Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE African National Congress leader , Mr Nelson Mandela , has been urged by colleagues to announce his official separation from his volatile wife , Winnie , and to strip her of political office to avoid continued embarrassment to the organisation . |
| 2 | This topic is meant to improve pupils ' awareness of ‘ danger ’ areas in houses and to inform them of basic safety measures and precautions which should be taken at home . |
| 3 | In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course . |
| 4 | The latest version of the SDI concept , originally introduced in 1983 , centred on the " brilliant pebbles " idea , which proposed that up to 100,000 small space-based rockets would be placed in orbit , where they would be able to track enemy missiles and to destroy them through direct collision . |
| 5 | The purpose of this chapter is to outline the elements involved in resource management in schools and to apply them to current practice . |
| 6 | His is a temperament well calculated to flatter and intrigue readers in the early teens and to draw them into vicarious adventure . |
| 7 | A TEI electronic bulletin board is also maintained at the University of Illinois at Chicago : this is used to announce availability of TEI drafts and other publications , and to distribute them in electronic form , as well as providing an open forum for comment and discussion of the TEI recommendations . |
| 8 | One of the greatest dangers to Amnesty International and other in the human rights movement is the increasing tendency of governments to control human rights through ‘ verbal formula ’ and resourcing , and to base it on multilateral diplomacy rather than international human rights law . |
| 9 | It included the need to separate officers from other ranks , and to place them in separate confinement ( the intention of this was to prevent the officers from leading their followers in opposition to the repatriations ) . |
| 10 | But one can not help thinking that a far greater contribution to the preservation of the World 's rain forests would be made if companies could be persuaded to make their annual brochures less glossy and to print them on re-cycled paper . |
| 11 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |