Example sentences of "and [prep] the [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ( 79 ) it is not just the action itself which is asserted : ( 79 ) He had a singular red cap on — not like a sailor 's cap , but of a finer colour ; and as the few yielding planks between him and destruction rolled and bulged , and his anticipative death-knell rung , he was seen by all of us to wave it . |
| 2 | There was a report in the paper about the coronation and the unveiling of the memorial to Queen Victoria two days before the coronation , and about the many crowned heads of Europe who were going to be present , including the German Emperor , the late Queen 's grandson . |
| 3 | ‘ And for the same good reason . |
| 4 | Accordingly , among 25 countries , the reduction of infant deaths alone would range from 5 to 40 per cent ( Maine and McNamara , 1985 , p.17 ) and for the same 25 countries , the average reduction in infant mortality would be about 10 per cent and in death rates of children aged 1–4 years , 21 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 5 | But theoretically , the significance was still greater : the traditional Western bar on the ordination of the married had always applied to the diaconate as much as to the priesthood ( and for the same initial reason : marriage involving the practice of sex was regarded as causing pollution ) . |
| 6 | In the eighties , the prime reason is that there are no jobs , and for the few available , single mothers are n't equal competitors in the jobs market . |
| 7 | We used to do any typing that was needed for the Aurae Phiala publications , and for the few little books and articles Stephen occasionally produced . |
| 8 | The reasons for our absence over the last month or more have been well documented in the local gutter press , and through the many acrimonious exchanges between club and supporters . |
| 9 | Of the former there were 80 , and of the latter 450 specimens , including about 150 species , many of which are new to the European collections … |
| 10 | Its situation in Edinburgh is both a recognition of past and present links between Scandinavia and Scotland and an excellent opportunity for collaboration with other Scandinavian institutions within the city and with the many other departments with Scandinavian interests within the University . |
| 11 | That basis would provide grounds for an acquittal of the charge of theft if the word ‘ appropriates ’ in section 1(1) connotes an absence of consent by the owner , and the appellant presented his argument on the meaning of that subsection , at p. 630a , in the same way as in the Court of Appeal and with the same unsuccessful result . |
| 12 | It is unhelpful for the health secretary to spout spurious statistics about increasing throughput and efficiency in the manner , and with the same hollow ring , of a beetroot producer or tractor manufacturer in the former Soviet Union reassuring commissars that norms were being exceeded . |
| 13 | When one begins to take passages of Scripture and to ask how those can be so presented that they speak with equal force and with the same intended meaning as when they were originally communicated , all kinds of possibilities emerge . |
| 14 | But , again , and with the same patient smile , Morse bade the excitable lady to hold her peace , and bide her time . |
| 15 | He played equally hard , and with the same restless energy , quickly discovering that the two worlds — his days of board meetings and company manoeuvres , his evenings and weekends of parties — overlapped , and fed one another . |
| 16 | ‘ But you are both very similar men , from similar backgrounds and with the same basic objectives in society , ’ Vicky said , with the air of a very puzzled young lady . |
| 17 | It gave her a comfortable glow to think of the church and the life that went on around it , dear and familiar and with the same basic pattern everywhere . |
| 18 | Thousands of gallons of water per minute flow from underground streams which pour from the tranquil pool to form the moat and run into the gutters of Wells and into the many little streams around , irrigating the fields with their dancing life and wonderful presence . |
| 19 | He remembered that he had been lost , apparently going round and round the same spiralling loop of bumpy and frozen track . |
| 20 | In this case , I am going to assume that there were only girls on the island , and also that they were the same ages and from the same middle-class English background as the boys . |
| 21 | In London responsibility for around two-thirds of GLC spending , and in the former metropolitan county areas about half , was transferred to non-departmental bodies or central departments ( Dunleavy and Rhodes , 1987 , p. 23 ) . |
| 22 | What made this situation peculiarly problematic for primary teachers was their sense that the firm stance on good practice taken by the Authority 's advisory staff was inseparable from the part they played both in the formal processes of promotion and appointment and in the many informal and subtle ways whereby individual teachers were encouraged and advanced — or discouraged and held back . |
| 23 | And in the same repetitious way she had recalled the scene she 'd interrupted the evening before by announcing that supper was ready : Gordon and the boy seated in the sitting-room before the cosy glow of the electric fire , drinking sherry . |
| 24 | The statement said that the attacks , involving artillery , helicopter gunships , and special forces gunmen , was intended " to create what is called a safe border zone similar to that created in the north [ Kurdish areas ] and in the same bloody fashion " . |
| 25 | For in such a state by far the most important conditions of production and consumption , of exchange and distribution will remain of the same quality , and in the same general relations to one another , though they are all increasing in volume . |
| 26 | Halfway up the aisle the Ted turned his head again to the packed house and in the same pained voice of injured innocence repeated , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’ |
| 27 | He took one swift stride towards her , his furious gaze making her quake inwardly , and in the same harsh , dangerous tone , said ‘ Who was he , my lovely ? |
| 28 | Central Council is also grateful to their spouses who often support the welfare work of their partners , and to the many other volunteers who also help . |
| 29 | And to the many other ways in which CARE is helping the world 's poorest people to find a way out of poverty and ill-health . |
| 30 | I would like him to explain to the Americans , whose US banner had ‘ his ’ rings the size of footballs , or to the Swedes , who had the Olympic logo emblazoned across their tracksuits , and to the many other teams why Great Britain are not entitled to wear it . |