Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complex derivatives of phenols , chlorinated and compounded with an anionic base , have been used widely as glassware agents in the licensed trades until the advent of bisguanides . |
| 2 | It was no answer , and it was a complete answer ; Edouard , recognising something of Jean-Paul in the implacability of the reply , hearing in it , too , –hat note of bland stubbornness with which some of his workmen in the Loire would resist argument and change with an age-old peasant resilience , sighed and decided it might be wiser to leave the subject there . |
| 3 | This argument was having a little success around the table , when the President of the Society , W. M. Smart , squirmed in the Chair , and exclaimed in an anguished voice : ‘ Then will somebody propose that this paper be rejected irrespective of its contents ? ’ |
| 4 | The form must be completed ‘ without assistance ’ — which is a difficult task for many residents — and witnessed by an authorised health authority officer . |
| 5 | If you can find a Porsche centre able to demonstrate an RS to you , put some time aside and insist on an experienced specialist . |
| 6 | Strategies of looking , in turn , break down this process and insist upon an adequate period of delay so that the offerings which emerge are firmly anchored within the work . |
| 7 | It sharpened body swerve , movement and anticipation , and led to an immediate improvement in results . |
| 8 | Though in the statement it was mentioned that statistics from other countries were too unreliable to say that pro-divorce legislation increased the instability of marriages and led to an ever-increasing number of breakdowns , Archbishop McNamara was already preaching by 6 May that divorce ‘ makes stable and permanent marriages more difficult for everyone ’ ( Irish Times , 7 May 1986 ) . |
| 9 | The case had received massive publicity and became symbolic of the institutionalized racism and brutality alleged by many to exist within the LAPD [ see pp. 38091 ; 38139 ] , and led to an independent commission of inquiry [ see pp. 38329-30 ] . |
| 10 | I contacted the North Devon District Health Authority and asked for an extra-contractual referral to be made for this operation . |
| 11 | The mouse-pounce involves hiding , crouching , creeping forward , and then rushing and pouncing on an imaginary rodent , usually its mother 's twitching tail or a small object lying on the ground . |
| 12 | The Shelmerdine Committee concluded that international civil aviation should be internationalized and placed under an international authority . |
| 13 | Apply a warm khaki-green on the browbone , rounding down to the outside corner of the eye , and highlight with an orangy glow just under the arch of the eyebrow . |
| 14 | They can sit at their big desks and contemplate with an exquisite joy how everything is now being put to a good use . |
| 15 | Play eventually restarted , after what seemed like an age , and meandered to an early finish , but the freak accident served to relegate other matters — the remaining overs , a protracted row involving the England players and team manager and a cameraman attempting to capture the stretcher scene on film , and even the imminence of both countries announcing their World Cup squads — to items of secondary importance . |
| 16 | One fan sang along and plucked at an imaginary guitar , but he turned out to be the roadie . |
| 17 | For that to be followed by the Welsh squad members being introduced by the crowd one-by-one in almost American Super Bowl style , and succeeded by an impassioned Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau led by an operatic soprano under spotlights on the half-way line , is likely to induce , ere long , too high an emotional state within crowd and players . |
| 18 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 19 | Lots of listening to music and singing from an early age always helps , ’ she says . |
| 20 | Cost centres : Each operational area of a department should be identified and treated as an independent unit for the purpose of accountancy with all items of cleaning expenditure identified . |
| 21 | As concern grew about this situation , particularly in the heartland of Soweto , parents came together in community groups with students and progressive teachers , and agreed upon an organized return to classes . |
| 22 | In other words , interactivity is really just another word for the ways in which a user can search and browse through an electronic database , the process being more or less constrained by the control software . |
| 23 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 24 | Following a day of workshops , discussion and contributions from the floor , the conference unanimously passed a resolution mandating the organisers to seek meetings with government and other interested parties to discuss the unemployment problem , and to monitor on an ongoing basis the impact of government economic and social policies . |
| 25 | Once the field man and his area supervisor have settled upon the standards to be imposed , the consent is approved by the head of the agency and ratified by an advisory committee . |
| 26 | The difficulty came when one imagined these numbers written on the spine of a book , or on the can of a filmstrip or an audio-cassette , and given to an untrained person to shelve or file in a sequence . |
| 27 | All files which did not concern terrorism , espionage or organized crime would be removed from police hands and given to an independent body , and people would be able to obtain photocopies of their files ( and by the deadline of March 31 , 350,000 people had applied ) . |
| 28 | The finished case is thrown upon the floor ; the long narrow strip which is to form the frame of the drawer is laid upon the bright strip of ready-pasted paper , then bent together and joined by an overlapping bit of paper ; the edges of paper below are bent flat , the ready-cut bottom is dropped in and pressed down and before the fingers are withdrawn they fold over the upper edges of the paper inside the top . |
| 29 | Comparatively few consultants had directly approached search firms for a job , but this is becoming more the case , especially in the USA , and will become more common as executive search becomes more generally accepted and regarded as an attractive career in its own right . |
| 30 | Funny because he was forty and not very clever and lived in an English suburb called Wimbledon . |