Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flicks the wheel and slides the front wheels . |
| 2 | Brian Laban dons his chest wig and flexes the huge muscles of Britain 's ultimate sports cars |
| 3 | She brushes my hair behind my ears and holds the top bit to one side . |
| 4 | It walks on only five of its legs and holds the sixth out stiffly behind it so that it appears to have a sting projecting from the tip of its abdomen . |
| 5 | It also acts as a " referee " of the group struggle : it holds the ring and secures the public interest by restoring the balance and moving in when one group goes too far , and it also protects the interests of the inactive and inarticulate . |
| 6 | The so-called Caudal Sympathetic Nervous System arises from the posterior compound ganglion of the ventral nerve-cord and supplies the reproductive system and posterior part of the gut ; it is , however , difficult to draw a clear distinction between such a system and the visceral branches of the peripheral nervous system considered below . |
| 7 | It depends on an understanding by the man of the horse 's natural reactions , knowing that if he recognises the horse 's signals and makes the right moves , the horse will treat him — and trust him — as he would another horse . |
| 8 | Given information represents the common ground between speaker and hearer and gives the latter a reference point to which s/he can relate new information . |
| 9 | Gret , a Brueghel peasant in a breastplate filches food and cutlery and mutters the occasional curse . |
| 10 | It is a story about love and loss and marks the directional debut of writer Anthony Minghella . |
| 11 | In pairs one partner assumes the role of any one of the people in the photograph and tells the other ( a colleague , friend or relative ) why he is tempted to go on the journey . |
| 12 | The budget for photography and illustration will be maintained as this is a vital visual ingredient which highlights outstanding achievements in the total quality programme and supports the written word . |
| 13 | In a lyrical passage Bologna describes the ‘ absolutely original type of agitator ’ which the IWW succeeded in creating : ‘ not the mole digging for decades within the single establishment or proletarian neighbourhood , but a type of agitator who swims within the stream of proletarian struggles , moves from one end to the other of the enormous American continent and calculates the seismic wave of the struggle … ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 14 | An angry mob creates confusion and prevents the smooth running of its hunting sequence . |
| 15 | The resultant flow relieves the tension and produces the observed stress decay . |
| 16 | As you age , though , analytical thought plays its part and this is personified as Self 1 : the voice that reminds you when you play tennis that you must relax , must follow through , must win the point , must play well because your father is watching , and invariably provokes nervous tension and interrupts the instinctive natural flow . |
| 17 | From here the route climbs steeply to the summit of Craiggowrie at 2,240ft and follows the undulating ridge south east to Creagan Gorm at 2,403ft . |
| 18 | Francis also implies , somewhat unconvincingly , that the event was conceived in a spirit of Potlatch and accepts the Lettrist belief in the legitimate use of plagiarism . |
| 19 | Finally , apart from demoting the status of fitness for purpose and reversing the Aswan case , this list does not change the present law , but merely removes uncertainty and renders the implied term easier and less uncertain in application . |
| 20 | Most important , in these heads and figures the Cubist concept of form is expressed in a fully developed way . |
| 21 | India declares war , defeats Pakistan and establishes the independent state of Bangladesh . |
| 22 | Gastrin is released from the antral G cell and stimulates the parietal cell to secrete hydrochloric acid into the gastric lumen : the acid then acts on the antrum ot inhibit further release of gastrin and hence of hydrochloric acid . |
| 23 | Binding component binds to specific receptors on the emphacyte and the active component penetrates into the cell and inactivates the controlling mechanism on the production of . |
| 24 | But which party genuinely looks to the future and offers the best for our children ? |
| 25 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 26 | He lives with his wife and three children in London 's wealthy Kensington district , works in a book-lined study and reads the Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times — both good for stock-market coverage . |
| 27 | The bank issues 85 p.c. of the colony 's banknotes and runs the local clearing house — roles which an official from the Bank of China recently said are incompatible with regulation from London . |
| 28 | The solid curve in Fig. 8.5 is the GR prediction and fits the changing delay as Venus moves through superior conjunction extremely well . |
| 29 | The aerobic treatment of sewage and wastes from food , chemical and pulp and paper industries is also a well-established practice and involves the microbial decomposition of dissolved organic compounds . |
| 30 | It provides the greatest area of enclosed water , retains the operational use of Cardiff dock and provides the greatest opportunity for waterside development and water-related recreational uses . |