Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This move from nominalism about the extra-mental to nominalism about mental acts can be seen in the development from Descartes to Locke and Berkeley , or , perhaps , in the contrast between such continental rationalists as Descartes , Malebranche and Leibnitz on the one hand , and British philosophers from Bacon and Hobbes on the other . |
| 2 | However , in Alcine , Act 5 , scenes 2–3 , with the entry of Melissa , the deus ex machina whose magic power is greater than Alcina 's , and who rescues the lovers Astophus and Melanie in the nick of time , an exceptional progression is used D major to F major . |
| 3 | Tension between Hungary and Czechoslovakia over the Gabcikovo hydro-electric dam project increased during February , as Czechoslovakia prepared to resume work on the project , contrary to Hungarian wishes . |
| 4 | The place had been occupied by the Americans for ten days or more , but 9th Air Force was flying missions down to the south and Czechoslovakia until the end of the month . |
| 5 | SA 's neighbouring countries are Namibia and Botswana on the west , Zimbabwe to the north and Mozambique in the East . |
| 6 | The Great Bear is now practically overhead ; Capella is fairly high in the west and Vega in the east , so that it is interesting to compare the two ; in brightness they are almost equal , but Capella is a yellow star whereas Vega is vivid blue . |
| 7 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 8 | In milder climes , and Moscow in the autumn ( ask Napoleon and the Germans ) , the problem is deep mud ; you need wellies . |
| 9 | Right there you have Englands No1 keeper , 2 international full backs , Scales and Linighan in the centre , Taylor and Deane up front … not to mention Sheridan etc. in midfield . |
| 10 | The classic surviving example of this pattern is the Church of S. Martin at Frómista , which is roughly half-way between Burgos and León on the route . |
| 11 | The only real kiss is the platonic one between Dustin and McQueen on the cliff top , before McQueen dives into the sea and escapes , swimming surprisingly powerfully for a man of his age and condition . |
| 12 | Georgina had invited Lorton and Arabella for a weekend last year . |
| 13 | To achieve this , he had to secure the support of Kent and Sussex against the risk of a retaliatory strike by Robert . |
| 14 | Finally , although support for the strike call was not very strong across the four local ballots held in the ‘ in-between ’ group , solidarity was high in the early months , and remained so in Durham and Northumberland until the dispute 's end ; in the other three fields , however , support waned , with most Cumberland miners back at work by the end of 1984 , alongside about half of their contemporaries in North Derbyshire and Lancashire . |
| 15 | In his lunch-hour he would go out and meet Dave and Colin in the pub for lunch . |
| 16 | In the First Dynasty these two deities assumed human form , Min , as an ithyphallic figure and Neith as a woman with her weapons . |
| 17 | All over France , from Lille and Dijon in the north and east to Bordeaux in the south-west , artillery became an essential and accepted part of the growing defensive system associated with towns . |
| 18 | But North 's fortune was really made with the war of the Pacific ( 1879–83 ) between Chile on the one hand and Peru and Bolivia on the other . |
| 19 | Damon was a nineteen-year-old student from California who was staying with Bodo and Liese for a month . |
| 20 | Ensemble ships in August for Sparc systems , with IBM , HP and DEC by the end of the year . |
| 21 | Horden and Easington best by night and Blackhall worth a try at the turn of the tide . |
| 22 | Despite his good intentions , however , all thought of Alice slipped from his mind next day when he accompanied Aubrey and Madeleine to the polo match . |
| 23 | She hustled Victorine and Madeleine from the kitchen , then tied on an apron and set to . |
| 24 | Holiday 's lawyer Rod McCartney said the ‘ entirely regrettable ’ incident followed a misunderstanding between his client and Davidson at an end of season party in Torquay , Devon . |
| 25 | This is the densest , yet at the same time one of the most persuasive sections of the book , wherein a variety of arguments drawn from the analytic tradition are deployed against Nietzsche 's lineage : Quine and Davidson on a theory of meaning both holistic and realist — demonstrating that there are more ways out of atomism and the myths of the given than Saussure 's ; and an anti-relativist notion of truth as a ‘ regulative ideal ’ derived from Tarski , Popper and Lakatos . |
| 26 | The same is true of much written academic language , despite the claims of Olson and Greenfield to the contrary . |
| 27 | She then hastened to the dining-room , expecting to find Silas and Matt at the corner table , but there was no sign of either of them . |
| 28 | A female clerk in the advertising department owned up to a cream skirt ; Tavett to cream trousers ; and Linley to a cream shirt . |
| 29 | Professor Cecilio Simon , a Black Panamanian and Dean of the school of Public Administration at the University of Panama , said the US action in Curundu may have been linked to a 5,000 strong demonstration two days earlier by people protesting the destruction of their homes . |
| 30 | And to help me provide some answers , I have with me Dick Grimsdale , who is Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the university ; Joe Turner , who is a Developmental Psychologist ; and Peter Dauber , who is a Physicist and colleague of mine . |