Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even if you are n't another Bowie or Elton John , you still need to try and develop an original style . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Hereford City Council is working with Mr Boucher to try and find an alternative site for the sanctuary . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Both resorted to drink and felt an overwhelming need for Norman . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Voluntariness will be understood , however , not as the decisive act by which an individual surrenders private autonomy , but rather as a deliberate entry into market relations under which certain obligations will arise in order to sustain and regulate an advanced division of labour . |
| 13 | I chose the sketches I wanted to perform and wrote an over-long introduction based on why I felt drawn to Joyce . |
| 14 | The customer relies on the dealer to provide a suitable and effective system and , consequently , there is a duty on the dealer to select and recommend an adequate system ( see Stewart v Reavell 's Garage [ 1952 ] , discussed in Chapter 14 ) . |
| 15 | The third type of headhunter , more appropriate to the increasing professionalism of the business , is epitomised by David Kay and Dr Anna Mann , who entered executive search with strong commercial , professional and academic qualifications , and set about forming businesses which would continue to grow and capture an important stake in the British — if not the greater world — market . |
| 16 | In recent times , however , most people have come to experience and to expect an abrupt transition from full-time work to full-time retirement at an age when many of them feel reasonably fit . |
| 17 | This allows suppliers to specialise and to develop an intimate knowledge of customer needs and wants . |
| 18 | It 's neatly made , structurally sound , very pleasant to play and combines an American-style appearance with a competitive price tag . |
| 19 | 5.3 During any notice period to terminate the Publisher shall be entitled to negotiate and appoint an alternative distributor of its Publications within the Territory |
| 20 | It takes very little time to do and makes an enormous difference to the finished garment . |
| 21 | Might any fear that disabled employment opportunities would collapse if the prop of the statutory quota were to be removed be assuaged by placing a statutory obligation upon employers to adopt and to implement an affirmative action plan ? |
| 22 | SIR — As preparations are made for the 12th London Marathon ( arguably the largest and best race in the world ) , Londoners need to recognise and rectify an important problem . |
| 23 | The Smithsonian 's first art museum , the Freer Gallery , opened in 1923 , the gift of Detroit railroad car manufacturer Charles Lang Freer who in 1906 left to the nation his collection of Asian and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American art , along with funds to build and endow an Italian palazzo on the National Mall . |
| 24 | It was a relief not to have to soothe and propitiate an experienced detective who could hardly be expected to welcome a commander from the new C1 squad intruding on his patch . |
| 25 | And the main reason was that reactionary and factious opposition led the Government to seek and obtain an immediate dissolution of Parliament . |
| 26 | The latter risk of inadequate demand for the final output can be partially solved for a bank by ‘ off-take ’ agreements whereby the project developer and other parties enter an agreement to supply and accept an agreed amount of output at a specific price . |
| 27 | At the start of each cycle two hormones , Follicle Stimulating Hormone ( FSH ) and Oestrogen , work together to develop and mature an immature egg ( ova ) . |
| 28 | Many older people will have failed to develop and maintain an adequate network of friends and social activities . |
| 29 | To solve their problem , they had to locate and use an 0.5. map in the library ; decide what form of transport they would use ; locate and use a B.R. map to find the nearest station ; and find the name of the nearest town likely to have a bus station . |
| 30 | I imagine you 'll want to pack and have an early night . ’ |