Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nature allows some persons to pass through all the successive levels of biological growth and thereby attain their biological needs .
2 Williamson assumes that at least some people might behave in strategic , guileful ways , if they can do so undetected and thereby promote their own interest .
3 The latter is the case when antibiotics are taken which affect the natural balance of healthy organisms in the gut and thereby reduce its digestive capability for a while .
4 Many students felt Deng was on their side , for they were not politically sophisticated enough to realise that he was using their movement to attack his opponents and thereby strengthen his own position .
5 They know that he is playing a part ; they are amused by his attempts to amuse them ; and grow fond of him ; and thereby demonstrate their own tolerance to themselves ; and grow even fonder of him as the occasion of the demonstration .
6 Given the substantial changes in the economic , political , and business environment of large firms over the past two decades , a critical factor affecting the relative competitive position of British firms must be the capability of firms to adjust and adapt to major changes in the environments and thereby improve their competitive performance .
7 ‘ Every penny raised by the ball will help us to maintain and eventually expand our vital service to Northern Ireland .
8 Enjoy the adoration of family and friends and sensibly and slowly plan your next races ( see Bruce Tulloh 's advice on page 46 ) or , if London ‘ 92 was a bit of a disaster , do n't feel sorry for yourself .
9 She sat next to him so that she could cut up his food and discreetly help his wavering hand shove it into his mouth .
10 These , together with procedural irregularities ( discussed below ) were categorised by Lord Diplock in Anisminic v. Foreign Compensation Commission ( C.A. , 1968 ) as situations where a body might exceed its jurisdiction and so lose its legal power to act .
11 THE cold wind of technology could soon be blowing through Britain 's pig sties — helping farmers to reduce animal mortality and so increase their commercial fortunes .
12 The experience of faith as it is lived by another people , another culture ; the enjoyment of celebrating fiestas ( and that includes the liturgy and the party afterwards ) with the people ; the experience of living amongst a people who never give up the struggle whatever happens and so challenge my own pettiness ; the graciousness of so many of them and the great welcome they gave us .
13 He has now released some of these birds , and a large reward awaits any ringer able to catch one of them in Britain or Ireland , and so substantiate they experimental results .
14 As multimedia systems are able to create and deliver increasingly complex and rich information environments , it becomes ever more difficult for users to manipulate the environments in simple , comprehensible ways and so enjoy their full benefits .
15 Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain .
16 However , there is always a danger that in taking such measures a State may , intentionally or unintentionally , give undue assistance , and so promote its own industry at the expense of that of its trading partners .
17 They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment .
18 From there , she was able to make regular visits to Vietnam — and so give us essential reports on where our help was needed most .
19 Bertrams by their generous returns allowance also take away some of our worries and so give us more confidence in making subscriptions , which include Reed titles .
20 In such a situation , any additional mutation that blocks apoptosis will strongly promote survival of the affected cell and so allow its continued proliferation , mutation and carcinogenic evolution .
21 Instead , you should make a greater fuss of the established dog , and so reinforce its dominant position over the newcomer .
22 This whole-word visual representation is then used to address and so locate its associated pronunciation in a lexicon of spoken word forms known as the speech output lexicon .
23 Consider quite impossible to return Cossacks and so honour our verbal agreement with Soviet forces unless we are allowed free hand in this matter .
24 Then , given these foundation techniques , he can go on and perhaps invent his own idiom and fulfil his ideals .
25 These are important questions for people who want to monitor the amount of alcohol they consume on a regular basis and perhaps replace their standard consumption with products that are reduced in alcohol .
26 Travelling by coach you will pass through the flower carpet fields to the Franz Roozen Nurseries where you will discover the art of growing flowers and perhaps order your own bulbs which will be delivered to you for planting in the autumn .
27 In such cases a written agreement can strengthen your case and perhaps save you some money .
28 She looks towards Herakles , right hand out , originally with a spear to direct him and perhaps lend him divine power as he thrusts with a crowbar to open a way for the Alpheus to flood the stables .
29 Such thoughts are usually considered to be unnecessarily morbid , although the subject is probably more painful for younger people than those who more closely and personally face their own decline and death .
30 Slowly , slowly , he regained his powers of speech , movement , began to shave and dress himself and gently throw his increasing weight about .
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