Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local buses stop right outside , and for keen walkers the magnificent ‘ Wild Emperor ’ mountains are just outside the back door . |
| 2 | From then on it became big game and for fifty years the only ones to leave China were dead . |
| 3 | For inexperienced drivers and for infrequent drinkers the sharp increase occurs at a much lower level . |
| 4 | And for good children the real father Christmas does n't go . |
| 5 | Reith 's domination of the BBC as first Director-General ( i.e. chief executive ) until 1937 is well described as ‘ massive , totalitarian and idiosyncratic , and for many decades the traditions of the BBC seemed to flow directly from his personality ’ ( Curran and Seaton , 1988 , p. 118 ) . |
| 6 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 7 | Many ministers , the most famous of whom were J. Guinness Rogers and A. M. Fairbairn , wrote in the leading monthlies , at least the Liberal ones , and for many years the Congregational minister of Union Chapel , Islington , Henry Allon , edited the much respected British Quarterly Review . |
| 8 | There were several stations in Colombo and for many years the principal mode of transport within the city was the train . |
| 9 | Mr. J.S. Southworth , a Governor and Old Stopfordian , and for many years the School 's representative on the Stockport Education Committee , filled the breach during the Bursar 's illness , and continued to do so after the latter 's untimely death on 28th October . |
| 10 | Typical is S. Botolph 's Church , Boston , in Lincolnshire , called colloquially the ‘ Boston Stump ’ because its top storey was added so much later than the rest of the church and for many years the tower had a decapitated appearance ( 476 ) . |
| 11 | These themes can be applied to MDC , both before and after 1988 , and for comparative purposes the assessment will also reflect on LDDC 's experience . |
| 12 | For most of his life he has been a Salvation Army member and for seven years the opposition Chief Whip . |
| 13 | The British press was as good as its word ; but Radio Luxembourg is based in Paris , and for French listeners the story of a first-class row between their Anglo-Saxon neighbours to the west is too good to miss . |
| 14 | Mass production on an artificial medium is now possible and for some formulations the endotoxin is extracted . |
| 15 | With the Hammersmith team he took part in the evolution of the heart-lung machine and for some years the Melrose pump-oxygenator was the standard in Britain . |
| 16 | Few of the elderly male messengers now remained , and for some years the Department had recruited women . |
| 17 | His father was a tailor and for some years the young Steen helped him in his business . |
| 18 | A crack length of about 1 micron ( i.e. 10,000 Ångströms ) will therefore produce the theoretical stress at the crack tip when the average stress in the material is quite modest and for longer cracks the stress at the tip will be far higher . |
| 19 | They designed the agenda , ran the conference , and for twenty-four hours the white chairmen were their guests . |
| 20 | In the case of skilled jobs , the initial approach was made by telephone , and for white-collar jobs the first approach was by letter . |
| 21 | They reached the shelter of the brick-built cainca far enough ahead of their pursuers to lock themselves in , and for several minutes the coolies milled around the building , trying without success to smash the stout wooden doors and shutters . |
| 22 | The news was a body blow and for several months the company was on a knife edge . |
| 23 | The relations given above pertain to isotropic bodies and for non-isotropic bodies the equations are considerably more complex . |
| 24 | There were previously two cottages here and during early alterations the gallery came within the house . |
| 25 | But they will be allowed to buy stakes of up to 15 per cent and after five years the barriers will come down . |
| 26 | Those who buy shares in BES funds receive tax relief on their investment , and after five years the houses are sold . |
| 27 | The bones remaining within the intact pellets were found to be protected from weathering and after two years the pellets were taken apart by hand and the bones from them exposed again . |
| 28 | Grasses gradually increase and after 10 years the appearance is mainly one of grassland with scattered clumps of tall herbs . |
| 29 | When the operation is over and after nine weeks the plaster comes off , you expect to see a wasted thin limb . |
| 30 | The siege commemorated in my nursery rhyme took place in 1761 : an English fleet cut off supplies to the citadel , and after 38 days the garrison surrendered . |