Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb base] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For too long judges , barristers and solicitors have proclaimed the immutable wonders of our legal system . |
| 2 | The intention is to reveal how distinct Soviet attitudes to neutrality , neutralism and non-alignment have underlain the practical relations of the USSR and the countries defined by these terms in Europe and the Third World . |
| 3 | Science 's egocentric constricted views in relation to consciousness and mind have reduced the human mental condition almost to that of a robot 's , with ‘ mystic mumbo jumbo ’ being the label placed on the canons of the sublime Eastern ‘ Science of Life ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | DoE and the Department of Trade and Industry have asked the British Standards Institution to revise any analytical standards that lay down the use of either of these compounds . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Williamson and Rainey have made the important observation that ileal resection reduces the latent period for tumour formation but not the overall tumour yield . |
| 9 | Aston Villa , Everton , Sheffield Wednesday , Sheffield United , West Ham and Millwall have made the first moves to look at one of the largest untapped areas of players in world football . |
| 10 | I always donate to these organisations and have benefited to the extent that organisations like THT , Body Positive and LAGER have made the general public aware of the infection and have made some employers take it into account . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So there is a sense in which both companies and banks have found the financial system mutually beneficial . |
| 14 | political democracy , urbanization , and education have brought the different sections of the population into more frequent contact with each other and have created even greater mutual awareness , the central value system has found a wider acceptance than in other periods of the history of society . ’ |
| 15 | Near some crofts however some areas have been improved by liming and surface seeding and elsewhere grazing , drainage and muirburn have altered the natural vegetation cover . |
| 16 | Kate and Diane have booked the same venue with its easy access just minutes off the M5 motorway and superb views across the Somerset countryside . |
| 17 | Food particles , sticking to the wall of the bag , are swept down to its bottom by cilia and into a little gut which leads out of the bottom of the bag and curves round to join the exhalant tube . |
| 18 | December is unlikely to have been any better , though it will see one example of international cooperation as the US , USSR and UK combine to trim the happy , carefree money-spenders of the United Nations . |
| 19 | The worsening unemployment , poverty and despair have fostered the fascist ‘ Taukei ’ movement which was behind last year 's coups and is currently shaping the country 's political future . |
| 20 | Marxism and Existentialism have exercised the greatest influence upon theology , while in addition the general question of how far theology should permit itself to be influenced by philosophy has also been given a good deal of attention . |
| 21 | Yet , despite this intimacy , the fact that they exist as a couple with a unique value in each other 's eyes ( a point marvellously grasped in Donne 's love-poetry ) , they remain separate , even when man and woman strive to overcome the fundamental dualism of life . |
| 22 | Erm and I think there 's a big difference between them and tranquillizers and people tend to get the two mixed up . |
| 23 | Baffled by some of the refereeing decisions but that 's a minor thing compared to the fact that Notts were two goals ahead with just about minutes played and then went completely off the boil , they had Pisa on the run , they failed to capitalize on it and Pisa have finished the stronger of the two sides towards the end of the first half . |
| 24 | The World Wide Fund for Nature and Greenpeace have accused the local authorities of covering up the extent of the damage . |
| 25 | Crews and sponsors tend to frequent the same restaurants , pubs and hotels . |
| 26 | This week 's country-wide clashes between Moslems and Hindus have put the three-Test tour to the sub-continent — due to start on December 28 — in jeopardy . |
| 27 | Prolonged NHS under-funding causes daily problems , and GPs have had the worst year most of us can remember , trying diligently to make some sense of their government-imposed contracts . |
| 28 | In this type , only the cap of the mill and sails rotate to work the grinding stones , so the wooden walls are either sloped or battered to allow free movement of these elements . |
| 29 | Syria and Egypt have supported the multi-national force . |
| 30 | Companies as diverse as IBM and Amstrad have reported the first full-year losses in their histories . |