Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] and [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 China , it was believed , might have urged North Korea to sign the International Atomic Energy Agency 's nuclear safeguards accord and allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities .
2 But erm my closing remarks we be these sir that the the actual reality is that North Yorkshire and some of its districts want and deserve inward investment .
3 In others lichens colonize and replace each other ( Lindsay , 1978 ) , in a process taking 200 years or considerably longer .
4 The 62-page report , which sets out to establish both market share information by vendor and key trends , attempts to pinpoint where the real opportunities lie and provides some nifty competitive data .
5 What is required is a balance where basic and applied research co-exist and catalyse further developments .
6 Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be .
7 Topological feature based methods detect and code straight lines and the orientation of strokes .
8 P. W. Conolly , when District Judge at Negombo , wrote that ‘ when parties quarrel and assault each other , it is no uncommon thing for the person who has got the best of the struggle to have an animal brought to the spot , and a charge of cattle stealing is preferred against the unfortunate man who has been assaulted . ’
9 To help save the animals call And to win one of fifteen free T-shirts write to Earth Esquire $addr ;
10 Aircraft come and go all day long ( with the exception of the afternoon 's flying display ) and moving aircraft in among the viewing public seems to be accomplished with the minimum of fuss .
11 As the CV system improves , the blood vessels enlarge and become more elastic , and the heart becomes bigger and stronger .
12 Journalists distribute and sell 25,000 copies a day .
13 As districts merge and form larger purchasing organisations and the overall variability between health authorities is reduced due to averaging , so increasing amounts of the variation will be contained within authorities and therefore beyond the reach of resource allocation formulas despite the devolution reflected in locality planning .
14 An electronic set of tricks simulates the real life timetable so that the operators receive and send all of the necessary signals as well as operating the appropriate signals .
15 This was our very own English movement , which many classical purists abhor and consider mere frippery .
16 Apparently , most hunts begin and end high in the mountains , far away from any village , and all those present at the kill have been with the hunt throughout .
17 Only $1,800 million was authorized to keep the Northrop Corporation 's production lines open and to allow possible purchase of one more B-2 following completion of the 15 aircraft already funded ( only three of these having already been delivered ) .
18 Because if we actually can address th those real concerns , you know , you know the point that brother just made about why should he leave you to join unison try and crystallize that out in a Northumberland way , if that 's possible , it may not be , it may be difficult on , on a short punchy A five leaflet it will probably service because I mean it c it can be photocopied , there 's nothing wonderful , I mean it does n't have to be sort of the most wonderful printing techniques and giving them desktop publishing .
19 Does the Minister accept that the vast majority of people in Scotland recognise and understand international obligations , and that the whole problem of the Iraqi contract arose from a feeling that something was being put through behind the scenes ?
20 The basic two-way branching structure is always there , but it is easily smothered as lines cross and recross one another , making solid masses of colour ( only black and white in the printed pictures ) .
21 Banks borrow and lend wholesale funds amongst themselves , dealing through money brokers , for periods ranging from overnight to five years .
22 No longer will one social group exploit and oppress another .
23 Colours are muted — black , blue or natural — the dyed colours mature and look softer with wear .
24 All contributions demonstrate and promote anti-discriminatory approaches to training and practice .
25 However , a widening of access requires that the universities attract and support under-represented groups , such as working-class school-leavers , black and Asian students , parents and mature workers .
26 It is primarily an interbank trading market where banks lend and borrow overnight or up to one year on an unsecured basis .
27 In addition , all regional buyers inspect and approve all raw material stores personally to ensure they achieve our laid down standards .
28 These judgements take no account of the intake characteristics of particular schools , though HMI collect and report such data as social class and verbal reasoning scores at intake .
29 Too many British rap tracks try and copy American stuff , but our sound has evolved through time and we keep branching into different styles . ’
30 ‘ For goodness sake go and put some lipstick on , ’ she said .
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