Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an ‘ old China hand ’ , Mr Bush apparently prides himself on his personal understanding in dealing with the Chinese ; and as a former CIA director , he is not averse to secrecy . |
| 2 | He was also the company 's standard bearer at the town 's annual common riding and as a former Master upholsterer he previously represented the Corporation of Hammermen in a similar capacity . |
| 3 | And as the former were also comparable with the pavement from Great Witcombe , the latter exhibit similar , fairly close parallels with mosaics 7 , Verulamium ( pls. 20 ) , ( closer than those which they share with any other mosaic in this group ) . |
| 4 | Mukddaam easily disposed of his more experienced stable companion , Marienski , in a racecourse gallop at Newbury , and as the latter ran creditably in last Saturday 's Royal Lodge Stakes , Mukddaam clearly shares at least some of Nashwan 's ability . |
| 5 | and as the same thing applies to the knee exactly the same thing , wound there you keep the knee bent a little bit and you can do exactly the same bandage like a figure of eight , okay ? |
| 6 | The liberal-democratic constitution is seen as the only context and as the be-all-and-end-all of things so that the economic and societal context of power and the constraints which this imposes on Cabinet and Prime Minister alike are outside of the framework of serious consideration . |
| 7 | In ( 79 ) it is not just the action itself which is asserted : ( 79 ) He had a singular red cap on — not like a sailor 's cap , but of a finer colour ; and as the few yielding planks between him and destruction rolled and bulged , and his anticipative death-knell rung , he was seen by all of us to wave it . |
| 8 | It will use data from the Scottish Young People 's Surveys of 1985 , 1987 and 1989 to make comparisons between TVEI and non-TVEI pupils in TVEI schools , between TVEI schools and all other schools in Scotland , and between the same schools at different times before and after the introduction of TVEI . |
| 9 | ( and about a former life ) . |
| 10 | There was a report in the paper about the coronation and the unveiling of the memorial to Queen Victoria two days before the coronation , and about the many crowned heads of Europe who were going to be present , including the German Emperor , the late Queen 's grandson . |
| 11 | We hear very little about those localities where people are working away quietly with encouraging results , and about the many examples of excellent collaboration that protect so many children . |
| 12 | Situated only five minutes from the nearest beach and about the same from the nightlife of the harbour , the Maria proves to be a good value choice for your Cretan holiday . |
| 13 | A well-made pension plan inspired in him the same emotions as an estate-bottled single-vineyard wine of a good year , and about the same amount of waffle . |
| 14 | I ca n't say I was enamoured of the prospect of paying £150 entrance fee and about the same in annual subscription , but keen to do the right thing , I asked Robert Balfour , then Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council and Dawyck Haig to propose and second me . |
| 15 | With quite minor additions and subtractions the actual wood substance has in all cases about the same chemical constitution and about the same density of ninety pounds per cubic foot ( that is , much the same as sugar — say 1.5 ) . |
| 16 | And about the same time a mystery blaze broke out at Madame Tussaud 's , another of the capitals major tourist attractions . |
| 17 | In 1740 Britain exported about £0.7m. to North America and about the same amount to the West Indies , but twenty years later the West Indies took £1m. and the mainland took £2m. , while imports from the West Indies ran at £1.8m. and from the mainland at £0.6m . |
| 18 | The typical person over seventy takes half as much REM sleep as the toddler , and about the same amount as a twenty-year-old . |
| 19 | We shall return to this issue later , but it surprised me to discover that the population of Waltham Forest needed more expenditure per head for such deprivation than that of Cleveland and about the same amount as Knowsley ; similar observations stem from the comparison of Hackney and Westminster , although this is hampered by including components referring to ILEA . |
| 20 | In 1385–6 Lewyn was superintending building works for the Crown at Berwick-on-Tweed , and about the same time may have been concerned with the great new donjon at Warkworth for the Earl of Northumberland . |
| 21 | Harris married in 1820 and about the same time began his long association with the British Museum , where , in addition to supplying facsimiles , he served as an attendant in the reading rooms . |
| 22 | Its great efficiency means that bulbs can be very small — a 500-watt halogen bulb is only about 7.5 cm ( 3 in ) long , and about the same thickness as a slim pencil or pen . |
| 23 | She says her neighbour 's garden , always is a mystery here , her neighbour 's garden has been attacked by some kind of animal , she thinks nocturnal , there are small areas dug up from the garden , they are about three to four inches in diameter and about the same in depth , so it 's , it 's , it 's a little hole rather than the end of a tunnel it seems . |
| 24 | There was a lull in the progress of the Revolution , and for a little time Wordsworth associated with those sections of society where ‘ politics ’ were not discussed . |
| 25 | Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her . |
| 26 | Sylvia comes from nine to five each weekday , and nurses are on duty between six and 10 every evening and for a few hours at the weekend . |
| 27 | ‘ Now I just draw out from the bank a spending allowance for the week — to pay mum back , to cover essentials and for a few little extras . |
| 28 | She could cancel her newspapers and for a few pence from a local jumble sale acquire an old-fashioned cookery book , and a heavy stew pot . |
| 29 | Vic swings on to the motorway , going north-west , and for a few miles gives the Jaguar its head , moving smoothly up the outside lane at 90 , keeping a watchful eye on the rear-view mirror , though the police rarely bother you in the rush hour , they are as eager as anyone to keep the traffic flowing . |
| 30 | After a few days of premonitory seismic activity , the eruption started on 15 January and for a few days well-developed Vulcanian activity continued , with frequent explosions and a great eruption cloud reaching up to 10,000 metres . |