Example sentences of "and [is] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company which owns the worldwide franchise of the name and trademark is planning an expansion phase — in the best possible taste , of course — and is hoping to get into the pockets of a few well-heeled outside investors . |
| 2 | Mike Bews was just getting better and better and is beginning to look like the making of yet another pro reared in Farnborough . |
| 3 | There 's a current picture which is in the system and is bound to go in the paper tomorrow . |
| 4 | described two distinct states of affair , namely , ( a ) where the wife is alive to what she is signing and is procured to sign by the undue influence of her husband ; and ( b ) where the wife is not aware of what she is signing and the only ground for impeaching the document is her want of understanding . |
| 5 | The railway continues to hug the coast and is lost to sight below the wooded slopes traversed by the road , which now becomes a fragrant avenue between trees and heathery banks spangled with primroses and , further , covered with rhododendrons . |
| 6 | The Soviet delegation strove and is striving to achieve on the basis of the Moscow decision , the speediest creation of a truly democratic Government in Korea expressing the will of the Korean people and capable of defending its interest . |
| 7 | Excessive aluminium content is conducive to brain and bone damage and is said to contribute to the onset of Alzheimer 's disease , a form of dementia , at an older age ( Hodgkinson , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | Artificial fertilizer application , associated with higher yielding wheat , is also now a feature of the system and is required to cope with the growth in population . |
| 9 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 10 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 11 | The inquiry , which opens this Tuesday , will be held at the Frome Rugby Football Club , Gypsy Lane , Frome , Somerset , and is expected to last until the beginning of May . |
| 12 | The recurrent difficulty to position mitochondrial sequences from C.reinhardtii in phylogenetic trees is due to the extreme branch length of C.reinhardtii and is expected to disappear with the availability of more data from green algal species . |
| 13 | Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week . |
| 14 | He 's not too taken with Calcutta and is planning to return to the United States when he 's mugged and robbed of all his possessions . |
| 15 | Eddie has been spotted in Europe training hard and is planning to compete in the Europa Cup … |