Example sentences of "and the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The section will conclude with some remarks on two topics of special interest : the effects of exchange depreciation on the balance sheets of Yugoslav banks , and the revealing light thrown on the Yugoslav financial system by the recent collapse of the Bosnian firm of Agrokomerc . |
| 2 | And the heart-rending tragedy of the tiny coffins of a family of victims ? |
| 3 | The upper part of the vagina swells out and the vaginal wall becomes moist . |
| 4 | The declivities seemed to promise more ease than the heights because of the heavier shade and the caressing sound of the small brooks which ran clear and sparkling across their path . |
| 5 | I am angry and disgusted at the feeble-minded lot at Northants and the petty-minded lot at Lord 's . |
| 6 | He has now achieved a similar reversal of consensus with regard to Clavierübung 111 and the Canonic Variations on ‘ Vom Himmel hoch ’ It has been too readily assumed that printed works were conceived as entities in their final form shortly before publication . |
| 7 | And the quantitative differences between means of funding are just as important as the qualitative differences . |
| 8 | There can be said to be at least three main schools of management theory addressing the people problem : the classical school embodying the work of F. W. Taylor and Henri Fayol , the behaviourist school founded by Elton Mayo and the quantitative school which appears to have had its origins in the operations research techniques developed during World War Il . |
| 9 | A major contribution of Weinreich , Labov and Herzog ( 1968 ) and the quantitative paradigm has been to demonstrate that heterogeneity in the speech community can be shown to be have patterns in it . |
| 10 | And the quantitative distinction which is well illustrated by this photograph , which is completely typical let me get the one , hang on right , this is a photograph of a hamster ovum with a hamster sperm just fertilizing it there and you can see that the hamster sperm is a lot smaller than the hamster ovum , and this is totally typical , it 's smaller by many orders of magnitude . |
| 11 | The report gives the statistical data and the quantitative judgements of 410 regular bus travellers who were the Buswatchers . |
| 12 | And the prevailing compensation structure in practically all businesses reinforces this attitude because it is heavily biased towards managerial positions and titles . |
| 13 | The neighbourhood was instrumental in securing the Urban Development Action Grant both through its lobbying efforts and the prevailing conditions in the area . |
| 14 | That is a plausible argument and it points to the importance of economic factors and the prevailing division of labour in shaping sibling relationships . |
| 15 | Modernization and the prevailing orthodoxy encouraged the view that Japan was superior to her Asian neighbours and had a duty to promote change in them and fulfil her own destiny . |
| 16 | But since the early 1970s , there has been a great deal of controversy about it and the prevailing mood in the accounting profession appears to be that the system is archaic and needs replacing . |
| 17 | Interest is payed to the bank on the difference at a rate which reflects the bank 's view of the soundness of the company and the prevailing rates in the money market ; these rates will vary from time to time . |
| 18 | Interest is payed to the bank on the difference at a rate which reflects the bank 's view of the soundness of the company and the prevailing rates in the money market ; these rates will vary from time to time . |
| 19 | However , it is important to stress that the conditions for a sustained easing of monetary policy are not yet present and the prevailing view is likely to be that , barring a breakthrough on the solidarity pact and a resolution of the east German wages situation , the next cut in rates may be at least a couple of months off . |
| 20 | It is thought that the sound of the approaching steam train and the prevailing gale prevented him from being aware of the electric train 's presence . |
| 21 | Because of the difference in height between the Arun and the casualty , and the prevailing weather conditions , Second Coxswain Barnes decided that it would not be possible to go alongside without causing damage . |
| 22 | All his life he had kept a diary ; it was a detached record of matters like the arrivals of the first migrants , the occurrence of various plant species in the Britches , and the prevailing weather . |
| 23 | The Palings was an old building ; it had stood full face to the sea and the prevailing wind for the best part of a hundred years . |
| 24 | If the income tax is levied on Β , this term is unaltered , and the proportional tax has no effect on inequality ( this is the analogue of the case discussed in Section 9–1 ) . |
| 25 | By highlighting the threat to the constitution from Labour and Liberal plans for a Scottish Parliament and the proportional representation system by which its members would be elected , he consistently and robustly drove home the message that the Tories alone stood as the party of Union , of collective strength in negotations abroad and strong government at home . |
| 26 | No sooner had they arrived in Bermuda than there was the stern challenge of the Irish to be met on the field , a barbecue to be arranged , the All Black cabaret act to be sorted out , the necessary mopeds to be booked , and the '91 brew of the ‘ Dark and Stormy ’ to be tested . |
| 27 | And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognised at once as those who , like herself and Claud , had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right . |
| 28 | This was based on classification of the proportions of the bodies of the vessels and the decorative motifs employed . |
| 29 | The paintings are virtually priceless , covering three centuries of Lombard devotional work up to the start of the Neo-Classical period , and the decorative work is exquisite . |
| 30 | There were no clear distinctions between the fine and the decorative arts in Mannerist or Baroque Prague . |