Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb base] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of the macro-to-micro arguments is that politically inspired monetary relaxations and contractions serve to alter the nominal rate of interest , giving the wrong investment signals . |
| 2 | Here , ants and fungi race to make the most of good , organic matter and the rotting trunks themselves play host to an assortment of bright green epiphytes . |
| 3 | Food particles , sticking to the wall of the bag , are swept down to its bottom by cilia and into a little gut which leads out of the bottom of the bag and curves round to join the exhalant tube . |
| 4 | Crews and sponsors tend to frequent the same restaurants , pubs and hotels . |
| 5 | In this type , only the cap of the mill and sails rotate to work the grinding stones , so the wooden walls are either sloped or battered to allow free movement of these elements . |
| 6 | There has to be a selection of content and teachers have to identify the key elements which they will focus upon and those which will receive the " broad brush " treatment . |
| 7 | Schools and colleges continue to provide the vast majority of candidates ; there were nearly twice as many candidates from local authorities ' community education centres than from the private centres . |
| 8 | Several pamphlets issued recently by the Publications Department of the Cooperative Union are eminently suitable for this purpose ( 1 ) ‘ United action : Trades unionists and cooperators combine to meet the capitalist menace ’ , ( 2 ) ‘ Cooperation and Labour unrest ’ , ( 3 ) ‘ Cooperators and reconstruction ’ . |
| 9 | Shipping is advised to keep well clear , and masters begin to make the complicated storm-avoidance manoeuvres well known to those familiar with these waters in this summer season . |
| 10 | Will my hon. Friend do his best to ensure that constituents and police combine to spend the extra resources wisely ? |
| 11 | Lawyers in Norway , he suggests , are doing this with regard to legal concepts and linguists have to do the same with regard to linguistic concepts and theories ( ibid . ) . |
| 12 | Professionals and services have to manage the dual , and often conflicting , roles of support and empowerment . |
| 13 | Young men and women tend to dislike the other more mechanical methods , such as using a sheath , diaphragm or cap , which although quite effective , are seen as too planned as well as being comparatively messy . |
| 14 | As in Provence in southern France , links with the Roman tradition were never wholly severed so that arches , arcades , entablatures , columns and capitals tend to approach the classical form more than the Medieval . |
| 15 | In fact , several of the early Palaeozoic facies and faunas seem to ignore the western Mediterranean and pass unhindered on into west Africa . |
| 16 | Over the wall , a much-trodden path makes immediate acquaintance with Bar Pot , a large opening ; from here passages and shafts descend to join the Gaping Gill system deep underground . |