Example sentences of "and [prep] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was apprenticed to a watchmaker , and as a boy was a keen amateur conjuror , giving a public performance of his own tricks at the age of sixteen . |
| 2 | Now the consequences of seeing prayer as a hallway and as a telephone are momentous . |
| 3 | News of the threats came just three days before an historic vote on women 's ordination and as a poll was published showing most church-goers are in favour . |
| 4 | But in fact none of that is happening : they 're going straight to the latest technology , and as a result are able to roll things out very quickly . ’ |
| 5 | The books being published now are more attractive and relevant ; they are usually written by experienced and practising nurses rather than doctors , and as a result are more appealing to the reader and are reviewed more enthusiastically than has been the case in the past . |
| 6 | Firstly , they offer a general explanation of society as a whole and as a result are sometimes known as ‘ macro-theories ’ . |
| 7 | They are designed to be quick to prepare and even quicker to eat and as a result are highly desirable to anyone who has a busy lifestyle . |
| 8 | We have made significant progress in our asset rationalisation programme and as a result are strengthening the balance sheet and creating capacity to invest in a very exciting range of exploration and development opportunities which will add materially to cashflow and improve profitability . |
| 9 | Apart from being expensive to produce they suffer wear in the course of use and as a result are excluded . |
| 10 | There 's also this thing which is called agricultural fundamentalism right and the most developing c , most developed countries , most of the population live in urban areas and the they see erm er rural areas as being sort of the backbone of society , sort of the salt of the earth type of element in society that although they do n't participate in themselves would like to maintain right and so even consumers may well be would not want see erm agriculture obliterated from er , from their country right because they like the products that erm that agriculture produces and they think that you can of erm destroying of the agricultural industry would , would pose an unacceptable burden on the fabric of rural society and as a result are quite happy to see protectionism er fo , for that industry . |
| 11 | ‘ We have experienced the recession in the past and as a result are better able to cope with it . |
| 12 | He is the first of the so-called Marcos cronies to have stood up to the Presidential Commission on Good Government , and as a result is seen as a man of action . |
| 13 | Barnaby , Rudge 's feeble-minded son , a good-natured half-wit , becomes the dupe of leaders of the Gordon rioters ( see GORDON , LORD GEORGE ) , and as a result is arrested and sentenced to death , but through Varden 's intervention is reprieved and released . |
| 14 | In primitive societies the fact that as people get older they pass through socially recognised statuses is usually of much greater structural significance than in our society , and as a result is usually symbolically recognised by what van Gennep called rites de passage . |
| 15 | When a plaintiff is injured and as a result is paid no wages his immediate real loss is that part of his net earnings that were available for current expenditure . |
| 16 | I was trying to communicate between David and Tony , trying to get them to talk to each other , and as a result was going back and forth between the two of them which was a very frustrating experience , added to which I was tired from being on the road and I was very unhappy . |
| 17 | Feisal , for instance , was not welcomed by the French in Syria and as a result was installed king of another emergent country — Iraq . |
| 18 | On the way , just before Andover , he shot Spicer in the back of the head and as a result was on the run from police for several weeks . |
| 19 | He saw the possibilities , contacted the manufacturers with the help of the BBC , and as a result was given two sets of the equipment . |
| 20 | The Raasay Ironstone which had been discovered by Woodward in 1893 was assessed and as a result was worked by German prisoners of war . |
| 21 | John Talbot was born in the same year as the Catholic Relief Act was passed and as a result was one of the first sons of Catholic gentlemen able to benefit from a solid Catholic education in Britain . |
| 22 | Throughout the 1970s he was involved in trade union activities in opposition to the communist regime , and as a result was dismissed from several jobs . |
| 23 | People whove seen the previous few matches all seemed to agree Rocky faded badly and as a result was exposing Kelly a little too much . |
| 24 | The TUC edict was followed on 5 July by action against the Cricklewood sorters — they were laid off by the Post Office management and threatened with the withdrawal of strike pay by the Union of Post Office Workers and as a result were forced to go back to handling Grunwick mail . |
| 25 | Trainer Henry Cecil said : ‘ Tenby developed mild colic on Sunday night and as a precaution was treated for it . |
| 26 | Suppliers are not being paid by Brent Walker head office and as a consequence are threatening to withhold their services . |
| 27 | Some countries lack a suitable economic infrastructure — roads , railways , docks , etc — and as a consequence are unable to exploit their natural resources . |
| 28 | Some managers acquire authority through their personal charisma , and as a consequence are capable of influencing the behaviour of others . |
| 29 | Even the original Tele guitar was designed to have some bass-playing ability , and as a consequence was not wired as it is today , although it did possess the customary three-way selector switch . |
| 30 | With only a slight quickening of their pace , Roderick Random , the eponymous hero of Smollett 's 1739 novel , and his companion caught up with the carrier wagon and for a shilling were taken to the next inn on their journey from Newcastle to London . |