Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychologists have observed that in a group composed of men and women , the men usually set the agenda , choose topics for discussion , and tend to answer most of the questions posed during the group discussions . |
| 2 | Thieves would be unlikely to remove the communications chips because it would be time-consuming and mean disassembling much of the car . |
| 3 | The right hon. Gentleman can hardly refer to such a body as having the kind of authority with which he seeks to imbue it when it disagreed on a number of matters and failed to address any of the ones that really matter . |
| 4 | Gladys Hill writes ( aged nearly 96 ) that she enjoys reading a wide range of subjects and appreciates having some of the books from her days at Oxford . |
| 5 | During the visit , a SCOTVEC Field Officer is also present to coordinate activity and make support available to the centre . |
| 6 | Alameda has worked with the navy for a long time , and 8,000 jobs would go if it closed ; Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished , and has built most of the infrastructure . |
| 7 | Karla Fohrbeck has no party-political affiliation and has fallen foul of the SPD ( the Social Democratic Party ) running the town . |
| 8 | The study reported in this paper has adopted the latter approach and has explored one of the constant metabolic effects of ethanol on the pancreas — namely , increased lysosomal fragility , which may render the organ susceptible to autodigestion by facilitating contact between pancreatic digestive enzymes and lysosomal hydrolases . |
| 9 | No , you 're just a pathetic monomaniac who 's lived too long and has become obsessed with the idea of making the entire planet suffer for an ancient wrong that was perpetrated by a mindless minority ! ’ |
| 10 | Today the contest is held within strict bounds and has become one of the most exotic spectacles in the Imperial calendar . |
| 11 | At the personal computer level , Epson has specialised in the economy printer market and has become one of the market leaders . |
| 12 | Friends point out she is mature for her age and has become accustomed to the cameras , as her relaxed style showed when she joined her father at the polling booth on election day . |
| 13 | But America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory , and has grown keener since the start of a desperate revolt by the occupied people . |
| 14 | As I eat I can not help but notice the Frenchman attending to the pig ; he has now cut the animal 's throat and has set alight to the straw , the flames and smoke engulfing the unfortunate pig . |
| 15 | Since then Gilford has nursed an ambition to become a major figure in the game and has proved one of the strong men on the PGA European tour . |
| 16 | LASMO has confirmed its strategy of disengagement from the US and has sold most of the assets of LASMO Enery Corporation in the US for cash totalling nearly $74 million . |
| 17 | She has obtained planning permission for the change of use and has bought some of the equipment needed but has not yet started trading . |
| 18 | This is simply because the second , or front , bed makes knit and purl knitting possible within the same row . |
| 19 | In this section I have attempted a preliminary outline of a definition of modernism , and tried to draw some of the connections in the generic relationship between modernism and the bourgeoisie . |
| 20 | In the dark office the human awoke , mooed for a while , and tried to jerk free of the cobweb of wires that held it down . |
| 21 | She looked across and tried to appear careless about the whole thing . |
| 22 | Again , in the 1930s the widespread introduction of punched-card machines had a dramatic impact on commerce , and helped to shape much of the accounting practice of today 's businesses . |
| 23 | The girls , who gained international fame as Christina and Caroline in Neighbours , are now recording an album and hope to have one of the tracks cut as a single in time for the pantomime 's launch on December 18 . |
| 24 | Still Mo' Better Blues is full of fine moments and happens to have one of the very best opening-credits sequences you 'll see in this or any other year . |
| 25 | It already has 16 hotels and plans to open 30 by the end of 1995 . |
| 26 | Mr Frohnmayer 's standing at the White House fell rapidly as he began to understand what was at stake , and came to appreciate some of the challenging yet easily misrepresented art the NEA had subsidised . |
| 27 | Ben Rich , who headed Lockheed 's celebrated ‘ Skunk Works ’ for seventeen years and was part of the engineering team for the U-2 , SR-71 and F-117 , addressed the Aviation/Space Writers Associations 's annual conference this summer and let slip one of the secrets surrounding the early development of the stealth attack aircraft . |
| 28 | However , after reading several copies of Ideal Home , I felt inspired to paint and decorate using some of the striking designs and techniques illustrated in the magazine . |
| 29 | ( He was courting a friend and fellow student of mine , and used to fly low over the village and perform aerobatics to show his love for her until he got into trouble for it . ) |
| 30 | The annual report has now become available , and tends to take some of the sheen off the initial interpretation . |