Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this film , the central character is a spirited young woman who defies conventions and insists on playing the heroic male roles of the Chinese opera , aided by the spirit of the legendary Zhong Kui whom she incarnates on stage . |
| 2 | Measurement must and should take place , but every successful public relations tactic achieves its short-term goals , and contributes to moulding the longer term attitudes and patterns of public opinion . |
| 3 | The commentary is largely ignored by an animated audience that talks while watching and participates by applauding the rich images of trays of ripe fruit and tomatoes in the marketplace in Managua , Nicaragua . |
| 4 | The simplest and earliest of these is due to Alfrey and consists of taking the spectral function as the negative slope of the relaxation curve in a static ( stress relaxation or creep ) experiment ( Figure 3.5 ) . |
| 5 | This is always true and follows from using the present values of redemption cash flows rather than actual values , a procedure that gives greater weight to earlier cash flows . |
| 6 | Popular capitalism necessitates a belief in the power of market forces , a reduction in the role of the state , an increasing reliance on self-help and moves towards extending the property-owning democracy . |
| 7 | The report assumes readers will be familiar with the early main report and begins by reviewing the broad trends in electronic book development since early 1991 , including the emergence of the first handheld systems based on optical storage rather than chips . |