Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This willingness by police and pickets to engage in violent confrontation was dramatically revealed during the 1984–5 coal dispute . |
| 2 | There was some room for individuals and groups to experiment with limited co-operation across factional lines if they could temporarily forget their religious and sometimes political differences . |
| 3 | As well as notes on how to use the flashcards and the masters , the Teacher 's Guide offers a wealth of suggestions for further activities , games and projects to use with each unit of Chatterbox 1 and 2 . |
| 4 | It is particularly concerned with investigating how a manager 's self concept , or self perception will affect his/her work motivation and reactions to work in this environment . |
| 5 | Any tendency to diffuseness or ambiguity led to a wide range of interpretations and allowed teachers and heads to assert in good faith , whatever the nature of their practice , that they were implementing the LEA 's policies and principles . |
| 6 | Perhaps , like the lungfish of today , they lived in pools that were seasonal and used lungs and legs to search for other water when their homes went dry . |
| 7 | I just come back er ladies and gentlemen to apologize for this morning 's cock up , I mean it was totally inexcusable of me . |
| 8 | The need for user industries to take the lead in actually making this change-over is more urgent than ever and ICI is working closely with its customers and governments to help in this process . |
| 9 | Now because of this initial asymmetry between the sexes and the size of the sex cells , the tendency is for females to concentrate on parental investment and males to concentrate on mating success . |
| 10 | Communication is the name given to transport and travel facilities which enable people and goods to move from one place to another . |
| 11 | Erm I would have liked to have produced some er tables and diagrams to go with this document , but you will appreciate within the time that we had available , erm that there was insufficient time available to er to prepare that but hopefully that will give you er a basis for considering the , relative merits of the various a various erm sectors around York . |
| 12 | He did his best to discourage lawsuits , urging his parishioners and neighbours to bear with each other 's infirmities and live in love . |
| 13 | Computers can also enable hospitals and GPs to talk to each other far more quickly and efficiently , to book out-patient appointments , get the results of lab tests and receive information when a patient is discharged from hospital . |
| 14 | Potentially attractive is pin ( programme item number ) , enabling receivers and recorders to respond to particular programme items preselected by a user . |
| 15 | Are you satisfied that you 've done enough examination of your existing towns and villages to come to that conclusion ? |
| 16 | There would be every justification to grant-aid this type of work , leaving developers and speculators to concentrate on additional building when they see that they can utilise the facilities throughout the year . |
| 17 | This would in many ways be the easiest option for us to follow — the status quo can always be defended but would clearly disappoint the legitimate aspirations of ever more young men and women to participate in higher education and , just as serious , fail to provide the educated and skilled workforce which the country so manifestly needs . |
| 18 | In October 1990 the Commission proposed a five-year plan to reduce overall EC energy consumption by 12 per cent , forcing vehicle owners and industries to comply with tight exhaust emission standards while spending up to ECU35,000,000 on improving production standards for domestic buildings and electrical appliances . |