Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any visual aid should be carefully selected and planned to add clarity to the presentation . |
| 2 | Worse still , Moscow appeared willing to exploit to the full the unstable post-war conditions , probing western defences in Germany and the Middle East , blessing the Chinese revolution ( 1949 ) , supporting the invasion of South Korea by the communist North ( 1950 ) , and seeking through force , demagogy and sabotage to spread Communism across the undeveloped world . |
| 3 | Pieper tried and failed to get hold of the outfits to brief them and to gauge their reaction . |
| 4 | In April 1865 , after months of hesitation , Agnes Jones decided that God had called her to Liverpool and agreed to become matron of the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary at Brownlow Hill . |
| 5 | Charles the Younger wasted the region of the Upper Elbe so thoroughly that the Czechs submitted , and agreed to pay tribute to the Franks . |
| 6 | It 's important to have enough space and a well-thought out arrangement that allows both eating and cooking to take place without the one interfering with the other . |
| 7 | This preference is shown up in growing governmental preference for the many variants of NFI , in which a local enterprise associates with a foreign partner ( or sometimes with two as in Brazil where Tintas Renas teamed up with both ICI and Dupont to produce paint for the local market ) . |
| 8 | Under the European Community Wild Birds Directive SPA designation requires the Government to guarantee the area 's future protection and to try to prevent damage to the habitats within it . |
| 9 | If the Socialists are tactful and want to win favour with the centre-right , there will be no clean-out in June . |
| 10 | Eighteen Nottinghamshire practices were randomly selected from the family practitioner committee ( now family health services authority ) list and invited to take part in the study . |
| 11 | Despite expressions of indignation by members of the Republican Party , Perot maintained his claim and promised to provide proof of the dirty tricks campaign at a later point . |
| 12 | ‘ You said it was hardly in accord with your rank and honour to make use of the oath of fealty to lure a man treacherously to his death . |
| 13 | Conker hurried to begin with , gregarious as usual , then he slowed and tried to snatch grass from the hedgerows , the long stalks of cow parsley dangling from his mouth . |
| 14 | ‘ Your partner probably recognised you as the innocent you are — and tried to take advantage of the fact . |
| 15 | Then he watched a video and tried to set fire to the house before going back to Bath . |
| 16 | Then , the GLC , appalled at the waste and dereliction of this gigantic site in the heart of London , declared the place an ‘ Action Area ’ and tried to inspire development from the top down . |
| 17 | Several of the people involved in the ZETA story , directly or as spectators , are still working or living in retirement in and around Harwell : many of them feel that the publicity and interest generated in ZETA made many politicians and administrators aware of fusion , and helped to gain support for the funding of Culham Fusion Laboratory which was built during the early 1960s . |
| 18 | The company alleges that the information came from a stolen document , and wants to take action against the source . |
| 19 | Thus a person who carries on a VAT exempt business ( such as a bookmaker , dentist , doctor , funeral director or registered nursing home ) might deliberately start a small-scale taxable business and hope to take advantage of the rules . |
| 20 | Additionally , they are working closely with local teachers to provide information packs , videos and talks for school children about the work underway , and hope to add construction to the curriculum of schools in the area . |
| 21 | Compagnie Generale des Eaux SA said on Friday that its wholly-owned General Cable Ltd unit has acquired South Yorkshire Cablevision Ltd from Pacific Telesis Group Inc 's Pactel Cable UK Ltd for an undisclosed sum : South Yorkshire Cablevision holds cable TV franchises in Doncaster and Rotherham , passing 192,000 homes and General Cable already has 100,000 cable TV and telephone subscribers in a number of franchises in Britain ; it is very active in Bradford and plans to start work by the end of the year linking Sheffield subscribers . |
| 22 | Now , at Pac Bo , under Ho 's chairmanship , the Party cleared its ideological decks and prepared to take advantage of the even more extraordinary opportunities that would be presented to it by the Second World War . |
| 23 | Residents within line of fire were evacuated from their homes and advised to take refuge at the Shuttle and Loom pub . |
| 24 | The Partnership should therefore be encouraged and allowed to take responsibility for the Compact strategy . |
| 25 | The Partnership should therefore be encouraged and allowed to take responsibility for the Compact strategy . |
| 26 | The freedoms of childhood include flirting with father and attempting to seduce mother in the safe knowledge that this is play and it will not get out of hand . |
| 27 | Richards pointed homewards , which was behind them , and turned to escort Tribe across the Lines . |
| 28 | The results are analysed and used to improve training for the next batch of recruits . |
| 29 | We must look at the fear with our eyes and heart , and begin to bring calm to the storm of our emotions . |
| 30 | These are retained in position by two metal plates perforated and grooved to allow contact between the membrane and solvent which is in the outer container . |