Example sentences of "and [v-ing] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Political constraint is one of the problems that undermine the capacity of the mass media to appropriately and effectively fulfill their function of building democratic societies and protecting and defending human rights in Africa . |
2 | Two men , aged 26 and 27 , contested the case but were found guilty of rape and aiding and abetting each other on the sex attacks on a 21-year-old French woman , who told how the two burst into her room at a friend 's flat while she was reading the Bible . |
3 | One half of our argument is that states ( and national states in particular ) are indeed conducting the functions outlined by Marxist and Weberian commentators : those of managing the social relations of capitalism and regulating and classifying individual citizens and their activities or moral careers . |
4 | Anthony Skito have specialists in hairdressing , colouring and perming and offer ten-day perm check where clients may come in ten days after their perm to have their hair checked , washed and blow-dried . |
5 | It can help to develop historical enquiry skills and can accustom pupils from an early age to handling and evaluating and synthesising historical evidence . |
6 | There I saw men kissing and holding and loving each other ; something that I never thought possible as the mainstream culture manifests itself in overwhelmingly heterosexual and macho terms . |
7 | Would it not be a good idea if the Opposition actually trumpeted these successes in the British manufacturing industry instead of moaning and complaining and doing British industry down ? |
8 | Our teachers try to be aware of what the children are saying and doing and to record significant instances which tell how thinking is developing . |
9 | He accused ‘ powers which are situated many thousands of kilometres from this region ’ of having ‘ concentrated a naval armada ’ in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean and of ‘ intensively building up armaments , expanding the network of their military bases and pressuring and threatening small countries that do not follow their lead ’ . |
10 | Similarly , if prices accurately reflect long-term prospects , a fund manager required to improve short-term performance can do so only by identifying and buying under-valued shares , and identifying and selling over-valued ones , which in turn depends on a balanced evaluation of both the company 's short- and long-term position . |
11 | Will you just stop fretting and arguing and imagine ten days in the balmy tropical climate of the Eastern Caribbean Windward Isles ? |
12 | People might call me an asshole for saying that , but I think it 's cheating the kids and the fans who go out and spend money on a record , who spend their time following a band and respecting and loving that band . |
13 | This was when most of the older breeds ' herdbooks and breed societies were established and in 1874 the Nederlands Rundvee Stamboek ( NRS ) national herdbook was formed , operating on a provincial basis and registering and describing all breeds and types without differentiating between them . |
14 | The more time you have spent making notes from lectures or from books and rewriting and ordering those notes , the greater the importance that material will be to you . |
15 | Dancing and swaying and sniffing past jasmine and roses , out of the moonlight , and Jeff says , at last , ‘ Hi , honey , is that my beautiful English princess ? ’ |
16 | development of speaking and listening skills , both when role-playing and otherwise — when describing experiences , expressing opinions , articulating personal feelings and formulating and making appropriate responses to increasingly complex instructions and questions ; |