Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable stress is laid on the accessibility and approachability of the landlord organisations , especially given that most tenants stated a preference to speak rather than write to housing staff about their problems . |
| 2 | The mid-1960s were the watershed of postwar society , and the creativity and anarchism of the period left nothing untouched . |
| 3 | The dry , cloudy weather will still be with us at the start of the night , but some patchy , light rain will creep into the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway by the end of the night . |
| 4 | More time should have been given to expert uncertainties and disagreements about the nature of the disease ( reviewed as recently as last October by Solomon Snyder in The Lancet . |
| 5 | The film is sentimental , but is saved by some smashing performances , in particular the statuesque Geena Davis as down-to-earth Dottie Hinson , star player and backbone of the team , who completely overshadows kid sister , Kit ( Lori Petty ) . |
| 6 | Over the years a small number of programmes have come from lesbians and gay men : the Scottish Minorities Group 's ‘ Glad To Be Gay ’ in 1976 , and coverage of the Clause 28 debate . |
| 7 | This required physicians to notify parents within 48 hours of an abortion for a minor , and spelled out well-defined exceptions to this rule — notably medical emergencies , court approval of the minor 's right to abortion and coverage of the issue by state laws . |
| 8 | Because of the high quality and coverage of the GHS , the results will be equivalent to those from an approximation to a random sample of owner-managers and the self-employed covering the whole range of economic activities in which small scale enterprise is represented . |
| 9 | As heir to the droit morale and guardian of the Magritte estate , Charly Herscovici explained that ‘ Inheriting this intellectual property makes me responsible for protecting the artist and his work , and ensuring that it is handed down for posterity . |
| 10 | Also known as Hela , the goddess of the Ninth Earth and guardian of the Underworld in Norse mythology . |
| 11 | Among the most important evidence to emerge from analysis of Mansell 's start are that his Ferrari was not lined up straight and telemetry on the Ferrari indicated that he had fiercely defended his position , turning right twice to close out Prost . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In therapy some of the sources of his rage were exposed , particularly the lack of love within the alternating violence and apathy of the parenting he had received . |
| 14 | He rapidly concluded that the classical ideal of government by the people was not only impossible but also undesirable on account of the proven ignorance , irrationality and apathy of the people . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | However , on his arrival in Helsinki later that day , Yeltsin claimed that this timetable was impossible , saying : " We need housing and barracks for the troops … it 's also a question of where to put them . " |
| 17 | Comprising plans of the military roads , forts and barracks in the Highlands during the period 1724–40 , it includes an exquisitely drafted map of the Moray and Cromarty Firths and their settlement pattern , and a detailed map of the country between the upper Dee valley by Braemar , through Glen Feshie to the military barracks at Ruthven . |
| 18 | The Curragh incident was a sad case of panic , bungling and hesitation by the Liberals , for which the Unionists bear only an indirect responsibility , but once the crisis broke the Unionists were quite convinced that it was the result of a plot against loyal Ulster an " Ulster Pogrom " . |
| 19 | Mr Blackburn said he was delighted with the BS5750 part two award ( also known as ISO9002 ) , which was ‘ part of our campaign to raise standards of quality and reliability to the benefit of all our customers . ’ |
| 20 | The character and reliability of the colour is not the only attraction of the Polychromos Pastels . |
| 21 | Doubts over the safety and reliability of the PWR pressure-vessel design were a key reason for the initial rejection of the PWR for the British nuclear programme . |
| 22 | Yet there is significant concern for the quality and reliability of the output of this examination system . |
| 23 | Before deciding to stock any wine , Winemark look extensively at the quality and reliability of the winery , but when it comes down to it , it 's the taste that makes the difference . |
| 24 | But easily the most impressive aspect of this year 's dominance was the sheer consistency and reliability of the car and its engine . |
| 25 | Apart from the inherent improbability that trained intelligence agents would simply add an armed suitcase bomb tagged for New York-JFK to a pile of international luggage waiting to be loaded in Luqa and then trust to luck that , unescorted , the bomb would get through the baggage-handling and security arrangements of two other major airports and be loaded aboard the target aircraft before the timer triggered an explosion , there remained the problem with the provenance and reliability of the Frankfurt baggage-list that was said to have identified the suitcase in the first place . |
| 26 | If forced to stop testing , the nuclear powers could probably get by without further testing for safety and reliability of the weapons they keep , though that would add to the nuclear risks , especially in less safety-conscious Russia and China . |
| 27 | For example , although softening is a well proven and relatively simple process , the quality and reliability of the product will be dependent upon the quality of the components used and the design and manufacturing expertise of the supplier . |
| 28 | What is mainly required thereafter is to verify the authority and reliability of the list itself , and to update the content by evaluating works which have appeared since its publication . |
| 29 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 30 | In addition , United States bankers , and beneficiaries of and applicants for the issuance of letters of credit remained concerned that unless the solvency and reliability of the NVOCC could be established by the FMC prior to the issuance of an NVOCC bill , cases of non-existent goods or of unpaid freight or related charges would multiply with the growing number of issuances . |