Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner . |
| 2 | I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project . |
| 3 | They were moved by their own flesh and blood acting out the motions of birth and parentage with that mixture of awkwardness , ignorance , seriousness and imitation which can be observed in the necessary games of mothers and fathers . |
| 4 | The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy . |
| 5 | THOUSANDS of islanders fled in terror yesterday as 20ft walls of boiling mud and ash roared down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines . |
| 6 | But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time . |
| 7 | Additional powers will be introduced for the issue of immediate enforcement and prohibition notices where the rules are being broken , or where there is a risk of environmental harm . |
| 8 | He likes the days when nothing seems to happen , and rain runs down the windows , and through somebody else 's windows on the other side of the airwell you can see girls with piles of lacquered hair laughing and making sudden small self-conscious movements , as they flirt with young men in Italian-cut suits , silent behind the layers of glass . |
| 9 | After a hard frost the passage walls sweated and water trickled down the corridors . |
| 10 | The hot sun burnt his back and sweat ran down the rags of his shorts . |
| 11 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 12 | Summer died under the weight of falling leaves , and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater , like blood filling fresh claw-marks . |
| 13 | Bakker has , instead , been ready to use thought and reason to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 14 | He should write to the Secretary of State for Education and Science setting out the problems , and the same goes for problems in respect of Dundee university . |
| 15 | If the reason for leaving was ill-health refer to it briefly , explain it was a temporary situation and emphasize your present fitness and ability to take on the demands of the new job . |
| 16 | ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding . |