Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general terms , Bacon and Hobbes accept the Aristotelian idea that scientific understanding involves knowledge of causes . |
| 2 | And now she was entirely alone , brother and sister both lost to her , Jonathon upstairs , Victoria downstairs and Melanie treading the dangerous route between them , connected to neither . |
| 3 | As we walked further upstream , the gills showed increasing evidence of the works of man and at Friars Hush and Bunton Hush the old levels , the tailings of spoil and the ruined buildings haunt the landscape . |
| 4 | But then the cells at the tip begin to shoot out long filopodia which make contact with the wall and contract pulling the future gut further in . |
| 5 | NATURALLY , BOTH Jim and Fruitbat have the wit and honesty to carry the whole affair and actually make a go of the potentially over-sanitised ‘ indie ’ event . |
| 6 | When occasionally they asked her what was the marketing strategy or the business plan and she said , openly , that there never had been one , her patent naturalness and honesty made the whole thing appear even more of a fairy story . |
| 7 | SCOTVEC sends a letter to all centres in August to let teachers and lecturers know the general areas for review . |
| 8 | Sheffield United have been trapped by the candid camera too often in the past and Bassett thinks the prying lens is wrong in all sorts of ways . |
| 9 | On the contrary , the poetry of Von Platen , Mörike and Heine attests the continuing influence of ancient Greece at a high level of poetic achievement . |
| 10 | So he 'd rushed to the field , catching a sun-dazed pony , scrambling onto the broad back , hair and scurf whitening the new trousers , cantering over the paddocks and clattering into the yard where Peter and Andrew were almost ready . |
| 11 | But however distinguished its history , Edinburgh very much sees itself as a University of the 1990s committed to research and teaching covering the hi-tech disciplines of the future , as well as disciplines rooted in the past . |
| 12 | Massive multi-coloured electronic charts and maps plotted the vacillating movements in known trouble-spots , computer print-outs updated existing material and VDUs displayed detailed information on known criminals at the touch of a button , feeding off the thousands of names stored in the system 's central memory bank . |
| 13 | " Space travel " immediately involves , not only astronomy and engineering , but mathematics and physics to hold the wilder speculators in check , and religion and literature to stimulate the creative imagination . |
| 14 | Such dreary teaching could be eliminated if literature were separated from language , theory from practice , and literature became the chosen subject only for those who had a particular aptitude for it , or a desire to learn to criticize and analyse . |
| 15 | When the wheels were finished they taped them to the four corners of t ] he bed and Mum spread the red blanket over the covers . |
| 16 | Estate agents Fox and Sons say the grim history has not deterred a string of inquiries . |
| 17 | But what one now sees belongs chiefly to the centuries of this book , the great church to the tenth and eleventh centuries , the atrium before it — though in form and function preserving the great courtyard of an early Christian basilica , where clergy and laity met before processing into the church for solemn eucharist — is of the early twelfth . |
| 18 | At the strategic level of integrating the territories into the Israeli economy , the competitive edge of Israel 's highly developed and heavily subsidized productive capacity in industry and agriculture destroyed the Palestinian sector almost in its entirety — although there was not an enormous amount to destroy because of the Jordanian legacy of economic neglect . |
| 19 | Capitalism and the sterner Puritan ethic are delighted with hedonism as a private way of life because hedonism encourages consumerism , and consumerism becomes the economic mode of hedonism for modern man . |
| 20 | However , the heavy rainfall could make this an uncertain crop so dairying and sheep formed the main enterprises on most units . |
| 21 | Although Classic Touch and Ratina disproved the old prejudice against mares , John Whitaker had a less happy experience with Dollar Girl . |
| 22 | THE government has decided not to refer to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission the proposed acquisition by media group Pearson of Thames Television , part of Thorn EMI , it was announced yesterday . |
| 23 | Transportation recommend schemes to Committee ; Designcare or Roadcare get tender documents ready and Inroads build the final product — all part of the Department 's service to the public . |
| 24 | Harry Poat left on his mission and Stirling split the remaining force into two groups which would travel independently to a further rendezvous at Bir Soltane , only a few miles from the Mareth line . |
| 25 | mm , cos listen to what I mean , Ollie goes , I was sitting next to Ollie yeah and she looks at my thingy , yeah , and she goes that 's what , you 've missed out three , so I sat there writing all the nec numbers , yeah , and miss goes the other table and I 'm like oh come on Carla hurry up and do the numbers inside , and I missed , I just could n't , I could n't catch up |
| 26 | Spinsters and widows enjoyed the legal status of femme sole in which they had control of their own affairs . |
| 27 | He was annoyed , he said , that deer forest managers were given the kid glove treatment while hillwalkers and climbers had the big stick of stiffer sanctions waved at them — such as no-go areas . |
| 28 | Opening an area such as this to the public means just that , and together with genuine walkers and climbers arrive the wild flower pickers , the egg stealers and the litter louts . |
| 29 | This tragedy , however , did not dull their passion for skiing and Sarah remembers the early rivalry for supremacy on the slopes . |
| 30 | One of his hands closing over the slender curve of her hip made her lower body stir involuntarily , the increasing urgency of the gyrating movement explicit , both statement and summons , and Maria heard the harsh breath he drew as he absorbed it . |