Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this film , the central character is a spirited young woman who defies conventions and insists on playing the heroic male roles of the Chinese opera , aided by the spirit of the legendary Zhong Kui whom she incarnates on stage . |
| 2 | Behind the grandiloquent phrases about being ‘ relegated to the outer darkness ’ or ‘ consigned to the outer tier ’ stands a surprisingly simple political question : should the United Kingdom join France , Germany and Benelux in adopting a Single Currency without delay ? |
| 3 | Ernest Marples became Minister of Transport and succeeded in establishing a new level of priority for road and transport matters . |
| 4 | The Byzantines struggled to reassert their authority and succeeded in subduing the eastern half of Simeon 's former realm , but the western half passed to the control of a Macedonian empire under Samuilo ( Samuel ) ( 976–1014 ) . |
| 5 | Not only did he own Werner Lines , a worldwide shipping empire with more than vessels in commission , but he had also branched out into the freight industry over the past four years and succeeded in cornering an important section of its competitive market by buying out a succession of small , struggling companies and amalgamating them under an experienced board of directors answerable only to him . |
| 6 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
| 7 | Thousands of Latin American Indians and their supporters staged demonstrations on Oct. 12 across a range of Latin American countries from Mexico to Chile , and succeeded in turning the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas from a celebration to a reflection of the current plight of the 40,000,000-strong indigenous population . |
| 8 | Lately Ohly excavated further and also removed Thorwaldsen 's restorations ; and succeeded in arranging the surviving remains in what must be very close indeed to the original scheme : a revelation . |
| 9 | THE Securities and Investments Board should relinquish its ‘ command and control ’ approach and concentrate on setting the regulatory framework and objectives , an influential report on the costs and effectiveness of UK financial regulation said yesterday , writes Ian Harper . |
| 10 | The second option will be to forget about the skills revolution for a while and concentrate on helping the unemployed . |
| 11 | If you are getting low , you should forget all your other problems and concentrate on selecting a good field first . |
| 12 | For the moment , let us ignore the modern specialised approach and concentrate on tackling a typical carp lake which will allow you to fish it in whatever style you choose . |
| 13 | Another feature of Party activity in Roslavl' and Smolensk reflected in microcosm top-level efforts in Moscow to divide and rule by setting the Living Church and other sects against the official Orthodox Church . |
| 14 | Measurement must and should take place , but every successful public relations tactic achieves its short-term goals , and contributes to moulding the longer term attitudes and patterns of public opinion . |
| 15 | There were even occasional suggestions that relations between states be eased and simplified by abandoning the whole idea of an order of precedence betwen sovereigns . |
| 16 | Their Lordships also had to look after half-a-dozen Caribbean islands , of which the newest , Jamaica , was much the largest and looked like providing the best prospects for the future . |
| 17 | I have difficulty from time to time in persuading some of my colleagues to believe that a boy not yet 21 could amass so much experience in such a short time ; he had completed two tours and looked like completing a third . |
| 18 | Then sit back and relax by opening a chilled bottle of Guinness Original . |
| 19 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 20 | Between March 18 and April 23 the USC regime 's interim Prime Minister Umar Arteh Ghalib visited four Gulf states and Egypt , Syria , Tunisia and Libya , seeking aid and support in resolving the armed conflict . |
| 21 | The head of a narrow strip of lead , zinc or copper , which will form a clip or ‘ tingle ’ , is then fixed to the sliver of batten accessible through the joint exposed by the extracted slate and the slate is slid back into place over this strip and secured by folding the free end of the metal over the lower edge of the slate ( Fig 35 ) . |
| 22 | The dilators were removed and the introducer sheath inserted into the gall bladder and secured by inflating a small ( 1 ml ) baloon or by deploying a helical plastic anchor . |
| 23 | All you need to do is find four people , nominate a team leader , give your team a name , and register by sending the above information and a £20 cheque to The Training Trust , Financial and Legal Sector , 145 Great Charles Street , Birmingham B3 3JR by 4 December . |
| 24 | The commentary is largely ignored by an animated audience that talks while watching and participates by applauding the rich images of trays of ripe fruit and tomatoes in the marketplace in Managua , Nicaragua . |
| 25 | It took much will-power for the man to drag himself away , presently , on one of Dunbar 's best horses , but consoled and heartened by receiving the best kiss , on parting , that had yet come from Mariot Randolph . |
| 26 | The requirements of all nurses must be recognised , and met by allocating the appropriate experience . |
| 27 | Miss Huntley claimed to have spent the Saturday by herself in and around her flat , doing a bit of shopping and cleaning before meeting a few friends — only one of whom appeared to have an address — and going on to a party around ten o'clock at night . |
| 28 | I remember well all the characters ‘ Parky ’ reminisces about and recall with longing the great sliding tacklers . |
| 29 | The method used was partly theoretical but mainly empirical , and consisted in applying the non-linear regression option of a statistics package , BMDP . |
| 30 | Co-ordinating wall coverings are available in little triangles , dots and miniature abstract prints , but because the focus of the collection is on the borders , it is possible to put up just a new border and save on decorating the whole room . |