Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 You spent half and hour looking for lemons and salt . ’
2 Mine and countermine driven through foundations during siege of 1547 still accessible .
3 The unit will be responsible for pursuing fraud and malpractice relating to banks .
4 With the wide coverage and freedom given to pupils to develop their own individual lines of inquiry , the identification of a large an detailed collection of keywords was one of the major tasks at the design stage .
5 Much can be gained from the openness of communication and willingness to learn from others
6 Much can be gained from the openness of communication and willingness to learn from others .
7 Measures he suggested included oil companies working with other responsible parties to develop a comprehensive and impartial body of scientific research and expertise to advise on policies .
8 The challenge to the Lord Chancellor 's Department is to preserve the best features of the tribunal system while providing the necessary advice and support needed by claimants to ensure that all of them put their cases at their best .
9 Professor Atiyah has argued that in England notions of fairness and equa-lity of exchange , coupled with liability based on reliance or the receipt of benefit , were replaced after 1800 by the notion of contract based on the expressed will of the parties , and liability grounded on promises ( offer and acceptance and the intention of the parties ) .
10 In the Moluccas we watched people piercing their cheeks and arms with swords , submitting to having their backs and chest beaten with boulders , eating glass , rolling in fire — and suffering no ill effects .
11 While you should try to keep most of the hinge and latch painted for appearances sake ( unless it is brass or galvanised ) , you must accept that the main working parts will rust ; so be prepared to apply regular coatings of oil or WD40 to protect them .
12 There was more gunfire , and containers of sugar and ketchup jumped to pieces on tabletops .
13 Radical feminists see the put-downs and discrimination experienced by girls as the means by which men control women — and by which boys control girls .
14 The public library has lost its soul because it has been absorbed into the modern semi-literate culture and because it did not have the knowledge and experience gained across generations that the old private libraries had to enable them to cope with the world of mass circulation popular fiction , for example , rather than the People 's University that Hoggart remembers from his youth in the Hunslet district of Leeds .
15 In this edition they are all on the school outward bound course , and experience crushes on instructors and fellow pupils as well as the usual pillow fights and midnight feasts !
16 The accident costs which mounted up were for minor , frequent mishaps such as bacterial contamination of equipment used in the creamery which were all identified and contained , and damage caused to vehicles in the transport company from manoeuvring in confined spaces .
17 It is my pleasure and privilege to present to members of the Chartered Institute of Transport in the UK the first separate Chairman 's Report and Accounts since we in the UK became one of the nine National Councils now established by the Institute under the successful re-organisation approved by the Council .
18 The two-volume Doves Press edition of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained with capitals by Edward Johnston and Graily Hewitt was also unsold , against an estimate of £300-£400 .
19 Patients with duodenal ulcer showed a significant increase , in both absolute and percentage values , in phosphatidylcholine , phosphatidylethanolamine , and phosphatidylserine , and a decrease in phosphatidylinositol and lysolecithin compared with controls .
20 But although this burst of new direction has logically exploded out of Paris , the world 's fashion capital , the energy and creativity emerging from countries with traditionally low fashion profiles is what is truly intriguing and inspiring .
21 Lukic made a couple of brave and decisve dives to feet ( I do n't think he 'd have done that last season )
22 Amalgamemnon suggests that this split between fact and fiction corresponds to spheres of action and influence appropriate for men and for women .
23 Fieldwork is closely tied to current research projects and involves students in ‘ real world ’ problem solving and decision making in areas ranging from Iceland to the Mediterranean .
24 Also , you should never waste time and money searching for files or papers .
25 The state must also fund massive infrastructure programmes and industrial policies whose applications subsequently impinge on communications — space and defence interact with telecommunications , for example .
26 What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote .
27 White duchesse satin dress with chiffon overskirt and neckline trimmed with pearls by Sarasusa ( Bubbles , £1,400 ) , large pearl headdress by Silk ( £86 ) , earrings by Van Peterson ( £110 )
28 Most of the introductory texts to organisational theory will have a chapter on the classical , systems and contingency approaches to organisations .
29 First to get the treatment was a rare Staffordshire saltglaze oval soup tureen , cover and stand painted with flowers , butterflies and insects .
30 More caretaking and cleaning staff have been needed as heads and governors seek to maximise the use of school premises and income gained from lettings .
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