Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [vb -s] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An exaggerated and misplaced reliance on the research of Piaget and Goldman has encouraged teachers to have low expectations concerning children 's abilities . |
| 2 | I also spoke at various military and RAF centres to tell men in preparation for the invasion of Burma , about the people of the country . |
| 3 | Nudes , still lifes and interiors are his accustomed subjects and Marlborough has gathered examples of these done in 1990 and 1991 to show from 7 May until 6 June . |
| 4 | Alexon brands managing director Peter Ridsdale has asserted his new role and laid off two board directors responsible for the Alexon , Dash and Eastex brands to cut costs . |
| 5 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 6 | Bream and roach showing off the Ferry Boards and Boatyard stretches to stick float or feeder . |
| 7 | Now that the by-election in Kincardine and Deeside has focused attention on the issue of Scotland once again , and with the continuing difficulties in establishing a democratic local administration in Ulster , will the Prime Minister consider initiating consultations with other parliamentary parties with a view to reaching agreement on common structures of government throughout the United Kingdom ? |
| 8 | Well it might be that this turns out to be an extremely successful gamble , and Branson has expanded Virgin into a world recovery , or it may be that this airline runs into more serious financial difficulties in the middle of the decade , and it either contracts or it sells out to either an American or a continental European carrier . |
| 9 | Fiona has worked on set designs for the Royal Ballet Company in Dublin , and Donna has produced pieces for the Belfast Denver exchange . |
| 10 | But Steilmann is the first major manufacturer to tackle this issue in Europe ; in America Esprit has launched its Ecollection and Levi has developed Nature jeans . |
| 11 | More general distance learning provision in chemistry is available through the Open University and Riddick has highlighted opportunities for Licentiates to study for the Graduateship . |
| 12 | First , the Common Good' is held to be an illusory concept , which in practice is rarely used to refer to any aim that can fairly be called ‘ common ’ and which might not even refer to a good' at all ; pursuit of ‘ the Common Good ’ is therefore not useful as an identifying objective of democracy , and Schumpeter prefers to identify democracy not by its objectives but as a method . |
| 13 | Simple : Kenya is a market for Guinness products and Sainsbury needs to stop dolphins getting caught in the nets used to catch the tuna it sells in its supermarkets . |
| 14 | Bilateral talks are being planned for tomorrow between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers , who are due to meet their Belarussian and Kazakh counterparts to discuss ratification of the US-Soviet Start agreement on cutting strategic nuclear missiles . |
| 15 | Runaway wins against Newport and Bridgend has boosted confidence but the crunch is coming up … time for Gloucester to fight their way out of trouble |
| 16 | And Dell plans to pre-install NeXTstep on some models . |
| 17 | Following the admission of both Azerbaijan and Armenia to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in January and to the UN in February [ see p. 38745 ] , leaders in Russia , Armenia and Nagorny Karabakh called for the involvement of CSCE representatives and UN forces to guarantee peace , but the Azerbaijani leadership resisted attempts to " internationalize " the conflict , and on Feb. 5 vetoed the deployment of peacekeeping forces . |
| 18 | She 's more eccentric than ever and Lizzie 's gone gaga . |
| 19 | The success of evangelical candidates in the recent presidential elections in Peru and Guatamala has drawn attention to the growing strength of Christian evangelicism worldwide and stimulated reflection on apparently parallel fundamentalist upsurges in other religious traditions such as Islam and Judaism . |
| 20 | The opening of talks about membership with Austria , Finland , Norway and Sweden has forced governments to consider the workings of the Community 's institutions . |
| 21 | The ascendancy of monetary policy over fiscal and incomes policies in the US and UK has damaged investment , and the high interest rates used to deflate the economy benefit — guess whom ? |
| 22 | It is linked to a discussion of whether the form of communism practised in the Soviet Union , Eastern Europe and China has given rise to a new class whose domination rests on control of the means of administration . |
| 23 | The high jagged north coast of Cornwall , Devon and Somerset rises to meet pounding surf and gales . |
| 24 | Now with the international release of the film starring Liza Minnelli , Julie Walters and Shelley Winters to rave reviews , STEPPING OUT is set to become a firm favourite with theatre and film lovers everywhere . |
| 25 | The formation of Compartners SRO puts to an end the sole distributor status of Prague-based Sofram , and Swallow has set Compartners the target of matching Sofram 's 1992 revenues this year — he estimates this at $2m . |
| 26 | The study , conducted by Liverpool University for the National Rivers Authority , Ministry of Agriculture and Greenpeace has revealed contamination by mercury , pesticide residues and toxic chemicals including PCBs . |
| 27 | In the US , National Starch and Chemical has introduced a line of starch-based fat substitutes , Hercules has introduced a substitute based on pectin and Procter and Gamble has developed Olestra , a combination of fatty acids and sugars . |
| 28 | Investment management company Ivory and Sime plans to use Notes to help its analysts monitor and choose equities from a potential total of 1,500 stocks . |
| 29 | Although Sweden plans to phase out CFCs by 1995 and Norway plans to cut production by 90 per cent by 1995 , the UK will not phase these chemicals out until 1997 . |
| 30 | He disappears to collect the ingredients from his sledge , ‘ Tony and I start feeding the dogs , and Nathan decides to show Odd-Knut an English dish — pancakes . |