Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structure has been consciously designed and has an official purpose . |
| 2 | But even if you are n't another Bowie or Elton John , you still need to try and develop an original style . |
| 3 | Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed . |
| 4 | Hereford City Council is working with Mr Boucher to try and find an alternative site for the sanctuary . |
| 5 | In spite of running a home in the country , and being the mother of four splendid children , including twins , and running her Kanga dress business not only in Beauchamp Place , but worldwide , Dale Tryon finds time to work and take an active interest in this good cause , for which Lord Mottistone is the Chairman . |
| 6 | Finn senior was convicted of criminal damage , wounding and possessing an offensive weapon . |
| 7 | He made a series of false casts , wondering at the apparent inability of the Hampshire County Council to conceive and implement an efficient system of signposts . |
| 8 | For example , injury or damage caused by the use of woodworking machinery [ other than portable tools ] may be specifically excluded unless you ask for it to be included and pay an additional premium . |
| 9 | Last week , Mr Perez de Cuellar called for a ‘ structured ’ Afghan delegation representing all the Afghan factions to meet and organise an intra-Afghan dialogue . |
| 10 | While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor . |
| 11 | While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor . |
| 12 | Yet because the old are seen to be more ill , more often than other age groups , illness and old age have become closely associated in our minds , leading to the belief that the old have to suffer and bear an unavoidable amount of pain and discomfort . |
| 13 | If , for example , the house had collapsed and damaged an adjacent property , the damage to the adjacent property would be classed as physical damage , damage to other property . |
| 14 | He hooked and landed an enormous conger eel , whilst fishing from one of the boats in the harbour . |
| 15 | Both resorted to drink and felt an overwhelming need for Norman . |
| 16 | These developments hold great promise for severely disabled people who , although dependent on a machine , can have a feeling of relative independence ; their range of control in communicating and getting an appropriate response is increased and they are less dependent on people to carry out a number of everyday living activities . |
| 17 | Our gaze met and became an eternal thing . |
| 18 | The development of the exchange , from a meeting place for buyers and sellers , to futures trading in a pit or ring leads logically to the assumption that every member of the floor should be aware of the prevailing price of business being done and have an equal opportunity to participate in it . |
| 19 | On page 16 ANDY PARKES accommodates and buys an extraordinary number of Oddball fish for just over £250 . |
| 20 | A human nose is reported to be able to detect and identify an organic sulphur compound at a concentration of one molecule per billion molecules of air , far lower than any present day instrumental technique . |
| 21 | When a voltage is applied to the tip of the AFM needle ( which is kept far enough away from the surface so that no tunnelling current can flow ) , the dopant 's electrons are disturbed and exert an electrostatic force on the tip . |
| 22 | What 's more they stop and form an attractive carpet of feed well in range . |
| 23 | If the bands of weaving are widely separated and use an interesting yarn , such as ribbon or tape , the weaving can be used simply for decoration . |
| 24 | Three pieces of daub were dated and provided an average age and standard error of 830 plus/minus 40 years . |
| 25 | In the magnificent setting of the Park 's mansion house , the region 's top chefs prepared and presented an eight course banquet for 40 served on Wedgwood fine bone china tableware complemented by Waterford crystal stemware . |
| 26 | Bearing in mind that the fish you already have in your pond will grow and place an increasing burden on the filter as they get bigger , you are probably getting close to the capacity of your pond and filter . |
| 27 | In a rough kind of way he was good-looking , but he was heavily built and looked an aggressive type . |
| 28 | The trial number of the horizontal axis indicates the number of times the dog had been fed and heard an associated sound . |
| 29 | The Jammu and Kashmir state administration imposed and maintained an around-the-clock curfew in the Kashmir valley on April 6-21 , with a few short relaxations to allow people to obtain essential supplies . |
| 30 | The theatre was given its own legal status in the Theatres Act 1968 , but the anomalous position of the cinema was not revealed until 1975 , when the President and Secretary of the BBFC were charged with aiding and abetting an indecent exhibition , namely the showing by Classic Cinemas Ltd of the Swedish sex-education film Language of Love . |