Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The annual report has now become available , and tends to take some of the sheen off the initial interpretation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Look at this description of a place and try to guess some of the action of the story from it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This will reduce the village 's dependence on firewood , which is in short supply , and help to alleviate some of the health problems associated with living in confined and smoky conditions . |
| 17 | He did not relish the prospect of his impending retirement two years hence , and refused to consider any of the candidates whom Boyden put forward . |
| 18 | But as the days passed , I became restless , and wanted to see more of the world . |
| 19 | Yet the statute authorizes interception on wider grounds than those previously acknowledged and fails to provide some of the safeguards against abuse which were claimed to operate under the old administrative regime . |