Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criticism leads to critical self-reflection , where students are able to stand back and place their knowledge and accomplishments in a larger perspective . |
| 2 | such infinite knives and forks on a dazzling table . |
| 3 | ‘ Mila III ’ is powered with MTU 6V395TB93 diesels , 2–40 KW Northern Lights generator sets , and cruises at a comfortable 17 knots . |
| 4 | Everyone will be free to enjoy themselves as they wish , but we shall be arranging a programme of optional sightseeing excursions and activities on a daily basis , which will ensure you miss nothing of the best the region has to offer . |
| 5 | Did he also mention at all that I won a national award recently for five years sustained voluntary input to the educational and professional development committee and activities of a professional body — the Assoc'n of Industrial Editors . |
| 6 | Seek out the company of cheery chums and forget your worries and woes for a wee while . |
| 7 | Mr Dunn brought in beer , spirits and mixers on a United Nations relief flight , insisting this was a minister 's right . |
| 8 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 9 | A resource report shows assignments for a specific time period with planned , actual and notes in a convenient format . |
| 10 | Clarkson himself , his wife and old associates such as William Smith and Henry Brougham did not rest on the charge of sectarian and party spirit but reverted to the earlier image of the antislavery movement as effectively integrating the diverse roles of individuals and groups into a successful unity . |
| 11 | The training provided in the socio-educational as well as in methodology and didactic areas , enables qualified teachers to deal with individuals and groups in a sensible and up-to-date way . |
| 12 | And customers in one of the UK 's leading supermarkets have been discovering how to produce tasty bread , pizzas and pastries in a special free leaflet distributed in Sainsbury stores . |
| 13 | The bomb tore through shops and houses over a 1,000 yard radius — stretching from Bridge Street to Castle Street . |
| 14 | Although , as will shortly be evident , he became extravagantly pious , he retained some of the values and attitudes of a pagan past . |
| 15 | Sometimes this approach will be useful to highlight different viewpoints and attitudes to a particular event . |
| 16 | Other traditions , such as military regimes and cultures with a central control , are based on the division of land by means of the cardinal directions and subdivision by halving , resulting in a fourfold and eightfold division . |
| 17 | The Blue Guide lists almost 20 museums , churches and galleries within a circular area about half a mile across . |
| 18 | They joined politicians including local MP David Trimble , Compensation Agency chief executive , John Robinson and an array of councillors and solicitors in a 90-minute talk . |
| 19 | Our second meeting , once the regulative café au lait had been taken and a strenuous five hours of talk had been put behind us , was concluded by a guided tour of his beloved Montreal , whose night-time allurements were enthusiastically described in a car hired for the occasion , and concluded by a celebratory meal at one of his favourite Indian restaurants , toasting each other 's health and futures in an excellent Chablis . |
| 20 | He kept his typewriter on the top of a filing cabinet and would rattle off his memos and missives from an awkward standing position . |
| 21 | These publish news and views of a specific industry , trade or profession , and usually are bought only by those sectors . |
| 22 | The plan has received widespread international support and projects of a similar kind are being instigated in Australia , the United States and throughout Europe . |
| 23 | Since the small-signal behaviour of any four-terminal network is represented by equations ( 10.8 ) in terms of Z-parameters and by equations ( 10.12 ) in terms of h-parameters , the Z and h-parameters of a given four-terminal network are always interrelated . |
| 24 | Students should , through assignments , be required to make use of and apply knowledge and competences across a wide spectrum of situations . |
| 25 | Besides an at times emotional correspondence , the manager 's bills for dinners , cigars and ladies ' hats , and a vellum wallet full of used cheques are all intact , providing a documentary cameo of the life and times of an Edwardian financial rake . |
| 26 | At Scourie , the A.894 reaches the sea and again turns south , now in the close company of a very attractive coastal area , a labyrinth of inlets , bays , cliffs , promontories and lochans in a colourful and confusing array that must have sorely tested the surveyors and cartographers of the Ordnance Survey . |
| 27 | Why , for example , should the contributories and creditors of an unregistered company be denied the protection , enjoyed in the case of a registered company , of those provisions which require a receiver to be a licensed insolvency practitioner ? |
| 28 | The company , whose shares have been suspended at 16.5p since September 1991 , has still to reveal details of its refinancing negotiations with banks and creditors to an extraordinary meeting of shareholders . |
| 29 | In cases around the room lie the collected fragmentary treasures of human ancestry , mostly skulls , jaws and teeth with a few partial limb bones . |
| 30 | In her normal state she had the head and teeth of a savage wolf and the wings of a bat , although she would endeavour not to allow any mortal to see her thus . |