Example sentences of "and [prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out , Such , and Between represent the first steps in Christine Brooke-Rose 's ongoing exploration of the complex relations between subjectivity and the discursive matrix in which it is embedded . |
| 2 | And for cooking the tastiest casseroles , there 's a special ‘ Slow-set ’ facility which lets you leave the food to cook itself at a very low temperature over a long period . |
| 3 | We are grateful to our union for making this possible , and for sponsoring the retired members in this way ever since . |
| 4 | Tough love should be kind , gentle and understanding to both the family member and the primary sufferer , while nonetheless allowing each to be fully responsible for his or her own feelings and behaviour and for taking the full consequences of all choices of individual action . |
| 5 | In addition , it is responsible for formulating the policy for dealing with the various kinds of applications ( subject to the directions of the Bar Council and the Inns ' Council ) and for revising the Consolidated Regulations as and when necessary . |
| 6 | Fair play to Ian Broudie for putting his trademark sparkle on the music and for letting the loony parts lie , the way that ‘ Monster Mouth ’ is Jim Bob after getting his throat sorted by Tona De Brett , and how the chorus of ‘ Too Jung ’ is a saucy steal from The Smiths ' ‘ London ’ . |
| 7 | If they respectfully withdraw from involvement in village affairs they find themselves branded as ‘ stand-offish ’ or ‘ jumped-up ’ ; if they participate fully in the life of the village they are accused of ‘ taking over ’ and of telling the local inhabitants how to run their own community . |
| 8 | ‘ Others have made the mistake of asking for respect for their traditions and languages and of claiming the human rights that are due to them — including the right of access to the mass media ’ . |
| 9 | I argued the advantages of establishing a Unit based on the principle of the fullest exploitation of surprise and of making the minimum demands on man-power and equipment . |
| 10 | In the election campaign , the Conservatives had made much of ‘ setting the people free ’ of the planners , and of making the nationalised industries more ‘ businesslike ’ and ‘ commercial ’ , but the reality of controls remained for some years , as indeed was inevitable given the physical limits of a national cake whose size was fixed in the short term . |
| 11 | Many modern commentators , from Burke , Hamilton and Madison to the present day , have frankly seen the device of representation as a means of limiting popular participation and control , and of retaining the day-to-day powers of government in the hands of a ( preferably enlightened ) elite . |
| 12 | Thus Euravia secured the job of completely dismantling several dozen Conway engines , of identifying all the parts that could be reused ( or repaired — in which case the machining was put out to subcontractors , mainly local firms ) and of returning the salvaged parts to source . |
| 13 | Social Darwinism , with its emphasis on the survival of the fittest and chance variation , denied the effects of will , conscious planning and human agency in evolution , and of altering the fixed characteristics of different groups or races . |
| 14 | In highlighting gender differences in deviance , there is the risk of overplaying such dimensions and of confirming the very stereotypes that one is attacking in curriculum materials . |
| 15 | ‘ School ’ , he writes , seemed to have one aim , ‘ to keep us out of the air and from following the normal pursuits of the fields … |
| 16 | I have the advantage that , after the first hearing and before seeing the Parliamentary materials , I had reached the conclusion , in agreement with Vinelott J. and the Court of Appeal , that the revenue 's submissions were correct . |
| 17 | The fundamentals of construction are basically the same , however , and before discussing the two methods of weaving in detail , it is important to clarify some universal weaving terms . |
| 18 | Research on the participation of the public in general or clients in particular tends to centre around the form of participation involved ( inputs ) and its effect on the change agent and action systems ( processes , ‘ thruputs ’ ) , but little attention is paid to the results of participation ( outputs ) in general , and in achieving the specific goals of the activity involved . |
| 19 | It is essential reading for all researchers interested in apes and in appreciating the mutual benefits of field and laboratory study . |
| 20 | And in labelling the former causes ‘ accidents ’ , Plekhanov implies that they are both an unpredictable and a comparatively unimportant part of the explanation of the course of historical events . |
| 21 | ( In early 1989 it was revealed that the aristocrat was close to bankruptcy , the Purple Rain fortune dissipated in over-lavish stageshows and in supporting the stillborn careers of a seemingly endless series of protégés . ) |
| 22 | The student taking a written examination , however , very often has only the most rudimentary knowledge of the skills necessary in writing down his thoughts rapidly and accurately and in mastering the subtle techniques of being a successful examinee — techniques that have no connection at all with the amount of knowledge he may possess . |
| 23 | And so out go the old troupers and in come the fresh-faced kids . |
| 24 | Entrepreneurs in pre-colonial Africa were effective in articulating trading relationships between Africa and the rest of the world , and in developing the productive activities which generated the trade . |
| 25 | It is hoped that the work will contribute to policy : in establishing the different senses of environmental degradation that tourism may engender ; in considering whether tourism in fact has played a role in generating a heightened green awareness ; and in demonstrating the diverse kinds of environment that visitors expect even in an area of outstanding ‘ natural ’ beauty as in the Lake District . |
| 26 | The danger in this new drive that is a feature of many advanced industrial societies lies not only in raising unrealistic expectations from these areas of study but also in denigrating the contribution of the social sciences to economic growth and in neglecting the non-economic functions of education which are just as important to the well-being of individuals and of society at large . |
| 27 | In seeking to set the scene for the changing face of county hall , and in summarising the changing relationships between all involved in education , it is important to consider the meaning of ‘ delegation of authority ’ and the values it contains . |
| 28 | The foreign intelligence operations were now to be conducted by a new and as yet unnamed state agency separate from the KGB ( although Primakov was also named first deputy chair of the KGB ) , and would concentrate on national security and on monitoring the international drugs trade and terrorism . |
| 29 | What they have in common with sociological research , however , is that they depend for the accuracy of their results on choosing the right people to ask , and on having the right questions to ask them . |
| 30 | The giants are experts on working the crowd up into ‘ He 's behind you ! ’ pantomime scenarios and on making the physical manoeuvres look and sound bruising . |