Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great quantities of effluent pouring into the river added to the stench of local skin and tannery works to produce appalling smells and what one official report referred to as ‘ gross pollution ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , dear , fathers and sons come to resemble each other , do n't they ? ’ |
| 3 | This might , he appreciated , mean putting sections of the house ‘ under wraps ’ , but would I bring all my experience and expertise to bear to ensure such losses were kept to a minimum ? |
| 4 | We were not convinced , however , that his plan to reintroduce small unitary authorities would foster the vision and expertise needed to meet this challenge . |
| 5 | Oil-tig workers , export salesmen and servicemen have to manage part-time marriages , and so do their wives . |
| 6 | Anne and Sarah began to attend modern dances and were an immediate success with the young men who went there . |
| 7 | In spite of becoming very busy from August onwards , because of heighened international tension and a heavy commitment to the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , RAF Stations and personnel managed to give substantial help to Wings Appeal . |
| 8 | So to lower the cost of capital and raise the firm 's value , should you not fill your boots with it , at least until you get so close to bankruptcy that shareholders and creditors start to demand higher returns to balance the risk ? |
| 9 | Delegates also approved a draft programme and rules designed to replace centralized bureaucracy and promote true democracy and the voice of minorities within the MPRP . |
| 10 | He included in his review a summary of eight characteristics which were consistently associated with successful school management and , in summing up , he pointed the way forward very clearly ( Clarkson 1988:273 ) : In schools , changes in legislation , organization and curriculum tend to attract considerable attention when they are first introduced . |
| 11 | This was still a minor office with little independent authority , and Duncombe continued to play second fiddle to the successive lords treasurer with whom he served . |
| 12 | It may therefore provide the incentive for the most thorough pre-purchase behaviour , and marketers hoping to supply such products may have to be prepared for extensive enquiry and investigation before they will manage to sell any of them . |
| 13 | While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions . |
| 14 | In most of the West European colonial powers the alliance between mob and capital to form a bridge between nationalism and racism worked to ship internal pressures abroad to the colonies . |
| 15 | An enhanced co-ordinating role is available to those capable of meeting this challenge , especially as the number of districts and units reduces and UGMs come to represent larger conglomerations of provider groupings . |
| 16 | The protest came out weakly and Isabel strove to inject some firmness into her voice . |
| 17 | Despite the rhetorical overkill , terms like ‘ contamination ’ , ‘ infection ’ , ‘ implosion ’ and ‘ intertextuality ’ give a more vivid , because more visceral , sense of how the sheer proliferation and reach of new communication channels and technologies work to make all boundaries permeable . |
| 18 | Queen Isabella and Mortimer sought to gain popular support by a conciliatory policy regarding the forest . |
| 19 | LEAD /rhythm guitarist/vocalist and writer seeks to join/form dedicated rock band , influences Cream , Purple , Sabbath , Zepp and The Cult . |
| 20 | By working together , Objective Software and Brio intend to develop complementary data access and data analysis technologies , so that users can undertake business modelling in a client-server environment . |
| 21 | The virus is easily transmitted via needles — and addicts tend to have dirty habits . |
| 22 | The widening of the Foxton and Watford locks to enable large barges to pass ; |
| 23 | And Jeff aims to use Green cotton , made without the vast amount of pesticides and fertilisers that make ‘ the clothing industry one of the biggest single polluters on this planet ’ . |
| 24 | Venetian Romanesque architecture was dominated by the city 's eastern contacts and Byzantium continued to have more influence than Lombardy or Pisa . |
| 25 | At each stage goals shift in importance and organizations tend to ignore this fact . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ The Chief Executive and Mayor have to don official robes so it helps if they can shower first . ’ |
| 27 | Swanson and Percival continued to show excellent form , leading home their respective fields . |
| 28 | Part of this settlement was to create a Servian buffer state , and both Sigismund and Murad agreed to recognise Djuradj Branković as the legitimate ruler of an independent Serbia . |
| 29 | Luch and Ruari had to supply ten pounds of wax , to polish the bulwarks . |
| 30 | Willie and Zach managed to see each other every day as well as weekends and odd evenings and they , the twins and George would walk and play in the fields together . |