Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Suger and Odo of Deuil between them established the norms for the house 's long tradition of royal historiography ; of these the chief was that whatever the Capetians did should be presented in the most favourable light possible .
2 In their hands shone the emblems and harness of sanctity : gold rood glimmered , and monstrance and thurible ; and the Crucifix from St Sophia itself rode the night like a ship on their shoulders .
3 Having just read the article on Dumfries and Galloway by Barry Ward , I was both delighted and slightly amused .
4 To these self-appointed custodians of public morals it was even more appalling that those very classes who should in theory be the hope and backbone of republicanism were equally infected by the general tone of light-mindedness :
5 The ADAM & EVE database , which forms the basis for all the analysis , is the result of long-term research into the frequency and coverage of words in the language .
6 The National Library of Scotland is collaborating with the British Library and the other legal deposit libraries of the British Isles in a pilot project of shared cataloguing in order to improve the currency and coverage of catalogue records for British books by sharing the responsibility for the creation of those records .
7 Official economic data released prior to nineteen fifty two were confusing due to lack of standardization , contents and coverage of data .
8 Above them towers the snow-capped Mount Illimani , symbol and guardian of La Paz .
9 He is friend , comforter , neighbour and guardian of right in a way that his urban counterpart can perhaps never be again .
10 By the early 1950s Sylvester , writing for The Listener and elsewhere , had become a highly influential critic , also a tireless supporter of Francis Bacon and Giacometti among others .
11 Print is very efficient for the communication and imbibing of information .
12 Also it was oddly reassuring to recognise the same issues of non-participation , official steam-rollering , and apathy in case studies from Scotland and Appalachia .
13 Campbell shot to the head of the leadership pack in March but ran into trouble with controversial comments about the Catholic church and apathy in politics .
14 This means groups can not plan in the medium and long term , creating uncertainty and apathy amongst staff on limited contracts .
15 As the gels are both flavoured and acidulated , they stimulate the flow of saliva which leads to the swallowing of excess saliva and gel during treatment .
16 At the end there was a murmur of question and hesitation from Daniel , who said that he wanted to say 500 .
17 The US General Accounting Office ( 1979 ) sampled 243 monitoring stations and revealed that 81 per cent had one or more problems that could adversely affect the accuracy and reliability of air quality data .
18 they permit the collation and review of evidence of student attainment from different sources eg. from the student , the supervisor or the tutor , thus contributing to the validity and reliability of assessment ;
19 they allow evidence from out of centre activity , eg. work experience , to be reviewed , thus contributing to the validity and reliability of assessment ;
20 Ministry officials were also accused of giving conflicting evidence , leaving doubt as to the accuracy and reliability of reports of infection .
21 Consequently , a real anxiety prevailed about pre-emptive social work action in relation to the accuracy and reliability of evidence obtainable thereafter from the child witness , the alleged perpetrator or any corroborating witnesses .
22 Our study is the first large scale research study of the extent , nature and reliability of UK financial graphs .
23 It is not usually preceded by long and bitter quarrels between parents and need not affect the child 's eye view of dependability and reliability of parents in their relationship with the child .
24 The aim of verifying the accuracy and reliability of records and documents ( by examination and testing ) is to obtain support for the expression of an opinion on the financial statements .
25 Stable contracts will permit cost reductions and capital investment to improve the quality and reliability of supply .
26 Indeed most studies of employment show the low validity and reliability of age as a predictor of performance .
27 Given the importance of the uses to which information from assessments is put , greater standardisation of methods of assessment is needed to ensure that the validity and reliability of information obtained are acceptable .
28 The final point to make is that having weighed the relevance and reliability of information , we then judge whether the benefits of accounting and reporting outweigh the costs .
29 Availability and reliability of information ( eg management accounts and forecasts )
30 Creating a climate of trust and reliability within staff groups and between staff and senior staff , where management can be experienced as a kind of co-operative bank to draw on rather than a persecutor to defend against , will be a central task .
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