Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] [det] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She has obtained planning permission for the change of use and has bought some of the equipment needed but has not yet started trading . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The annual report has now become available , and tends to take some of the sheen off the initial interpretation . |
| 13 | We were eventually released and returned to find some of the crew busily repairing the mainsail on the dock , while the rest , with Tandri and the officers , were being bullied by lesser officials who were nosing around the hold and demanding to see their personal possessions . |
| 14 | Again like Calvin and his later disciples , Dame Julian agonises about the eternal damnation of those who are not numbered among the elect and struggles to square this with the goodness and love of God . |
| 15 | Looking through our own experience in other parts of Britain and having read some of the submissions of erm others on this subject , we reached the conclusion that the most helpful thing to do might be to have a policy which was criteria based . |
| 16 | I have just found your September 92 issue , and having spent most of the day with my nose between its covers I shall put it on order with my local Smiths on Monday . |
| 17 | You can use the Options in class whenever you need additional activities , games , and puzzles to keep some of the class busy and happy while you give help to the students who need it most . |
| 18 | I was watching the Scum Derby on Sky this weekend , and managed to catch some of the phone-in afterwards , where someone was going on about an Autobiography written by the froggy himself . |
| 19 | The best route to any reconciliation is to pack the kiddies off to Grandma and try to recapture some of the fun you had as a couple before the pressures of parenthood took over . |
| 20 | Look at this description of a place and try to guess some of the action of the story from it . |
| 21 | The drafter therefore may not be able to guarantee that there will be no challenge to the clause on this basis , but he/she should take account of the rule and try to avoid some of the more obvious problems highlighted by decided cases . |
| 22 | Even after that , she continued to have headaches almost daily and felt nauseated most of the time . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , certainly , ’ I said , and went to fetch some from the cold locker in the kitchen , thanking my stars that I 'd happened to see where the soft-drink cans were kept . |
| 24 | On Monday , a number of our members took the day off work to help us set up our bar and begin to take deliveries and start tapping some of the beer . |
| 25 | In short the movies had to be contemporary and had to reflect some of the mass anxieties of the age without ever becoming sectional or subversive themselves . |
| 26 | They had recently converted their Kingston area routes to trolleybus operation and had obtained some of the new Feltham type cars for their Uxbridge route . |
| 27 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 28 | Coleman had agreed to Hurley 's request that he renew his DEA consultancy contract for the 1988 opium-growing season , and had cleared this with the DIA . |
| 29 | Mr. Mallory is a consultant in electronics and audio visual equipment and had made some of the slide changing and fading equipment himself . |
| 30 | They had been wary , and had resolved many of the doubts of two suspicious , confirmed loners already . |