Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the risk of aspiration has not been completely eliminated , massive regurgitation is unlikely to occur , but avoiding ventilatory pressures greater than 20 cm H 2 O ( not always practical in a trauma situation ) avoids leaks around the cuff and minimises gastric dilatation . |
| 2 | When the battery is connected , all inputs and outputs first assume Logic 0 . |
| 3 | Each time it is called it snaps a new picture , since the position of the test card is presumed to have changed , and outputs some messages . |
| 4 | To help you beat the irritation of bites and stings this summer , we have a 100 bottles of Stingose to give away . |
| 5 | It refuses simple definitions and simplistic judgements ; it is never seduced by its subject ; it excuses and romanticises little . |
| 6 | The difference between the two poets corresponds ( not quite exactly , because the nature and history of French verse differs so greatly from English ) to the distinction that the French make between vers libre and vers libéré ; between , we may say , free verse and freed verse . |
| 7 | If I may take one more minute just to convey this when I was a child in South Africa and we demonstrated and the police would come you know , ready to fire ready to kill if necessary and you had to calculate how you can avoid that situation and then you try in your normal life after the demonstration to do something against the regime to organize people and so on , and then like a juggernaut the state comes and destroys all the work that you and others have done for years and you just see it as a child of what your parents and others had done . |
| 8 | Through observation of his own case , he became convinced that chronic muscle tension — a result of life 's physical and emotional stresses — which overlays and destroys natural poise we have as tiny children , and manifests itself in hunched shoulders , clenched jaws , a slouched or twisted spine , with , as often as not , the head held to one side , could not but interfere with the efficient functioning of the body , restricting breathing , circulation and digestion . |
| 9 | And it observes that the use of regulation or taxes instead of the market creates inefficiencies and slows economic growth . |
| 10 | These are likely to be hefty in the next few years as the European Community ( EC ) tightens the rules on drinking water and imposes new ones on sewage disposal . |
| 11 | There is general agreement in the hot fusion community that CIT will bring significant advances to the field , but the problem is that it will cost 700 million dollars which requires new funds and imposes new pressures both within and outside the community . |
| 12 | The ideology which both constitutes existence for the individual and imposes social relations upon her is mediated through the culture : |
| 13 | Each region offers different opportunities and imposes different kinds of restriction on its inhabitants . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly the major factors influencing the industry in Norway were the generous subsidies and grants available . |
| 15 | The loans and grants available are — |
| 16 | He receives a purple ribbon and points proportionate to the number of males present . |
| 17 | Mulching with cocoa shell inhibits weeds and acidifies limey soil |
| 18 | RICKENBACKER 4001 bass guitar , 1978 , cream with original case , looks and plays great , £340 ono . |
| 19 | Opera , ballet , symphony concerts , chamber recitals , art exhibitions and plays all hav their part in this 4-week programme . |
| 20 | Paul is an ex-professional clarinetist , still loves music , is keen on sport and plays first division league tennis for Surrey . |
| 21 | But Mr MacSharry , described as being ‘ difficult to get to know ’ , still works extremely hard and plays little . |
| 22 | He is an occasional golfer and plays indoor football during the winter . |
| 23 | He then got it there , he then takes that tape and plays another tape he makes a ? |
| 24 | These are both recommendable performances : the Monte-Carlo orchestra , in particular , is on top form , and plays this familiar music for all its worth , so that it comes up as fresh as it must have sounded in St. Petersburg a century ago . |
| 25 | It 's an ‘ intelligent ’ harmoniser and plays this way to follow the commonest chord sequences without any programming . |
| 26 | FENDER Strat USA E-series , black , Floyd Rose locking trem , Seymour Duncan bridge pickup , professionally set up , looks and plays excellent , £500 or px for Les Paul . |
| 27 | I enjoyed being stretched , ’ said Mr Tomlinson , a father of two , who is president of Richmondshire Rugby Club and plays bass with the Richmondshire Orchestra . |
| 28 | Baronworth Investment Services ( 081–518 1218 ) , which prints a weekly update of best buys , runs a special deal with accountants who can not act as direct agents for bond issuers , and splits any commission 50/50 , but emphasises that it does also recommend bonds that pay no commission . |
| 29 | ‘ Keith hits and kicks any child playing with a toy he wants ’ is an objective description of the problem and it allows us to decide whether it should take priority over some other problem behaviour . |
| 30 | As will be explained later in this chapter , Parliament in the 1970s passed legislation which renders certain exemption clauses absolutely ineffective and renders many others ineffective unless they pass a test of fairness and reasonableness . |