympathies were ever more plain . |
| 20 | It was observed : ‘ In most villages of the realm there is some one dresser or worker of leather , and in most of the market towns iij or iiij or v , and many great towns and cities x or xx , ’ and indeed , with cattle and timber its chief products , the Weald was a natural location , and local bark , of which colliers and ironmasters had plenty to spare , was much in demand by tanners . |
| 21 | Unlike those pieces of biochemistry , genetics and microbiology which other biologists have totally ignored , these reports must represent work of real value . |
| 22 | But before then , an invited and representative audience will put their questions to a panel of local business people and opinion formers and air their own views on ‘ The Question of Merseyside 's Future ’ at the University of Liverpool on June 24 . |
| 23 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what recent initiatives he has announced concerning animal welfare . |
| 24 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what recent representations he has received regarding the Milk Marketing Board 's proposals for changes in the milk marketing scheme , |
| 25 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what specific grants are available to farmers to encourage the adoption of environmentally sound practices on agriculture . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received in connection with state schools in west Norfolk . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received about education in Northumberland . |
| 28 | Now 's the time to dust off your song sheets and oil your vocal chords as the great Echo Karaoke Challenge gets underway . |
| 29 | Now 's the time to dust off your song sheets and oil your vocal chords as the great Echo Karaoke Challenge gets underway . |
| 30 | It would , it seems to be implied , have suggested that the forces of civilisation ( the British police and legal system ) were capable of acting as savages , seeking to punish people guilty only through shared racial origins in order to maintain the appearance of control and order which civilised societies require . |