Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the industry budget as a whole , there is a cash cut of £16 million in real terms between the net planned outturn and planned spending for the coming year . |
| 2 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 3 | That 's what we er we want , that 's what we require , because do n't forget old people er , in fact our present national treasurer , a Mrs Mary , is now serving as the national treasurer and has done for the last thirty five years . |
| 4 | She ran a business and worked in a health shop to work her way through four years of study at the Northern College of Homeopathy , Gateshead , and has practised for the last six months under supervision . |
| 5 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 6 | The electricity generated in this new hydro-electric scheme will be sold to the National Grid ; power to service the site and to provide floodlighting for the spectacular gorge and falls will also be produced by what will be one of the largest electricity-generating waterwheels in Europe . |
| 7 | This would include a sum , if necessary , for any board and lodging provided for the substitute housekeeper . |
| 8 | ‘ Punishment enough , I think , ’ he said softly , as his hands traced a deliberately sensuous path over the clinging wetness of her shirt and came to rest for the briefest of moments on the raised outline of her breasts . |
| 9 | This enabled the party to put across its message more efficiently and effectively than would otherwise have been the case , and helped compensate for the other serious communications difficulties within the country . |
| 10 | These two alternatives can be investigated quite simply by setting the pull-out torque expression ( 5.14 ) to zero and attempting to solve for the angular frequency , W : and therefore : where H = R/V is a constant for the motor . |
| 11 | The methods described so far are suitable for popular waters where it is a case of choosing a swim and staying put for the whole session , which means you must attract fish into your swim and induce them to feed . |
| 12 | Both cold and hyaluronidase treatment can activate unfertilized eggs so eggs must be kept warm and exposed to hyaluronidase for the minimum length of time . |
| 13 | If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift . |
| 14 | These costs are paid straight into the Legal Aid Fund and go to defray the actual costs of the action in the accounts rendered to the Fund by solicitors and counsel acting for the assisted party . |
| 15 | The whole thing was designed to smoke out double agents , to make sure you had n't gone over and started to work for the other side . |
| 16 | As it also happens to be the only drinker on the Cherwell until you get to Islip , the murderous conspiracies and dark plots which so excite the Kidlington Kops amount to nothing more than the fact that when I opened my curtains that morning I saw the sun shining in a cloudless blue sky and decided to go for the longest and most pleasant of the river walks open to me . |
| 17 | She 'd sit in her dressing-gown by the window and try to listen for the electric trams on the distant street , anything to give some kind of shape or structure to her day , but the noise made even this impossible . |
| 18 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 19 | The close integration of Herbarium , Garden and Library is one of the great strengths of the Royal Botanic Garden and helps to account for the high quality of its scientific , educational , and horticultural activities . |
| 20 | Yeah , but were you the sort of people that walk into hospitals and start praying for the sick to be healed . |
| 21 | But while he hesitates over Barnes , he has already confirmed that 25-goal Wright will start and bid to score for the first time in eight caps . |
| 22 | ‘ I voted for Al Gore for Vice President and had to vote for the other fellow to get his ( Gore 's ) name , ’ Mr Clinton told a neighbour as reporters listened in . |
| 23 | Long before , when he was in perfect health , we had watched a television programme concerned with the high cost of dying and had sent for the accompanying booklet , entitled , appropriately , It 's a R.I.P. Off . |
| 24 | Stalin , the architect of the revolutionary Soviet state , the instigator of unprecedented social reforms and freedoms , the defender of international peace and security , the supporter of Republican Spain , had struck a cynical deal with Hitler , had in one stroke abandoned the principles of collective security and defence of nation states , and had opted for the fascist diplomacy of " bilateral agreements between gang leaders " . |
| 25 | Whitely was all he knew and had known for the last sixteen years . |
| 26 | Before becoming deputy chairman of the Defence Council under Gorbachev , Baklanov had been in the CPSU secretariat [ see p. 38131 ] , and had worked for the military-industrial complex . |
| 27 | She mounted the steps to the front door of the house and stood looking for the right bell to ring . |
| 28 | Above all , they have emphasised the need for higher expectations from society as a whole about what disabled people can achieve , and have argued for the necessary resources to be devoted to helping them achieve them . |
| 29 | Besiktas are coached by ex-Liverpool midfielder Gordon Milne and have qualified for the European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 30 | A large number of studies has looked at the geography of those spending patterns , and attempted to account for the spatial variation in how much is spent , where ( for example , Johnston , 1980 ; Archer , 1983 ) . |