Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Despite the creation in June 1990 of the right-wing Union for France ( Union pour la France — UPF ) a " confederation " of the UDF and the RPR [ see pp. 37683-84 ] , divisions and disagreements continued on the political right wing . |
| 2 | The term ‘ hall ’ includes all the rectangular timber buildings whose only remains are the postholes and beam-slots dug into the subsoil . |
| 3 | In the winter spanners and hammers froze to the hands . |
| 4 | Both booking and grand halls were decorated in Royal Doulton faience to a height of 7 ft. ; each had mosaic floors and balconies ran round the walls at a height of 30 ft . |
| 5 | His beard and teeth got in the way . |
| 6 | Their heads , jaws and teeth evolved with the changing flora . |
| 7 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 8 | It is thus possible , indeed common , for each of two rival lineages to claim , as the British and Germans did in the First World War , that ‘ God is on our side ’ . |
| 9 | The bringing together of school-leavers and vacancies began with the adolescent being interviewed at school , after which a form was completed by the headteacher and a member of the SCC , just as the ‘ Friendly Visitors ’ had done prior to 1910 . |
| 10 | Its ancient buildings reflect the air of a former age , when the pace of life was slow , when landlords and merchants lived off the fat of the land and when labourers , in vast numbers , worked that land . |
| 11 | Though some theory is presented for each , the bulk of the information is the basic practical information and skills imparted to the client . |
| 12 | Large towns and cities existed throughout the country . |
| 13 | The day of the Agricultural Fair approached and passions rose in the village . |
| 14 | Shocked giggles and sniggers ran round the company . ’ |
| 15 | Their wails and screams rose above the crackle of their burning homes and were made even more blood-curdling by the clangorous din of the church bells that frantically appealed to heaven for aid . |
| 16 | During a subsequent march of some 200,000 pupils backed by the teachers ' union FEN in Paris on Nov. 12 , police held back while cars were burned and shops looted in the seventh arrondissement , but finally intervened with tear gas and water cannon to prevent marchers approaching the presidential palace ; 234 police and a number of journalists were injured and 83 people were arrested . |
| 17 | At once a faint impression of medieval city spires and domes appeared in the right-hand corner . |
| 18 | The firings and hirings started with the elbowing aside of China 's chief political commissar and general secretary of the Central Military Commission , Yang Baibing . |
| 19 | There were banana gardens and pawpaw trees , and outriggers lazed on the lagoon . |
| 20 | Artists and craftsmen came to the city , not only from northern France and Flanders , but also from England . |
| 21 | Normally unaffected by any type of political show biz , the factory was deluged by the media as scores of photographers and journalists jostled for the best position . |
| 22 | The dogs would have chips coded with their owners ' names and addresses implanted below the fur . |
| 23 | Everyone 's solution was subjective , he thought , based on the resentments and jealousies festered in the long , bitter years of internal exile that the Shah had imposed on all those who would not recognize his sole and divinely inspired leadership of Iran . |
| 24 | When the new class of bourgeois manufacturers and traders arose in the nineteenth century , it was able to merge with the commercialised aristocracy through marriage , and through the newly reformed public schools and universities . |
| 25 | ‘ At eight o'clock in the morning , a vast concourse of ladies and gentlemen appeared on the side of Derwent Lake , where a number of marquees , extending about four hundred yards , were erected . ’ |
| 26 | Methodist Archives and Research Centre ( Manchester ) The collections are housed in the John Rylands Library and comprise documents and books devoted to the religious history of the denomination . |
| 27 | Clearly men with a purpose , their well-ironed tropical suits and ties contrasted with the colourful informality of the other passengers and the rest of the airport crowd — the men in body length kanzas or open neck shirts , and women in black buibuis stretching from their heads to below their knees or in multi-coloured kitenge dresses proclaiming variants on the theme of Uhuru na Mwalimu . |
| 28 | Deformed sperms , de-energised sperms and sperms deterred by the acid environment of the womb , were catalogued so that when the camera followed the successful ones on their journey it seemed a miracle that any got to their destination at all . |
| 29 | Not all forces responded to that survey , but the results suggested that the percentage of notifiable offences involving the use of sharp instruments and knives fell during the period surveyed . |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll Never Walk Alone ’ was sung with gusto and flares glowed on the terraces as Liverpool started with barely controlled frenzy . |