Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such secret missives were sealed personally by him it might be only a matter of time before Wolsey 's enemies at court and parliament began to point the accusing finger in his direction . |
| 2 | He and Chuck vied to identify the exotic birds they saw : ibis , kingfishers , herons , white pheasants and once a peacock darted frantically across their path . |
| 3 | This is because the time and preparation needed to achieve the perfect finish can not compete with the sophistication of modern moulding manufacturing processes , which have improved the standard of mass-produced leafing while keeping the cost of the finished mouldings at a realistic level . |
| 4 | Naturally , however , Ernst , García-Díaz and Hauser preferred to use the so-called Hauser-Ernst homogeneous Hilbert problem approach ( see also Ernst 1988 ) . |
| 5 | Americans and Russians sought to outflank the great European shipping routes . |
| 6 | In 1918 , the C.T.D.D. and N.C.T.D. merged to form the National College of Teachers of the Deaf ( N.C.T.D. ) which took over examinations for the diploma in the teaching of deaf children . |
| 7 | To complete the process actual performance must be compared budgeted performance , any variations understood and action taken to bring the two into line . |
| 8 | An example of the macro-to-micro arguments is that politically inspired monetary relaxations and contractions serve to alter the nominal rate of interest , giving the wrong investment signals . |
| 9 | While all this was going on , the police had made several arrests , and the Department of Trade and Industry decided to interview the 16 witnesses all over again . |
| 10 | Here , ants and fungi race to make the most of good , organic matter and the rotting trunks themselves play host to an assortment of bright green epiphytes . |
| 11 | Memory was tested by cued recall , using slides in which both the woman and the peripheral car were missing and subjects had to describe the missing details , and by recognition , four-alternative forced-choice ( 4AFC ) tested using an additional three slides with the colours of the peripheral and central information changed . |
| 12 | In particular , the terms of contracts and relationships deemed to exhibit the necessary commitment would need careful consideration and definition . |
| 13 | The miners and their families were themselves implicated in the creation of their coalfield culture , through the operation of hegemonic processes by which relations of domination and subdomination came to imbue the entire lived experience — the social practices , relationships , expectations , and dominant values . |
| 14 | She and David planned to spend the long weekend alone in Bristol . |
| 15 | The main thrust of this book is , naturally , concentrated on the period around 1900 when attitudes within the reserved , even isolationist Murano were gradually relaxed , and from around 1910 , when Muranese glassmakers and designers began to re-join the international scene . |
| 16 | Grainne arched her back like a cat , and Fergus began to peel the thin robe from her shoulders , kissing her bare skin , feeling her response , feeling the swing of her hair against his shoulders and chest , and exulting in it , for there is something so intimate and so wholly precious about the feel of a loved one 's hair against your skin … |
| 17 | Two will carry rings on their other ends ; the other two must be fitted with wire or strong plastic ( GRP or CF rod ) pegs after trial and error fit to obtain the suggested bow . |
| 18 | Still narrow with passing places but very little traffic , the road passes below the impending cliffs of Creag an Duilisg , almost vertically overhead , and enters the environs of Duncraig Castle , a residential school of domestic science in a heavenly location — specimen trees , lawns and gardens combining to enhance the glorious view over the water . |
| 19 | And Maastricht promises to make the Europe-machine turn still faster because it pre-emptively convokes the next set of constitutional talks for 1996 . |
| 20 | It is now time for the Prince and Princess to learn to trust the British people by admitting the truth of their relationship . |
| 21 | Scottish universities now take many students from the Republic of Ireland and Scotland has to pay the full tuition fees for all those students . |
| 22 | The recent correspondence about traffic problems and congestion fails to address the basic cause of most of the present chaos , which is the lack of consultation and co-operation by those responsible for the development of industry , office space , housing and schools , and public transport during the last 45 years . |
| 23 | The Tudor Great Hall — the display of arms and armour brings to mind the Civil War when Rockingham was captured and occupied by the roundheads . |
| 24 | In 1831 and 1833 he went so far as to attack the Turks , until Britain and Russia intervened to protect the Ottoman empire from disintegration . |
| 25 | The stern words and punishment seemed to have the desired effect . |
| 26 | Staw and Szwajkowski attempted to test the following hypothesis : ‘ when the organization is located within a scarce environment , one method of coping with intra- and extra-organizational demands may be to perform activities which are legally questionable … the more scarce the environment of a business organization , the more likely it will engage in activities which are considered unfair market practices or restraints of trade ’ ( 1975 : 346–47 ) . |
| 27 | and Mr had to see the different people being , acting like a magistrate while he was there as he was district commissioner . |
| 28 | Mr you see various people are giving evidence , and Mr wants to ask the right person , certain questions , namely the person who er devised those words and er you are er somebody in a very important position er and er he 's trying to get it from you , and as he 's pointed out to you a company ca n't sit down and produce in some corporate way a phrase someone or two human beings or more have got to do it and he wants to know if you can help us er who , who that was , that 's , that 's all you see , he does n't want to ask you about it , no doubt er , er in the same way as he 'd want to ask a person that actually devised a word , d' ya see ? |
| 29 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 30 | Although Futurism succumbed to the ravages of the First World War and its surviving adherents were later to be put to flight by Mussolini , many of its observations and its leading artists , such as Severini , Picabia , Boccioni and Balla continue to inspire the main stream of modern art . |