Example sentences of "and [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However local and limited the awareness to which the words testify , I have identified a spontaneous reaction to which , since it is provisionally approved by ‘ Be aware ’ , it is rational to seek means as an end good in itself ; if you disagree , the burden of proof has shifted to you , to make me aware of something overlooked which will redirect my response . |
| 2 | These Acts extended the powers of secondary picketing and the ability to negotiate closed shop agreements , and limited the grounds on which individuals could refuse to join a trade union . |
| 3 | It was the defence of this social unit that set many of the boundaries to the debates and limited the eventual legislative reform . |
| 4 | This met with opposition from representatives from civil-law jurisdictions on the ground that it was incompatible with the possession vaut titre principle and had implications going beyond the field of leasing , and the Study Group eventually concluded that no progress could be made on this issue and limited the statement of priority to conflicts between the lessor and the lessee 's general creditors , subject to perfection of the lessor 's title in accordance with any public notice requirements of the applicable law . |
| 5 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |
| 6 | The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959 ( the Landrum-Griffin Act ) imposed added restrictions on picketing , strikes and boycotts and limited the union leaders ' control over union funds and other administrative matters . |
| 7 | One option for holders , of course , was to leave the dollars on deposit with a US bank but this was discouraged by US banking regulations which prevented interest from being paid on deposits of less than thirty days and limited the rate payable on longer deposits to less than that obtaining elsewhere . |
| 8 | For instance , when the government sold British Telecom to private shareholders in 1984 , it set up the Office of Telecommunications as the regulatory agency and limited the permitted rise in telephone charges to 3 per cent below the rate of inflation . |
| 9 | It came into effect immediately , allowing multiparty politics and separating the executive , legislature and judiciary ; it also introduced the post of prime minister and limited the tenure of the president . |
| 10 | It would , if implemented , " have dragged British government kicking and screaming into the 1950s " and limited the role of public management to the " programmed implementation of predetermined policies " ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987a ) . |
| 11 | Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses . |
| 12 | This could have worked and altered the course of history , had not another miner within the City devised a scheme of counter mines through which water was directed and the gunpowder flooded . |
| 13 | All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches . |
| 14 | Martin Sheldrick , of the British Museum ( Natural History ) has investigated and catalogued the cetacean strandings around Britain in modern times . |
| 15 | And frightened the spider away |
| 16 | He had studied and pondered the case , and was immersed in it ; he tried talking to both Marco and Eddie , and pursues Marco for the promise that could save Eddie 's life . |
| 17 | Gail Thompson has composed and arranged the music for this blockbuster of an evening . |
| 18 | If you have already pressed and arranged the flowers on a mount , the recipient will be able to assemble their own picture rather than take the risk of a glass frame smashing during its journey through the post and damaging the picture . |
| 19 | Edward had conceived and arranged the exhibition himself and was aware that it lacked verve : he was not good at these things . |
| 20 | Administrative computing ( for which the University has created and filled the new post of Director of Administrative Information Services ) will continue to be developed under the Management and Administrative Computing Initiative . |
| 21 | Once the Juvenile Employment Bureau had registered and placed the adolescent , the ‘ helper ’ resumed responsibility by attempting to keep ‘ in effective touch ’ with either him or her and with the home . |
| 22 | No wonder , then , if realism , which makes a claim to know past and present in unequivocal terms , returned to fiction and repossessed the field . |
| 23 | The University seized the momentum that the press conference had generated and lobbied the Statehouse to get money for fusion research . |
| 24 | The majority of the refugees in India ( housed mainly in camps in the states of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Orissa ) had fled to escape the violence of 1990-91 , after India had abandoned its military involvement and withdrawn the Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) from the island . |
| 25 | European broadcasters have already tested and proven the technology , and the Community 's largest TV manufacturer , Philips , expects to have a working PALplus chipset ready next year . |
| 26 | 7.7.9.2 To pay to the Landlord on demand with Interest ( where the Landlord has rebuilt and reinstated the Premises out of its own money ) the amount of such insurance money so irrecoverable in which event the provisions of clauses 7.5 and 7.6 shall apply and clause 7.7.9 should contain the following amendment : … anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority while under the Tenant 's control and in the employment of the Tenant wholly or partially irrecoverable … 7.8 Increase or decrease of the Centre If at any time during the Term the Centre shall be increased or decreased on a permanent basis the Insurance Rent Percentage shall be varied with effect from the first premium or additional premium payable in respect of a period after such a change by agreement between the parties or in default of agreement within [ 3 ] months of the first proposal for variation made by the Landlord in such a manner as shall be determined to be fair and reasonable in the light of the event in question by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator This requires no comment . |
| 27 | And hidden the roots of your power in my knowledge , my being . |
| 28 | The student has identified and highlighted the three major aspects of the topic on which he is likely to be questioned . |
| 29 | Thus Bourdieu and Passeron analyse the role of what they call ‘ symbolic violence ’ in maintaining a system of power , and investigate the subtle and complex dependence of the educational system on class relations , in spite of its relative autonomy ; while Offe ( 1976 ) has examined and criticized the ‘ achievement principle ’ as a pervasive ideology which legitimates inequality in a capitalist society . |
| 30 | Second , the doctor has aided and abetted the patient only in his refusal to undergo further treatment . |