Example sentences of "and [prep] [pron] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 2 | From that moment on , every day was a Saturday and between us we could sometimes manage to put the profits up by as much as fourteen shillings a week . |
| 3 | It 's better than nothing and between us we can make it work . ’ |
| 4 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 5 | The report confirmed that house officers spend much of their time on inappropriate tasks — either those that are beyond their competence and for which they can not hope to provide optimum care ( like providing the main source of symptom control to inpatients , the sole medical cover to surgical patients , and explaining complicated procedures to patients and relatives ) and others that could be done just as well by non-medical staff ( like filing reports , taking routine blood samples , and arranging beds ) . |
| 6 | We can explain that they come from an age when theology and the natural sciences were not divorced from one another , when God was held directly responsible for disasters we would now call ‘ natural ’ , and for which we would have scientific explanations to hand that did not mention God at all . |
| 7 | We try to bring about an environment in which creativity can flourish by selecting people of outstanding ability who wish to work on a problem of their own choice and for which we can imagine a substantial outcome . |
| 8 | The goals are the aims or outcomes that a programme purports to pursue , and for which it can be held accountable ( where measurable ) . |
| 9 | Churchill , who at first thought it was the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster which was the proposition and for which he would happily have settled , accepted the greater post with tears in his eyes and an expression of grateful loyalty . |
| 10 | It 's also worth applying for other jobs that appeal and for which you might have a chance . |
| 11 | She had taken him out into the garden to show him various easy spring tasks that must be done , and for which she would pay him , and he had refused . |
| 12 | Much of this spending went on new industrial units , schemes that might take years to implement , and for which there may have been an appropriate upper limit . |
| 13 | And for what you would do , if I let you live . |
| 14 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |
| 15 | However insignificant in myself I am the Representative on this question of no mean body in this country who would be … disappointed and chagrined at the suspension of the question — But further — and this is a consideration far more really influential on my Conduct — I can not but feel myself the Representative of a Body who can not speak for themselves and for whom I must act without other guide than my own Conscience . |
| 16 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 17 | Nobody else in this dive has any money , and for them it will he a long cold evening . |
| 18 | To Eric I say a heartfelt merci bien for everything you 're doing at Leeds , and for everything you may yet do to help improve my love life . |
| 19 | It was his conception , his baby , and for it he would tolerate most things , including his suspicion of Trotskyism — whether of the IMG or IS variety — and of what he may have seen as Rowbotham 's ‘ hippy sentimentality ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ This is a chance for people to show their support for the play scheme and for anyone who would like to help to let us know . ’ |
| 21 | For the purpose of this book , I should like to think of a smallholding as any parcel of agricultural land of up to ( say ) 100 acres , organized to be worked by one or two people , without paid labour , and through which they can make part or the whole of their living . |
| 22 | At first sight it is unremarkable ; a simple Formica-clad cube , but as one draws closer it can be seen that the top face is transparent and through it one can view the tracks in the cloud chamber — the long thin lines due to cosmic rays and the short stubby ones due to alpha particles . |
| 23 | It is through this mastery that one achieves ideal manhood and womanhood in Piaroaland , and through it one can then creatively participate in the building of community . |
| 24 | It still burned with a harsh , blinding glare and through it she could see vague shapes , presumably the others . |
| 25 | They 'd reached a dramatic opening , and through it she could see the moon-silvered sea hundreds of feet below , moving in a slow , deep swell towards the foot of the cliffs . |
| 26 | He put his telescope to his eye , and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice . |
| 27 | The Aborigines who were with me , and of whom I must speak in the highest praise , for the readiness with which they rendered me their assistance , affirmed , upon learning the nature of my pursuits , that they had come to meet me . ’ |
| 28 | But to say that the half-yearly payments were to continue till the whole sum of £2,090 19s. , ‘ and interest thereon , ’ should have been fully paid and satisfied , would be to introduce very important words into the agreement which are not there , and of which I can not say that they are necessarily implied . |
| 29 | So when he said murder , even that was not sure , but it was going to be a relief to be investigating a crime in which he had no personal connection and of which he could not be suspected . |
| 30 | One other quality of timber which bears on marquetry , and of which you should always be aware , is that of texture . |