Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our discussion in Chapter 1 about economy , efficiency and effectiveness , the technical problem was how we can meaningfully compare inputs and outputs to produce a measure of efficiency when outputs are not automatically valued by the market price . |
| 2 | This produces early colours that go well with the wax-polished timbers , and accumulates to give the finish a smoothness and richness of texture impossible with more modern paints . |
| 3 | The Trust has no endowment and relies on donations and grants to undertake its conservation work on the nunnery , the most complete medieval example of its kind in Scotland and Britain . |
| 4 | Staff appropriate to Florey 's aims had to be recruited and grants to pay them obtained from outside bodies . |
| 5 | At the same time , new vocational qualifications and grants to encourage schools to develop high-quality technology courses will mean wider opportunities for pupils less academically inclined . |
| 6 | He tries to play his best all of the time and plays to win . |
| 7 | He tries to play his best all of the time and plays to win . |
| 8 | Still , it is sometimes possible to infer alterations over time , and one direct conclusion that can be drawn is that part , at least , of landlords ' rationale was economic : within a situation affected by such non-economic factors as pious donations , landlords organised estates and renders to maximise resources . |
| 9 | It pays to examine all gutter brackets and clips to ensure no water will drip on to walls . |
| 10 | Now let's look at some placed to go and thinks to do and people to see for later on today . |
| 11 | She denied that search consultants observed any professional ethics beside the obvious one of not poaching from clients for at least two years , and noted a complete absence of clear standards of approach and guarantees to do the job properly . |
| 12 | The scheme , forbiddingly called a fixed assured note , will take a minimum £5,000 and guarantees to provide people with the full increase in share prices over the next five years as measured by the FTSE100 index . |
| 13 | Head comes in , has already thought of this , and agrees to organize a collection from staff for fruit or whatever . |
| 14 | at the time of entering into the Contract with the Carrier the Trader declares to the Carrier a special interest in delivery in the case of loss or damage or of an agreed time limit being exceeded and agrees to pay a surcharge calculated on the amount of that interest , and |
| 15 | The political basis of society is also held to rest on voluntary agreement , in the sense that citizens are conceived of entering into an implicit social contract whereby each surrenders the liberty to do whatever he wants and agrees to pay taxes and abide by laws in exchange for the advantages of living in a governed society , which provides him with law and order and , nowadays , a whole range of goods and services . |
| 16 | Iris , the messenger goddess , is sent by the muses to find a new poet ; she discovers Mira 's ‘ crippled Infants ’ and agrees to care for them : |
| 17 | Frankenstein repents some of his harshness and agrees to make one , a female . ’ |
| 18 | Our bi-annual Rally will once again be held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Saturday , 26th November when there will be classes to join in and displays to watch , the added excitement of the first draw of our latest money spinner the ‘ 200 ’ Club , also our usual sales stall with Medau T-Shirts , pens , books , notelets etc . |
| 19 | And , if by some misfortune , he or she miscalculates and dares to put on even a tiny amount of excess fat , this is immediately dieted off within a week of it first appearing . |
| 20 | It gets political in its indictment of the corrupt railroad — it ‘ leaves two shiny , slimy tracks like a snail ’ — that is the representation of a rapaciously capitalist civilisation , and dares to traduce Fonda , Monument Valley and sundry rather icons of the Ford universe . |
| 21 | But this is almost certainly an illusion : as she becomes surer of her hold on the affections of her poet , so she becomes surer of herself , can dispense with affectations , and dares to speak with a certain authority about compositions that her lover sends to her — animadversions that the poet in turn receives quite humbly . |
| 22 | PARENTS of Escomb School at Bishop Auckland are searching for cowboys and cheerleaders to help out at their summer fair . |
| 23 | If a stranger stops and offers to help , do n't get out of the car . |
| 24 | Jan. 24 Siyad Barre hands over power to new 25-member government formed by Arteh , and offers to step down in exchange for a ceasefire . |
| 25 | The issues of repentance and forgiveness feature here also — Rodolpho , even at the last moment , is prepared to accept the blame for what Eddie has done and offers to kiss his hand , and Beatrice also offers him an earlier chance of redemption by asking him and Catherine to make friends and Catherine agrees — but Eddie refuses . |
| 26 | The agency man owes his knowledge of a particular publication , say newspaper profiles " , not only to the National Readership Survey , but to the sales literature from the media itself which have plied him with relevant data about readership and special opportunities and offers to make their publication the best of all possible buys . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Punch doing penance for his error of 35 years ago , ’ — presumably around 1884 he had said something silly about women in Parliament — ‘ and begs to offer his respectful congratulations to Lady Astor ’ . |
| 28 | Also check gullies and drains to make sure they are not blocked . |
| 29 | The trick does not work , but at least it leads to the hiding of Colas in Lise 's bedroom and the awful discovery of the two of them together just as Alain has received the key and goes to claim his bride . |
| 30 | However , when she gets married and goes to live in her parents-in-law 's home , her father and mother hardly ever visit her . |