Example sentences of "and [verb] [vb pp] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She has obtained planning permission for the change of use and has bought some of the equipment needed but has not yet started trading . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mr. Mallory is a consultant in electronics and audio visual equipment and had made some of the slide changing and fading equipment himself . |
| 10 | They had been wary , and had resolved many of the doubts of two suspicious , confirmed loners already . |
| 11 | Touche Ross had been involved in discussions with COSLA and the Scottish Office and had provided all of the supporting information and details . |
| 12 | Guy had obviously carried a small bag of grain in his pack and had left some with the animal . |
| 13 | In announcing the large fines for conspiracy to steal , Judge Brooks said he had listened to the account given to the court of the information given to the police by both defendants about how they had committed the fraud and had put some of the proceeds in foreign bank accounts . |
| 14 | ACET 's local representative , Ana Ureche , reported that she was ‘ greatly encouraged ’ that course participants had been lecturing to schools and other groups and had passed much of the literature obtained form the course to other colleagues for their use . |
| 15 | By the end of the month his position in the polls showed that he remained ahead of his Democratic rivals and had recovered some of the ground lost during the early phase of the scandal . |
| 16 | Does the Secretary of State agree that the staff of the national health service are dedicated and caring and have achieved many of the aims spelt out in that glossy document ? |
| 17 | ‘ The Templars are particularly hostile to the King and have supported most of the Yorkist rebellions . |
| 18 | Leave them , in the covered pot , in a very slow oven , anything from gas no. ½ to 1 or 290°F. , to gas no. 3 or 330°F. , for 2 to 3 hours or longer , until they are very swollen and completely soft and have absorbed most of the liquid . |
| 19 | Now I did it in one method and Mr Grigson did it in er in a second method , and the ability to do that changes the number of households that it would project to the er the dwellings , and cancels out , this makes judgements erm on the actual population projections based , which are estimates that have come out , I do n't necessarily believe the best measured estimates have come out for York , and have adjusted some of the figures in accordance with that . |
| 20 | Psychologists have called this phenomenon ‘ flow ’ and have studied some of the conditions under which it occurs . |
| 21 | For the sake of clarity in the argument so far , I have largely ignored the disyllabic/polysyllabic rules that affect /a/ , /Ε/; and /α/,; and have confined most of the discussion to monosyllables . |
| 22 | Happily , this is a fact that Roland have recognised and have provided such on the GR-1 in abundance . |