Example sentences of "[vb -s] and [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for example , all versions of positivism which rely upon an exhaustive sources thesis might be refuted by the undoubted circumstance that criminal law incorporates and generates moral standards . |
| 2 | A separate RISC-based processor is dedicated to the control of the 68360's four serial communication channels and operates independently from the main CPU , transferring information , handling serial channel interrupts and performing built-in protocol processing functions , enabling the core processor to handle high-level tasks . |
| 3 | His audience of around 300 loved it , shouting ‘ No ! ’ with gusto after each of Mr Major 's ‘ Do we really want … ? ’ questions and feigning hysterical laughter at his put downs to the hecklers . |
| 4 | This research develops and extends these systems of tests , and incorporates expert system features into them . |
| 5 | Yet I would maintain that any structure , however informal , which develops and strengthens parental understanding of the process of education ( ie the way young children learn ) as well as the product ( ie the measured achievement ) is to be commended . |
| 6 | AEA develops and supplies specialised products which can not only help to improve operations but also directly boost profitability . |
| 7 | It develops and distributes appropriate educational aids and publishes several newsletters and journals . |
| 8 | It develops and distributes appropriate educational aids and publishes several newsletters and journals . |
| 9 | The choreographer seizes on the personality of a particular dancer and creates ballets through which the dancer gradually develops and discloses unique talent and qualities to such a degree that audiences soon recognise a star . |
| 10 | H. Cubitt Bexfield Ltd. , one of Britain 's leading distributors of scissors and shears , have published a new leaflet which illustrates and describes some of these unusual scissors covering applications from embroidery and lacemaking to cake decorating and de/1coupage . |
| 11 | He writes and reads all the time . ’ |
| 12 | So she picked a basket of raspberries and we were in the cottage , Joey would starts and skims some cream off the top of the churning . |
| 13 | When your skin looks and feels good from the outside , you feel great inside . |
| 14 | If it looks and feels good they should n't drastically change their hair just because everyone else has . |
| 15 | On the phone , in fifth and in the fast lane looks and feels better than three months in a surgical neck-support , which is the likely outcome of what is becoming known as ‘ phone neck ’ . |
| 16 | When it is aired it looks and feels different . |
| 17 | The structure of the social world of old people looks and feels abnormal . |
| 18 | RICKENBACKER 4001 bass guitar , 1978 , cream with original case , looks and plays great , £340 ono . |
| 19 | FENDER Strat USA E-series , black , Floyd Rose locking trem , Seymour Duncan bridge pickup , professionally set up , looks and plays excellent , £500 or px for Les Paul . |
| 20 | This new version looks and sounds superb with full blown 256 colour graphics and sound support . |
| 21 | Come on Aria , the Mad Axe might be a reasonably cheap guitar but it looks and sounds upmarket and it deserves a more upmarket name . |
| 22 | I got Lucy another pint of the lethal winter ale and for myself , a pint of Smithwick 's alcohol-free beer which looks and smells good enough to fool anyone . |
| 23 | She worries and frets all the time . |
| 24 | Through a detailed analysis of contraception , abortion , pregnancy and childbirth , infertility treatment and the menopause they have shown how medicine reinforces and sustains wider structures of male domination over women , through the family and the state . |
| 25 | Algal bloom , which smothers and kills aquatic wildlife , has become a familiar problem on many inland waters , but especially here in the Norfolk Broads . |
| 26 | If , as we are assuming , there is no other relevant information available then we can expect that in the cases in which I endorse the authority 's judgment my rate of mistakes declines and equals that of the authority . |
| 27 | Down in the basement , what is effectively a small warehouse holds and dispatches all RSGB publications and other radio books purchased by mail order , with the income earned providing a useful supplement to the Society 's funds . |
| 28 | The reverse also holds , that failure to live morally betrays and invalidates religious devotion unless there is genuine penitence . |
| 29 | Eventually the rock steepens and turns blocky . |
| 30 | For example , a child who steals and breaks another youngster 's penknife is required to save up enough money not only to replace the knife , but also to buy a small gift betokening regret . |