Example sentences of "[prep] [coord] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first need is to try and ensure that the churchyard is looked after and kept tidy . |
| 2 | Cases of the former kind will be informative , and constitute an important contribution to scientific knowledge , simply because they mark the discovery of something that was previously unheard of or considered unlikely . |
| 3 | Generally in rational expectations models in macroeconomics the policy rule generating the prediction for a variable comprises an equation whose determining variables typically comprise both lagged endogenous variables ( e.g. values of and lagged exogenous variables ( e.g. ) . |
| 4 | Is it about time that the Government took the opportunities of our youngest children seriously , gave their parents the opportunities that they are looking for and made sure that children receive the very best start , which is something that is taken for granted in other European countries ? |
| 5 | Machinery does exist for selected authorities to appeal to the Secretary of State , and in 1986/7 several rate-capped councils appealed for and obtained redetermined spending levels . |
| 6 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 7 | The values of when — is small will be written as and termed infinitesimal strains . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , with their jobs and their rations at stake , 14,145,163 people placed their cross in the " Yes " box on the ballot papers , against 1,074,500 who voted against or returned spoiled ballot papers . |
| 9 | I have worked with and studied strategical political campaigning in many countries , among them France , Germany , |
| 10 | They did not look like the kind of people she usually associated with but seemed inimical , common , even savage , and with truculent , peevish faces . |
| 11 | About 10 foreigners were among the victims of political violence in 1989 , with the result that foreign aid workers , archaeologists and tourists increasingly withdrew from or avoided rural areas . |
| 12 | Many of them have never acted before and came thick and fast to auditions with high hopes for a moment 's glory on ’ Inspector Morse . ’ |
| 13 | Since then anyone who had been unwise enough to venture along the corridor had been pounced upon and picked clean . |
| 14 | His father had already been attended to and lay quiet and grateful on one of Zeinab 's sofas . |
| 15 | The Home Secretary wrote to and held regular briefing sessions with Chief Constables , leaving them in no doubt as to what he expected of them ( Uglow , 1988 ) . |
| 16 | We forced our way on and found suitable straps to hand on to . |