Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be grateful of you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me with the payment and contract as an indication that you agree to these restrictions . |
| 2 | The Commission , to be presided over by Lord Runciman of Doxford , a sociologist and chairman of an engineering conglomerate , was to complete its work within two years . |
| 3 | undertake a range of non-chronological writing which includes , for pupils working towards level 2 , some at least of lists , captions , labels , invitations , greeting cards , notices , posters and , for pupils working towards level 3 , plans and diagrams , descriptions , eg of a person or place , and notes for an activity , eg in science or designing and making ; |
| 4 | All we are left with are a few opening chapters ( published as Coots in the North , edited by Hugh Brogan ) , and notes towards an encounter between two sets of pirates , the Death and Glories and the Amazons , which promised to have been a battle royal . |
| 5 | In contrast to this , the informal approach to organisations concentrates upon the informal relations that exists between individuals and groups within an organisation . |
| 6 | In both cases people who were directly or indirectly implicated in racial harassment were asked to reflect on their actions and attitudes by an outsider who did not share their views ; moreover , as a researcher I was concerned to elicit evidence about racist assumptions or practices which as an educator I was also concerned to challenge . |
| 7 | Love and death have always been themes exciting the imagination of poets ; but in the last century they figured in works of art and literature to an extent that was almost obsessional . |
| 8 | Californian start-up , Integrix Inc , has a metal enclosure for Sparc cloners similar in footprint and design to the standard Sun Sparcstation 2 chassis with three externally accessible SBus slots and accessories like an LED , speaker , cabling and drive mounting hardware . |
| 9 | In any event the last three novels juxtapose fathers and sons in an effort to gain access to or leverage upon some further thing . |
| 10 | The Court continued by asserting that the nature of the right to privacy must be such as to ensure the dignity and freedom of an individual in the type of society envisaged by the constitution , namely , ‘ a sovereign , independent and democratic society ’ . |
| 11 | In a strong judgment the Court also claimed that the ‘ dignity and freedom of an individual in a democratic society can not be ensured if his communications of a private nature , be they written or telephonic , are deliberately , consciously and unjustifiably intruded upon and interfered with ’ . |
| 12 | In addition , the danger of toxicity may be greater for children during ‘ special windows of vulnerability — brief periods early in development when exposure to a toxicant can permanently alter the structure and function of an organ system ’ . |
| 13 | The original justification for separate education , while untenable , even anachronistic nowadays , provided for the education and protection of countless specially vulnerable children , and gave many teachers opportunities to develop understanding and expertise in an area of handicap and special educational provision . |
| 14 | Stage 1 Review of the company and preparation of an Information memorandum |
| 15 | Business Technology : The rise and rise of an industry 's best-kept secret Monica Horten finds Unisys profiting from a change of strategy |
| 16 | Doubts about the practicability of amphibious and air-transported intervention operations were softened , and projects with an East of Suez flavour became more fashionable . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Her members have to cope with varying degrees of immobility — one lady has an artificial — but they are enthusiastic and even ambitious , setting before themselves the movements of Torvill and Dean as an ideal to follow . |
| 19 | Explain the concept of sector deficits and surpluses in an economy . |
| 20 | Explain the concept of sector deficits and surpluses in an economy . |
| 21 | The Dyce project was based ( with permission ) on the Houghton Regis project ( see Chapter 9 ) and contains the original proposal and part of an evaluation report which is being prepared . |
| 22 | Thus product quality may be high or low , depending on the wants or preferences of the market , and part of an organization 's product strategy is to decide the level of quality to be aimed at . |
| 23 | Mr Drumgoole lost a leg and part of an arm in an under-car IRA booby-trap blast at Dover Street in November 1991 . |
| 24 | The different functions of written language are an important topic for knowledge about language and part of an understanding of how society works . |
| 25 | Part of the improvement stems from an upturn in the last few months of 1992 which was not evident last November , and part from an increase in North Sea oil , which is responsible for almost half the revision . |
| 26 | Perhaps not , but it adds a little to our knowledge of the contradictions and complexities of an artist 's life . ’ |
| 27 | They attempt to capture the collision of present and past , thought processes which juxtapose all sorts of childhood memories and significances with an adult self awareness . |
| 28 | They attempt to capture the collision of present and past , thought processes which juxtapose all sorts of childhood memories and significances with an adult self awareness . |
| 29 | Willis praised these with the mingled pride and humility of an inheritor , however distant . |
| 30 | Miles , 1989 ) as well as the tension that appears from the need to link an account of the racialization of social and political structures and discourses with an understanding of individual action and institutional behaviour . |