Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A key objective is to make it easier for our Centres to communicate and do business with us . |
| 2 | It should help us to communicate and spread experience , feelings , understandings and ideas and thus facilitate action . |
| 3 | We have yet to learn how to communicate and make decisions in an electronic environment . |
| 4 | Creating a technical structure that allows for a pan-authority electronic mail service is usually as problematic as building the trust and confidence that will allow staff to communicate and make decisions using such a system — let alone remember to log in each day . |
| 5 | Moreover , there seem to be all manner of missed opportunities to communicate and discuss proposals with teachers and headmasters . |
| 6 | As with any technique , direct mail has basic principles which must be obeyed if the programme is to communicate and raise money over a long period : * It must be regular ( a minimum of eight times a year ) * It must be personal , relevant and informal * It must be good quality * It must ask for and offer something * It must appeal to emotion first and reason second |
| 7 | Their bodies are streamlined for maximum efficiency in moving through water , and they have evolved a highly sophisticated sonar system to communicate and receive information through water and over long distances . |
| 8 | Discussions centred on one particular charter , the African Charter on Human and People 's Rights , which specifically mentions the right to communicate and receive information . |
| 9 | Discussions centred on one particular charter , the African Charter on Human and People 's Rights , which specifically mentions the right to communicate and receive information . |
| 10 | With re-useable C++ libraries and browsers , developers will be able to modify and extend software components from multiple libraries . |
| 11 | To modify and mould attitudes ? |
| 12 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 13 | In order to catch and hold students ' attention , Minton was not above resorting to certain tricks . |
| 14 | In April 1964 I arranged with Roy Dennis , who had recently been appointed as warden of the bird observatory , to visit the island for a week to get the experience and expertise required before I could apply for a permit to catch and ring birds . |
| 15 | ‘ We wanted to tour and sell records around the world but we could n't because we were locked in England on an indie label . |
| 16 | We must never forget that people do not act and make choices in a vacuum . |
| 17 | Only after unsuccessful attempts in 1949 , 1950 , and 1951 did he seek and find funds for a new boat , called , like all his cars and boats , ‘ Bluebird ’ . |
| 18 | One in 10 of you bravely admitted that you wish you 'd married a different man , but your main concern is still to try and make things work . |
| 19 | Today she 's been looking to see what steps are being taken in the nation 's capital , to try and make life easier . |
| 20 | ‘ You could have told your men to try and make life difficult for me , in the hope that eventually I 'll get so fed up that I 'll accept your offer . |
| 21 | ‘ Many simple activities were started to try and make life worth living , ’ said Mr Franks , a painter whose career has included five years in theatre in London and two years with BBC TV in its infancy . |
| 22 | It was pro it was an attempt by an early attempt by the officers of the Greater York technical group to try and make progress . |
| 23 | So she kept her eyes closed , humming a little tune to try and make Florence let her milk down faster and barely listening to the sound of voices out in the yard . |
| 24 | On second thoughts , if he was to try and make sense of the puzzle , he would need them for reference . |
| 25 | But Moira says no it 's paperbacks only , insisted on lending us some of those Virgo Books and Woman 's Press and that , you know ‘ I Stand Here Ironing ’ and so on , could n't be bothered to try and make sense of them . |
| 26 | Gilbert , with the edge of terror still in his voice , was talking to keep himself sane ; and the others were listening to try and make sense of the nightmare in which they found themselves . |
| 27 | Yep , well , I mean the objective of fire prevention is to , is to try and make places safer and to alert people to erm to the risks and dangers of fire , before it happens , that that 's , the objective is to er try and stop fires happening . |
| 28 | The Jockey Club will be taking steps next season to try and make quality jump racing more competitive . |
| 29 | For the rest of my life I mean to try and make amends by helping such people to live cleaner and healthier lives . ’ |
| 30 | So erm I mean the justification for this kind of course I would claim is ultimately to try and make people more realistic about what is possible and er the , because th th the advantage of knowing what 's possible is you can avoid impossible experiments that ultimately result in disaster for everyone . |