Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right now Stephen hang your cups up and put the knives and forks away while I sort this out . |
| 2 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 3 | Clients tend to book long haul holidays and cruises rather than two weeks in the Spanish sun . |
| 4 | If the water did enter a person 's house they were usually able to move all of the furniture and possessions upstairs where they would keep safe and dry , but this was not possible for all the residents . |
| 5 | Two years later to Somerset where I learnt that the great advantage of being an in-house solicitor is that you can help your clients , the social workers , planners , and teachers to get their procedures and attitudes right before cases come to court or committee . |
| 6 | Ken , meanwhile , believed he had found a play that suited his temperament and talents better than most of the things on which he had been working to date . |
| 7 | Together they pulled off a crime which cost their company 's banks and creditors more than eight million pounds . |
| 8 | no I 'm sorry but you ca n't have the cars and bikes out because it 's tea time and you 're going home for your tea , Bryony 's had her hair cut and mummy 's come back there 's look |
| 9 | The aircraft , worth millions of pounds , was on a routine training mission when it came down six miles from its base at RAF Upper Heyford.Eyewitnesses have described seeing the plane trailing smoke and flames just before it crashed . |
| 10 | The ideology of republicanism aroused some interest ; but it was thought of in terms of ancient history rather than contemporary politics , in terms of the world of Lycurgus , Solon and Pericles rather than that of Louis XV , Frederick II or Catherine II . |
| 11 | At a slightly more abstract level , the unacknowledged influence of the functionalist model upon sociolinguistic theory is more pervasive even than the widespread use of the notion of prestige suggests ; an interesting example is Labov 's early definition of a speech community in terms of shared norms and common evaluation of the very linguistic variables which differentiate speakers ( Labov 1966 : 125 ) ; it is the emphasis on shared norms and values rather than on conflict which differentiates quite sharply Marxist and functionalist views of class . |
| 12 | Director of Studies : ‘ Lack of colours reflects parents ’ priorities and values rather than relative affluence . ’ |
| 13 | Is it possible that ‘ secular ’ Protestants have a good deal of respect for evangelical beliefs and values even though they do not share them ? |
| 14 | Because of this Marx concluded that it was wrong to see ideas and values simply as adaptations of the individual to natural conditions , as some eighteenthand nineteenth-century philosophers seemed to believe . |
| 15 | In this sense the literature discussed next is about the political process and macroeconomics rather than macroeconomics per se . |
| 16 | From the start , it was realised that for the branch of an American headhunting firm in London to gain credibility and attract clients unused to search , it was necessary to appoint British consultants and researchers rather than Americans , but nevertheless with strong support and detailed advice from the corporate headquarters across the Atlantic . |
| 17 | For example , does body size have a less important effect on the reproductive success of male zebras than male bovids because zebras fight with their teeth and hooves rather than by pushing ? |
| 18 | Ensure reflect need to move people and products rather than vehicles . |
| 19 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
| 20 | It is not always easy to balance challenges and skills even when working with a single child on a relatively straightforward task ; for these class teachers working with mixed ability groups in settings where the normal practice was for several different tasks in different curriculum areas to be undertaken simultaneously , an adequate balance between challenges and skills throughout the group had to remain an aspiration rather than an achievement . |
| 21 | She follows current taste in emphasising weaving techniques and patterns rather than embroidery . |
| 22 | CRIME-HIT small firms are demanding more powers for the police and courts today after a survey found that almost 50pc of them have been victims of some sort of crime . |
| 23 | But if film executives were to be believed , the majority of the audience was less interested in salving their fears about wars and conflicts ahead than in looking back to the time when Britain had a role to play in the world . |
| 24 | They also had to be decorated with braid and ribbons even when they were out ploughing in the winter ; George Sadler told me : |
| 25 | Its buildings were functional , housing engineering plant , looms , rope works and warehouses rather than the genteel families of Georgian businessmen . |
| 26 | Whether course of employment in a particular statute should include a tea break or the trip to work may be better decided by a tribunal staffed with a lawyer chairman and ‘ wing ’ members representing the interests of trade unionists and employers rather than the ordinary courts . |
| 27 | The White Welsh is generally rougher in coat than the White Park and tends to have bluish flecks and patches on the neck and shoulders rather than black . |
| 28 | As with modes of production and musical form , then , there are altogether many more alternatives and contradictions here than Adorno 's totalizing account can allow . |
| 29 | Use simple visual aids ( preferably diagrams and pictures rather than words ) to enhance the main messages . |
| 30 | Erm I I 've done a lot of listening this evening er and I 'm sure you have too from from the way in which the the rest of the board have been responding er with there eyes and ears even if they have n't always been open . |