Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The study aims to describe and analyse how the various actors involved in police policy-making — the Home Office , Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Constabulary , the Home Secretary , the police authorities , pressure and community groups , political parties , the media , as well as the police themselves — interact to produce changes in the style , organisation or operation of policing on the ground . |
| 32 | It is the private world of the student 's mind that is at issue , a world that should expand and take on a rich array of colours , within the course of studies . |
| 33 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |
| 34 | The disease causes its victims to waste away and take on the sharp outlines of a statue with the shiny , sickly pallid hue of marble as the disease destroys them . |
| 35 | Is it about to rupture and spew forth a real-live Alien in a fountain of blood and shit ! ? |
| 36 | After all , Germany does have a disturbingly long tradition of attempts to expand and dominate militarily the European continent . |
| 37 | A team whose aim is to develop and test out a new kind of entertainments system . ’ |
| 38 | One person 's idea can influence and spark off a better idea in another , and through the interchange something can be created which is more useful than either could achieve alone . |
| 39 | When Bodo saw I was in trouble , he said ‘ We 'd better turn round and go out the other way . |
| 40 | The doctrine of the Trinity ‘ is not an immediate utterance concerning the Christian self-consciousness , but only a combination of several such utterances ’ ; that is , it serves to combine and hold together the different affirmations of the Christian consciousness concerning God the Father , Jesus , and the Holy Spirit , but it is essentially a theological construction which has its place in theology but should not be taken as expressing the truth about God . |
| 41 | They wanted to hug , cuddle , kiss , make daisy chains and watch the ducklings running on the surface of the lake , but one was told to grow up and pay back the beastly Jews who were wicked people and had put daddy Schicklgruber out of work , another that anyone who did n't enjoy riding bare back across Asia splitting skulls was a sissy , the third that all Mensheviks carried a knife up their sleeve and needed purging . |
| 42 | Lee ‘ s briskness had been a last stand and she was ready to turn and walk down the five flights of stairs again when the door in front of her suddenly swung open and Lee found herself walking through the doorway . |
| 43 | Selling horses is my living , so it 's my job to try and match up the right horse with the right owner . |
| 44 | Well , because we have a very flexible course , a modular course which is made up of units , it 's , it 's possible to almost fit anybody into our course , so in fact she 's met one of our specialists and the analysis had been done of what she 's done before , what she wants to do in the future to try and match up the whole thing ; only she knows exactly what she 's doing . |
| 45 | Press down the edges to seal and trim off the excess pastry . |
| 46 | This probably evolved from a harem system where the females combined forces to overpower and drive out the dominant male . |
| 47 | The first angler each season to stand there and cast out a Black Pennel , about ten yards , always catches a trout of 1lb . ’ |
| 48 | If the voter is already conditioned to think in certain ways , what hope is there in relying on the people to rise up and cast out the military-industrial complex ? |
| 49 | If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure . |
| 50 | If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure . |
| 51 | We hope to be able to tell within minutes what time the rain will start and cease over a wide area around London . |
| 52 | I mean I 've known lorries to go down and get out the human manure |
| 53 | You could then lean back and pick up the front foot , thrusting it straight into the opponent 's solar plexus . |
| 54 | TO peel the chestnuts , use a sharp knife to make a couple of slits in the skin of each one , put them in a saucepan , pour over enough boiling water to cover and simmer over a medium heat for about 5 minutes , then take them out a few at a time , drain and refresh them under running cold water . |
| 55 | Return to pan and stir over a low heat until it thickens and just comes to the boil . |
| 56 | Anyway , further down the Carter tour sheet , the band had an evening off in Atlanta and decided to go and check out a local restaurant which , they found , belonged to MICK JAGGER . |
| 57 | It would be a case of opening the gates thankfully , and letting them pour out and disperse over the neighbouring villages as they would . |
| 58 | What I lose is my full ability to monitor and assess correctly a given situation . |
| 59 | He 's he 's shot himself in the foot in one sense , because he does n't know what we 've said already , so he may come and say exactly the same thing that we 've been saying , in which case we will cheer and you will boo . |
| 60 | Others love to argue and challenge incessantly the established wisdom of television , the press and the older generation . |