Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 2 | Although the returns accruing to a particular film from the Eady Levy , as it was called , were limited both by the size of the box office in any particular year , and that film 's success in the market-place ( the levy was paid out in proportion to a film 's success ) , the promise it offered did make it easier for independents to raise cash . |
| 3 | And that person 's consumption habits and purchase behaviour will be as much affected by this socialisation process as any other form of individual and social behaviour . |
| 4 | Coward appears not to have liked poor Miss Langford because he also said after seeing her in Gypsy : ‘ Two things should be cut — the second act and that child 's throat . ’ |
| 5 | On 5 June 1992 Sir Stephen Brown P. found these facts proved , held that they were contempts of court and that M. 's conduct both within the courtroom and on the roof of the court building came within the category of ‘ contempt in the face of the court ’ and , as such , was particularly grave . |
| 6 | There is clearly no correlation , for instance , between the numbers who support a particular campaign or demand and that campaign 's influence and effectiveness — as there should be , to some extent , according to democratic principles . |
| 7 | But he places Customer Systems firmly among the global operators due to its relationship with BT and that company 's business partnerships . |
| 8 | between mine and that gambler 's throw of stars . |
| 9 | Recommendations were that the New University of Ulster move towards more emphasis on mature students , distance learning and non-degree work ; that Ulster Polytechnic increase emphasis on vocational studies ; and that Queen 's University Belfast continue largely as before , though with more emphasis on broadly based and part-time courses , and , where possible , three-year degree courses ( instead of four year ) . |
| 10 | And that worker 's return was three pence . |
| 11 | The suite features a substantial Pavarotti-sized shower where the Yeltsins can prepare for their visit to the Stock Exchange , laying a wreath at Westminster Abbey , and that night 's banquet with Prime Minister at the Royal Naval College , Greenwich . |
| 12 | Lord Diplock says that there may be differences of opinion as to what is expedient , just and moral , and that Parliament 's opinion on these questions is paramount . |
| 13 | His plan was endorsed ; he then sat down and wrote a letter to the Director of Education in Bath Street ; and that gentleman 's reply was positive . |
| 14 | The critical consensus about The Sycamore Tree was that it is good when it is light and witty but that it ‘ sinks under a mass of elaboration ’ ( Allen 1958:500 ) , and that Brooke-Rose 's effort to add depth to her characters succeeded only in getting them ‘ thoroughly bogged down ’ ( TLS 1958:557 ) . |
| 15 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 16 | He had not written much since The Complete History of Wimbledon and that book 's rejection by ten publishers ( he had still not heard from The Applecote Press , Chewton Mendip ) had made him a little nervous of putting pen to paper , but he found that if he emptied his mind of everything and forced his hand to fist a biro and then forced that biro across a sheet of paper , some pretty profound and interesting thoughts resulted . |
| 17 | This means accepting that the Westminster majority — the Tories — will set the agenda for the next four to five years ; and that Labour 's role is simply to legitimise the Tory programme by playing our part as Her Majesty 's official and loyal opposition . |
| 18 | In articles in Der Sturm and Lacerbal Boccioni claimed that the Futurists had been the first to introduce the concept of Simultaneity into painting , and that Léger 's article ‘ Les Origines de la Peinture et sa Valeur Représentative ’ was really a Futurist statement . |
| 19 | On Sunday nights at home we listen to Dan Dare on Radio Luxemburg and that week 's episode is replayed and embellished , with Ann and her brother , who also read it in the Eagle . |
| 20 | Morag Donaldson ( 1986 ) carried out a study which assessed five and eight-year-old children 's ability to handle intentional mode explanations in an experimental setting . |
| 21 | For example , Myers ( 1986 ) states that between 1947 and 1980 Nepal 's forest cover declined from 57 per cent to 23 per cent , but Mahat et al. 's ( 1986a , b , 1987a , b ) work in the Middle Hills of Nepal ( Sindhu Palchok and Kabhri Palanchok districts ) suggests a different spatial and temporal pattern . |
| 22 | In fact , the ‘ Vibramute ’ vibrato design worked in a limited transposing fashion , and predated Steinberger 's TransTrem by more than twenty years . |
| 23 | But it ended with a scuffle in a Doncaster restaurant and 27-year-old Saville 's arm broken . |
| 24 | Different ascertainment methods have consistently found female sex to be a risk factor in surveys of senile Alzheimer 's disease , but a significant association between female sex and presenile Alzheimer 's disease has not been reported . |
| 25 | Their knowledge and use of this second language is therefore of some importance in considering BSL and deaf people 's role in society . |
| 26 | And the meeting of the ACTS ' Central Council has recently had a report from its local and regional unity er committee proposing that a network of regional ecumenical teams should be established throughout Scotland to further the cooperation and joint commitment of congregations and church members in each area . |
| 27 | He became a pupil of ( Sir ) Jeffry Wyatville [ q.v. ] , studied at the Royal Academy Schools , and exhibited student 's work at the Royal Academy from 1808 to 1810 . |
| 28 | DIARY TODAY Meeting of European Agriculture Council , Luxembourg and European Farmers ' Day … |
| 29 | And the man whose glory days at Goodison included League championship , FA Cup and European Cup-Winners ' Cup medals insisted : ‘ This situation is even bigger than my experience at Everton . |
| 30 | Their 12-day trip , their first abroad , is being funded by the Sudbury branch of the Business and Professional Women 's Club . |