Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various authors have penetrated the veils of medical confidentiality and political secrecy to write about the illness of world leaders : Hugh L'Etang , for example , in 1970 and 1980 , and Bert Park in 1986 . |
| 2 | Altogether , an enjoyable and memorable occasion to reflect on the highlights of your day . |
| 3 | It also emphasised the need for more and better instrumentation to assist the operators , to monitor the development of the accident , and to provide quick and reliable information to help in the actions taken in response to the emergency . |
| 4 | Together with differential rotation , this causes a large amount of mechanical energy and magnetic flux to pass through the surface . |
| 5 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 6 | Delight in and compulsive desire to dress in the clothing of the opposite sex , must be confused with neither homosexuality nor transsexualism , although it may be a feature in either . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State may try to dodge the issue but tonight he is asking us to allow him and British Coal to pay for the top-of-the-range redundancy levels which the interim report from Rothschild urges as a necessary prerequisite for privatisation — |
| 8 | Instead , he has relied on great fitness and stamina to enable him to keep sprinting in at full pace , and speed of arm and perfect balance to capitalize on the momentum ; combined with an unrelenting desire to keep on taking more and more wickets , it has all proved irresistible . |
| 9 | A hardy and easy plant to grow in the aquarium . |
| 10 | Though the Swan was more sophisticated than the Queen 's Head , it was only a matter of minutes before servants , ostlers and maids were scampering all over the large and comfortable hotel to see to the minutest needs of the ‘ Honourable Member of Parliament ’ , ‘ brother to an Earl ’ , who had landed on them at an unexpectedly late hour and naturally — ‘ a Colonel as well ’ — demanded the best of everything both for himself and for his ( temporary — ‘ from Keswick ’ ) servant and his ( ‘ pale-looking ’ ) daughter . |
| 11 | But this is not a time for personal pride and stubborn resistance to stand in the way of the cold , hard facts of life . |
| 12 | However , this was an insufficiently cohesive factor to allow an im-mediate and satisfactory settlement to emerge between the private practitioners . |
| 13 | Mr. Richards also accepts that the procedure adopted by the judge on 16 October 1991 , and in particular his long and involved attempt to dispose of the matter otherwise than by an order , was inappropriate , and the judge was wrong to link the question of a wasted costs order with the question of a disciplinary complaint to the General Council of the Bar . |
| 14 | Always make cuts at a slightly sloping angle — as shown in the sketch , and never at an angle that would allow rain , dew , and heavy moisture to lie on the open cut . |
| 15 | We should make a strenuous and united attempt to incorporate in the management of our own institutions some of the features which have given the American schools the high character they enjoy . |
| 16 | Rokovssky , for all his tried and tested ability to react to the unexpected , was startled into losing his ' concentration . |
| 17 | The network access port — software which enables transactional desktop and terminal concentrator to communicate with the Unix server costs $150 for each concurrently active client . |
| 18 | In a year of recession , Land Rover is taking on more staff and increasing production to cope with the worldwide demand . |
| 19 | The lay members are intended to bring industrial experience and practical knowledge to bear on the issues coming before the tribunal . |
| 20 | MOTORAIL is a quick and painless way to get to the South of France . |
| 21 | Yet in spite of the need to bring strong and immediate pressure to bear upon the English , the French were not able to follow up their successes of 1429 . |
| 22 | However it is a very difficult and time-consuming operation to read through the evaluations and to compare them to the original project document . |
| 23 | In extreme wet weather , it allows untreated and unscreened sewage to escape to the River Forth . |
| 24 | The Palestinians eventually boycotted the meeting in protest at the US and Russian decision to abide by the so-called " Madrid formula " which stipulated that the Palestinian delegation would include no PLO members , no East Jerusalem Palestinians and no Palestinians from the diaspora outside the occupied territories . |
| 25 | He calls himself a ‘ midwife ’ , and like a midwife , has only a temporary and external role to play in the process of birth . |
| 26 | The main functions of a consortium bank are : to provide banking facilities to multinational corporations ; to enable funds and instructions to be channelled between various countries within one organisation ; to assist members lacking in expertise and financial standing to participate in the euro-currency markets . |
| 27 | Although Uzell reckons there are no real dominant players , he divides the competition into four main areas : computer vendors , such as IBM Corp and ICL , which he reckons have the geographical scope and financial muscle to deal with the global demands of systems integration projects , but are unlikely to be independent , are often too hardware-oriented and lack the relevant software expertise ; management consultancies , such as Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse , which he believes do have the necessary business knowledge , but generally lack implementation skills and have little experience of large-scale project management ; telecommunications suppliers , such as AT&T Co and France Telecom , which again he reckons are too hardware-oriented and short of software skills ; and software houses , such as Electronic Data Systems Corp and Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , which he recommends for their independence and expertise , but feels that few are international enough or have the necessary financial clout to handle large deals . |
| 28 | The four-to-eleven year olds learn through play the safe and correct way to behave in the mountains ; whilst eleven to fifteen year olds are taken on short excursions . |