Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his mother had had many arguments and disagreements over the past few years . |
| 2 | But I do want us to realise that evil today has to be faced in a far more fundamental and crucial theatre of war : it is in the processes and ideologies of the modern world itself that we find the destructive , impersonal and heartless force of the Dark Power . |
| 3 | It is argued that differences in the political agendas and ideologies of the British and Spanish governments lie behind the variable pressures — and opportunities — for industrial relations change experienced by railway management . |
| 4 | The timing of the political programme was significantly different in Britain and Spain , however , reflecting the different ways in which economic forces have become translated into political strategies and ideologies in the two countries . |
| 5 | For more than 50 years I have nurtured what might be called an insatiable interest in China and the arts , crafts , and accomplishments of the Chinese people , the oldest extant civilization on earth . |
| 6 | New policies are expressed as much in ministerial statements , White Papers and circulars to the local authorities as in new statutes . |
| 7 | Further colour and splendour is brought to the occasion by the gold trimmed gowns and hats of the senior University officers : the Pro-Chancellors , the Vice-Chancellor and the Chancellor , whose gown has a long heavy train carried by his page . |
| 8 | Choose shoes , scarves , bags and hats from the rich variety of the accessory range , crafted from natural materials ; finishing touches are in shades of wood , spice and versatile warm neutrals . |
| 9 | Other manufacturing industry in the island is concerned mostly with the tourist and craft industries and includes the making of straw hats , pottery , ceramics , inlaid wooden items , the traditional Madeiran half-length boots , costumes and hats in the traditional style , plus the manufacturing of food products , such as biscuits , for the local market . |
| 10 | The basic unit of credit is the module and in order to try to standardize its credit value across the many subjects and disciplines of the Modular Course it is defined in terms of notional student effort . |
| 11 | These listed virtually every possible object that might be traded , from ABCs or spelling-books to yarn , including harp-strings by the gross , opium by the pound , and weasel-skins by the dozen , attaching to each a value from which duty would be calculated . |
| 12 | A year round programme of events and activities including the Annual Robin Hood Festival brings the outlaw to life . |
| 13 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |
| 14 | ‘ We have to allocate more resources , people and activities to the Far East . ’ |
| 15 | The Arab League was founded in March 1945 with the aim of strengthening the close ties between sovereign Arab states in order to co-ordinate their policies and activities for the common good of the Arab world . |
| 16 | We provide meals and activities for the over-65s . |
| 17 | Far more than a ‘ companion ’ to the Hornblower novels , clarifying and extending the historical background and arranging the events of the hero 's life in chronological order instead of in the irregular order imposed on readers by the dates of publication of the books , Parkinson 's book is related in intention , though not in style and tone , to the amiable pamphlets published from time to time summarising the relationships and activities of the fictional inhabitants of Coronation Street . |
| 18 | Assist in the development and activities of the European Council for Building Professionals.PS |
| 19 | Elean:Lauretta Ngcobo , another South African writer , in her introduction to your book , described you , as a writer coming out of the upsurges of your people 's consciousness and activities of the 70s , and reflecting those upsurges going on to the 80s . |
| 20 | In this climate , various groups of individuals who had been involved in the conferences and activities of the preceding few years were to move into the drawing up of detailed proposals for curriculum development and the search for funds with which to implement these . [ … ] |
| 21 | However , these matters were pursued by a minority of individuals with some contact with or insight into the day-to-day procedures and activities of the local authority , including a few councillors . |
| 22 | the structure , organisation and activities of the voluntary organisations . |
| 23 | The very diversity of the Scottish experience , from the views and activities of the constitutional suffragist , Bady Frances Balfour , to the continuing connection in Glasgow between the working-class suffragettes and the Independent Labour Party ( at a time when the WSPU in England had become very middle class ) makes it particularly worth studying . |
| 24 | Structural differences in the brains of drone , worker and queen bees appear to be correlated with the degree of development of the special instincts and activities of the three forms . |
| 25 | The chapters which follow in this final part of the Manual focus on the key features and activities of the three functional areas of management which are the most frequent subjects of examination questions : marketing , production and personnel management . |
| 26 | The Secretaries of State believe that the internal processes of reporting , recording and discussion between teacher and pupil should cover a pupil 's progress and activities across the whole educational programme of the school , both in the classroom and outside , and possibly activities outside the school as well . |
| 27 | It is the offspring of a lion and an eagle , with the hindparts of the former and the head , neck , wings and claws of the latter . |
| 28 | The three-year-old bears the scars and bruises from the freak accident that put him in hospital and left his parents in deep shock . |
| 29 | Most of them had become marraines to one or more soldiers , according them benefits ranging merely from encouraging letters to parcels of food and woollies to the highest a woman can offer a man . |
| 30 | However , the text invites us , as a result of the parallels and correspondences between the two worlds , to consider the first-person sequences as occurring oneirically in Boris 's mind : thus the disruptions in the narrative could be interpreted as the symptom of his distorted ordering of experience . |