Example sentences of "and [verb] a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They help to overcome the inherent problems of sectoralisation and to promote a more integrated development strategy . |
| 2 | Those tadpoles that turn into cannibals become larger , and develop a grotesquely shaped head with an enormous predatory mouth — a change in appearance more appropriate to a horror film than a television natural history programme . |
| 3 | It also ran a series of weekend schools for the women 's groups , mostly taught by College staff , offering the women the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical , political and economic context , and develop a more strategic purpose for their actions as well as identify continuing needs for further educational work . |
| 4 | It also sought to initiate a debate on how we can start regenerating the north of England and develop a more balanced nation . |
| 5 | We do well to remember that many can live incredibly full lives and develop a very extensive range of sympathy and understanding , who live only within a geographically and culturally restricted circle . |
| 6 | Well there 's three men crouching round them now , as Tufnell comes to bowl to , who covers up and plays a very certain spec defensive shot . |
| 7 | Complementing our recreational work , this interpretation is particularly suited to dance and fitness studio/leisure centre facilities and plays a very important part in the promotion and furtherance of Medau movement . |
| 8 | Lavoisier 's new paradigm implied that there is no such thing as phlogiston , whereas the gas , oxygen , does exist and plays a quite different role in combustion . |
| 9 | And Coun John Cresswell ( Lib Dem ) said the council should wait and build a more solid building for £15,000 . |
| 10 | Dealing in government bonds , along with dealing in other securities , moved off the floor of the London Stock Market sooner than anticipated and became a wholly screen-based activity . |
| 11 | During a visit to a local abbey , Sarah Owen made her Promise and became a fully fledged member of the 1st Melrose Pack in Roxburghshire , Scotland . |
| 12 | He was made out to be a hero , and became a fully fledged dealer that day . |
| 13 | This facilitated the regular distribution of heroin along specific channels readily identifiable by users and so ‘ scoring ’ moved off the street and became a less hazardous occupation . |
| 14 | By borrowing Chinese cameras , and gaining access to more sophisticated foreign models that had been ‘ liberated ’ from bourgeois homes by the Red Guards , he gradually mastered the art and became a very proficient photographer . |
| 15 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
| 16 | Griffith was transferred to other work and became a very famous engine designer . |
| 17 | Saga pioneered this market and became a very large company on the basis of it . |
| 18 | The installation of a computer system is an excellent opportunity to sweep away prejudice and introduce a more professional approach : good time recording systems , on micro-computer , for example , are often part of a suite of packages linking output to the input needs of the job-costing system . |
| 19 | Last year the society 's committee made a decision to relaunch in a bid to attract more members and introduce a more entertaining programme . |
| 20 | Development costs have to be recouped rapidly if the company is to make a profit and introduce an even newer hip next year . |
| 21 | If past conflicts can be spirited away , it is tempting for the religious apologist to step in and to paint a more harmonious picture . |
| 22 | It 's important to apply the patina in an open space , because it acts on the copper and produces a most objectionable odour . |
| 23 | So in this last example the participle form does match up and produces a grammatically well-formed sentence . |
| 24 | But though he handles this well , Jordan fumbles everything else , mistiming the comedy and drawing an unbelievably bad performance out of de Niro . |
| 25 | But I really like the bass ; it feels as solid as a rock and represents a more worthwhile investment for not a lot more money . |
| 26 | On a happy occasion such as a wedding , jokes and comic stories are welcome and make a particularly good ending for a speech . |
| 27 | It should be the aim of humanity ultimately to abandon all existing organised religions , and make a completely new start . |
| 28 | Suppose , however , you stick to square marks , and make a slightly expanded copy . |
| 29 | Formed four years ago , Consolidated hail from the same San Francisco Bay area as Hiphoprisy and make a similarly militant rap'n'roll racket — indeed , the band 's Mark Pistel co-programmed the Hiphoprisy LP . |
| 30 | The idea may then be for the surviving spouse to give the property ( which she took under the deed of variation ) to the children and make a potentially exempt transfer under IHTA 1984 , s3A : provided she survives seven years no inheritance tax will have been payable on the death or on the gift or indeed on her death by reference to the property which she gave to the children . |