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

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1 The Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke , 1605–1675 and Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke , edited by Ruth Spalding ( Oxford University Press for The British Academy , 1990 )
2 This , as should by now be clear , is a crucial distinction in this argument , for it underpins ( along with the public/private distinction utilised by Wolfenden ) many of the conflicts and disagreements over morality and the ‘ proper ’ role of the criminal law during this post-war period .
3 After 3 years , he resigned because of interference from and disagreements amongst Navy Department bureaucrats .
4 In many cultures this leads to an asymmetry between ways of offering agreements and disagreements in talk : agreements are given more immediately , are more frequent , and are given openly , while disagreements are relatively infrequent and are hedged about with hesitations and excuses : see Pomerantz ( 1984 ) for an extended discussion .
5 Cultural differences and disagreements in strategy emerged , however , some delegates favouring the linking of indigenous issues with wider political causes and others favouring protests by indigenous people alone .
6 The economically equitable assumptions behind changes in the property law often , for instance , came into conflict with inherited beliefs about the proper division of labour in the family and ideologies of femininity — and the latter usually won .
7 In this way the homosexual writer is granted a dubious measure of liberal pity ( ‘ if only he had n't lived in such a repressive world ’ ) while at the same time the heterosexual critic distances the threatening possibility that a homosexual writer might have a great many insights into the codes , mechanisms and ideologies of heterosexuality itself .
8 These views rest on different assumptions about the power and ideologies of trade union officials and the aim of this research is to try to establish how powerful are local trade union officials in their relations with shop stewards , and what sorts of ideologies inform their behaviour in these relationships .
9 ‘ New Directions in Scandinavian Design ’ looks at the latest developments while ‘ Ethics and Aesthetics : design agencies of Scandinavia ’ examines the role and ideologies of Scandinavia 's design agencies and their achievements in the promotion of good design and better living and working environments .
10 Turning to feminist analyses , their strength lies in exposing the effects of gender relations and ideologies on women as producers and consumers of health care .
11 But the analytical steps of PPB call for a periodic review of fundamental programme objectives , costs and accomplishments to date .
12 Weber was impressed with the development and accomplishments of bureaucracy , and especially with the role of technical knowledge in bureaucratic administration which he regarded as the primary source of the superiority of bureaucracy as an organisation .
13 The carpet and chintzes accepted the merging of their colour and gentle rot as , in happy age , the mind obliterates the glories and cruelties of youth .
14 He revels in the memory of it , making it froth and lather all round the alleys and back-yards of youth very nearly up to the roof-tops .
15 title given to a collection of 31 sketches , stories , and essays by CD first published in Household Words and gathered together in vol. 8 of the Library Edition of his works in 1858 .
16 They are acknowledged to have a specific connotation in architecture ; particular moments of contemporary Italian culture , though bearing a local label — that of the ‘ trans-avant-garde ’ ( transavanguardia ) , coined for the visual arts by Achille Bonita Oliva ( 1984 ) , or the philosophical notion of ‘ weak thought ’ ( pensiero debole ) , theorized in a series of books and essays by Gianni Vattimo , Pier Aldo Rovatti and their colleagues ( cf.
17 Accompanying ‘ Allocations ’ , a book with the same title has been published , with statements by all the artists and essays by Thomas McEvilley , Rosalind Krauss , Robert Smithson and others .
18 Outside an elevated railroad station men in raincoats with collars turned up and hats with brims snapped down bustled busily , coming from and going to nowhere in particular .
19 The leopard has been listed as a species in danger of extinction since CITES was concluded in Washington 10 years ago , which is why you do not , or at least should not , see leopard skin coats and hats in London 's expensive fur shops .
20 Or when all those glossy hotel guides begin to award green rosettes for environmental performance as well as gold stars for comfort or knives and forks for cuisine .
21 At the public ceremonies , the head boy , David Blank ( later to become a Governor ) , presented Daniels with an inscribed gold watch ; from the staff there was a standard lamp , a set of fish knives and forks from Sergeant , a pen from the Debating and Literary Society and the Cercle Français .
22 The decision last week by Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment , to reject the scheme for a small new town among the gravel pits and conifers of north-east Hampshire is pure politics .
23 The design team under Hugh Lasson and Misha Black ( both later knighted ) were right in believing that there was hunger for visual stimulation among the British and they got it in the form of sculpture , murals and mobiles by Moore , Hepworth , Piper , Sutherland , Topolski and Epstein as well as a pedestrian precinct which was all grilles and screens and balls and decks and terraces and fountains and colour .
24 It recognises the children as the major actors in any decision making and ensures that their rights and involvements in decision making are enhanced .
25 Now it remains to focus on the circumstances which promote the youth 's interests and involvements in sport .
26 Jack is in overall charge of the LDP sales company and the reason for that is to ensure that the same standards and disciplines of product development , point of sale and , most important , profitability are applied to LDP as to Stoddard Templeton .
27 THE Association of Cricket Statisticians and Scorers of India has compiled its yearly bible of facts , figures , records , tables , scorecards , lists , quirks and curiosities scrutinizing the Indian season in microscopic detail , and leaving no statistical stone unturned .
28 Excluding National Insurance contributions , taxes are usually grouped under three headings as regards tax bases : taxes on income ( income , corporation and petroleum revenue taxes ) ; taxes on expenditure ( VAT and customs and excise duties ) ; and taxes on capital ( capital gains and inheritance tax ) .
29 Figure 16.2 shows that for 1992/93 , taxes on income were expected to yield around 52% of the Total Tax Revenue of 169.8bn ; taxes on expenditure 32% and taxes on capital less than 2% .
30 Personal tax allowances are expected to be frozen and taxes on petrol , drink and tobacco raised .
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