Example sentences of "and [be] [adj] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let the clinic or your doctor know if you can not keep an appointment and be sure to arrange for another . |
| 2 | With your own project , you really need a distinct avenue to go down and be prepared to stick to that no matter what . |
| 3 | A basic self-awareness ( a ) to reflect constructively about religion without being overwhelmed by prejudice , whether religious or non-religious ; ( b ) to see and understand the kind of assumptions about religion present in their environment and in society as a whole , and be prepared to think about these and not automatically either reject them or take them over ; ( c ) to develop trust in their own powers of perceptiveness and intuition , provided that this trust is balanced by openness towards the insights of others and the findings of fresh evidence ; ( d ) consequent on this , to develop willingness to modify , change , enlarge , or revise , what has so far been thought and felt about religion . |
| 4 | Instead we need to reflect on them , ponder and wonder , find out all we can about them , learn to appreciate some of the time-honoured ways of approaching them such as meditation and prayer , and be prepared to think about these matters in all sorts of different situations and moods . |
| 5 | If one accepts this , even if only for the present and not as an inevitable fact for the future , then a responsibility lies with hearing society to meet not only the communication requirements of deaf people but also to understand and be able to work with this group in their language . |
| 6 | A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism . |