Example sentences of "and [verb] in [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The method used was partly theoretical but mainly empirical , and consisted in applying the non-linear regression option of a statistics package , BMDP . |
| 8 | My Government will continue to administer Hong Kong in the interests of its people and to cooperate in implementing the Sino-British Joint Declaration . |
| 9 | Clinical microdialysis coupled to depth electrode EEG recordings might therefore be useful as a diagnostic aid and help in defining the epileptogenic region for surgical resection . |
| 10 | Pupils do need encouragement and help in making the best of them , and these expensive items should be returned to the clinic if they are not being used . |