Example sentences of "and [vb -s] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |
| 2 | This organ has received much attention from surgeons , who are confronted with the problems which arise when the prostate enlarges late in life and obstructs the urinary channel which passes through it . |
| 3 | If Andrew Orkney does indeed lead over Anchor Bridge , jumps the last two obstacles cleanly and wins the great event it will be a story entirely appropriate to its ridiculously romantic pattern . |
| 4 | Sadly for them , their response to it works against them and encourages the very behaviour they fear most . |
| 5 | Bono understands and relishes the positive subversive possibilities of pop , and realises the piercing edge it should have over the advertising poster , the average sitcom . |
| 6 | ‘ The Government has an obligation to ensure that the expenditure of taxpayer 's money reflects today 's priorities and delivers the best value we can today for the money spent today . ’ |
| 7 | In particular , structuralist Marxists have argued that this approach is historically limited and misunderstands the contradictory role which military expenditure performs for capitalist economies . |
| 8 | That is a sharp decline from the 73.5p at which they were suspended and reflects the financial havoc which has been wrought on the company 's accounts as a consequence of the problems at its ISC Technologies subsidiary . |
| 9 | Each workstation on the network can be set up to decide whether it will accept work being thrown at it , and tells the central manager what resources ( memory size , architecture and so forth ) that it has available for running jobs . |
| 10 | He takes over her life and even her education , continues to sleep with other women and tells the poor girl they ca n't be seen together in public . |
| 11 | ‘ She covers it up and tells the little girl it 's full of fairies and pretty make-believe so she must n't be scared , and she tells the boy it 's really there , dead , under the shawl . ’ |
| 12 | It is his first gallery exhibition in this country for more than five years and follows the exhilarating survey which took place at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1989 . |
| 13 | Yet the time taken to tell the story draws us into the timelessness of the forest and gives the unfolding tragedy its full , ironic measure . |
| 14 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 15 | It supports the publicity for important activities and launches and provides the day-to-day contact which is so essential in ensuring that the organisation and its activities , services and products receive a steady stream of coverage throughout the year . |