Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Kirsty could convince any kid that goblins and fairies reside in the bottom of the garden , no problem .
2 But as mid-day approaches , it becomes so hot that the lizards and birds retreat into the shade wherever they can find it .
3 To argue , therefore , that changes in newspapers — in their content , style , readership , etc. — may be undesirable ( e.g. ‘ deradicalization ’ , ‘ depoliticization ’ ) is to confuse that which one may desire ( and which may be socially desirable ) with the actual and real choices which individuals and groups make in the market-place .
4 Civil society is at the centre of this web of inter-relationships , comprising : the sphere of circulation , in which people and groups contest in the ‘ market place ’ ; the sphere of reproduction , in which social groups — classes-in-struggle compete to promote their economic , biological and political reproduction ; and the popular democratic forces , through which much of the struggle within civil society is organised .
5 Hotels and houses nestle among the vegetation .
6 We may tend to assume that other companies and cultures operate with the same sorts of motivations and criteria of success as we do , despite the fact that Japanese companies , for instance , turn in a very low rate of profit compared to those in the United Kingdom , and indeed do not need to do so because of the low interest charges and ready availability of capital in their country .
7 The IIC provides an independent forum for debate on communications issues and evaluates the influence which governments , economics , politics and cultures have on the use of communications globally .
8 Shearwaters and petrels belong to a group called the tube-noses , for their nostrils are protected by a pair of tubes which extend some way down the beak from its base and these give them a much better perception of smell than other birds have .
9 The command you can see starts or switches to Word for Windows ( the USEEXIST makes the button switch to Word if it 's already open , and the IMAX sizes its window to leave the Power Launcher toolbar clear at the top of the screen , and icons clear at the bottom ) .
10 Local residents also placed a skull and crossbones sign on the gate leading to the dump site with the slogan ‘ This site is a graveyard for the children of Ringaskiddy ’ .
11 THE MONOPOLIES and Mergers report on the service we provide , published in May 1992 , was a good outcome for AEA .
12 Behind private placements lies a simple premise : the fussier investors and issuers become about the design of their securities , the less they will want to deal in the standardised paper available on the public markets .
13 Fresh local produce is used whenever possible , and herbs come from the garden , but weight-watchers beware , real Devon ice-cream is conspicuously present at meals .
14 Vegetables are fresh from the island and herbs come from the kitchen garden .
15 Where snow persists late in summer and the growing season is short , meadows of short grasses and herbs appear among the shrubs .
16 Some people see this as the natural progression for the martial art to take ; purists and traditionalists look upon the changes with disdain .
17 Not content with just the interminable Benson and Hedges World Series Cup , the players also had to fit in the Benson and Hedges Challenge between the fourth and fifth Tests , a jamboree dreamed up to latch on to the sporting frenzy which the TV and marketing people had decreed would seize the nation when the America 's Cup yacht races were staged off Fremantle .
18 Determine from the deeds , or ask your solicitor , which fences and hedges belong to the house and are the owner 's responsibility to maintain .
19 Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it .
20 A representative and influential attempt was made by Plekhanov in his essay , The Role of the Individual in History , where he considers what effect the characters of prominent people such as kings and statesmen have on the course of events .
21 This pattern of cultural change is one of the clearest indications of the powerful impact that dominant social attitudes and values have on the status and treatment of older people .
22 Texts and objects combine in a new installation by Marlene McCarthy at Metro Pictures until 27 March and new paintings featuring over-sized calligraphic texts figure in Linda Daniel 's new work at Jose Freire Fine Arts , until 21 March .
23 At night the city throbs with life , and bars , restaurants , clubs , discos and cinemas operate into the early ( and late ! ) hours of the morning .
24 Prices are from $30,000 for the R30 model and shipments start at the end of December .
25 In either case the aim is to discover what processes and phenomena result from the physical laws governing the dynamics and expressed by the equations .
26 Magpies and bluebirds dart through the ponderosa pines
27 This kind of link between GIS and other modelling programs is to be warmly welcomed and parallels work at the NWRRL in linking GIS and air pollution plume models .
28 Produce is fresh : soft fruits , salads and vegetables come from the garden .
29 Herbs and vegetables come from the garden as do the pre-prandial hazelnuts .
30 Fresh herbs and vegetables come from the garden .
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