Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't show too badly when he finished the race with several layers of clothing on to try and retain some body heat in the cold driving rain . |
| 2 | The term ‘ money market ’ refers to the process whereby financial institutions come together to borrow and lend wholesale funds for periods varying from one day to one year . |
| 3 | AMPES ' work was basically to try and get more women to join the trade unions and political organizations . |
| 4 | These two factors act together to create and reproduce social hierarchy . |
| 5 | Okay , so to negotiate and achieve some sort of compromise what are your objectives ? |
| 6 | For example , it may become necessary to reject information which was initially taken to be reliable and important enough to interpret and organise subsequent information dealing with the same topic . |
| 7 | Ruth 's legs were soon aching with climbing steps , only to turn and descend another staircase in the opposite direction . |
| 8 | Who was there here who knew her well enough to discern and identify any flaws in her own polished public persona ? |
| 9 | Further , self-evaluation was found to be most profitably focused in departments and on those structures which brought departments together to develop and evaluate whole-school policies . |
| 10 | I accept that the patient may not feel confident enough to speak and discuss medical matters with a police surgeon , especially if allegations are made of trauma acquired during police custody . |
| 11 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 12 | So , third , the purpose of the Council was not just to restate and defend past doctrines — for that a Council was not necessary — but to ‘ make a leap forward in doctrinal insight and the education of consciences in ever greater fidelity to authentic teaching . |
| 13 | Not to emit and receive these sounds constantly might be our equivalent of the sun 's disappearance at night , of someone switching the light off , or of partially shutting one 's eyes , though these creatures are also supremely aware of externally generated sounds . |
| 14 | The technology available within the next five to 10 years — optical disk storage , text recognition , voice recognition , image processing , and graphical interfaces — should allow doctors more easily to capture and use clinical information electronically . |
| 15 | The money would support action at four levels : in the community to improve and preserve plant genetic resources ( PGR ) in the field ; nationally to stimulate and support such work and run gene banks ; regionally to allow collaboration across borders ; and globally to set policy , mobilise and distribute funds and promote a plan of action through an intergovernmental council , with executive board , scientific and technical advisory committee and PGR trust fund . |
| 16 | You have to be quick though to beat the sharp-eyed dealers who are there early to spot and buy such things . |
| 17 | Maybe that is why — unlike some drivers with a more refined sense of a balance sheet — it was Mario 's practice always to travel and live first class . |
| 18 | Before we go on to illustrate and extend this model , there are one or two disclaimers to be made . |
| 19 | get back with sugar or can you nip up to shop and get some sugar ? |
| 20 | ( Similarly , he identifies the law as both an ISA and part of the RSA since it functions both to coerce and to reproduce ruling class values . ) |
| 21 | Brinson , before taking over the Gulbenkian Foundation in London in 1972 had chaired an arts committee of the Foundation , set up to discuss and provide financial help to the performing arts , and particularly to dance , which had had , in his words ‘ a raw deal ’ . |
| 22 | A significant focus for the controversy was the theatre , which , like the transvestite , was seen both to epitomize and to promote contemporary forces of disruption in and through its involvement with cross-dressing . |
| 23 | At 30 frames per second , the amount of time available both to decompress and process each image is one-thirtieth of a second . |
| 24 | So so we know roughly going up to get and make some stars and he 's going to put chains and like all round these stars . |
| 25 | He wanted more money to be spent on broadcasting and a separate Ministry to be set up to direct and coordinate all information policy : this was the only way a minister would be able to deal with all the criticisms levelled at the broadcasters . |
| 26 | The therapist can help such ventilation or expression of emotions by indicating that it is normal and appropriate both to have and to show such feelings . |
| 27 | Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 . |
| 28 | Further costs are the bureaucracies set up to woo and service foreign manufacturers ; and the imported goods that the foreign firms use in the production process . |
| 29 | The JCT was set up to prepare and publish standard forms of building contract , its constituent members including organisations representing clients in both the public and private sectors , the professions , main contractors in the building industry and specialist subcontractors . |
| 30 | I was just taking these out to go and get some tissue for my nose I 've |