Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So behind every change , every innovation , every development project , there must be somebody with a vision who has been able to communicate and sell that vision to somebody else ( even when the change begins with an assignment , not a self-directed initiative ) . |
| 2 | There is an obvious need for a national network to be established which would publicise the families ' needs and allow prisoners ' partners to communicate and support each other . |
| 3 | An incompetent head is one who fails to master the task of reconciling a management plan with a financial plan , who fails to communicate and to ensure enough understanding for the financial plan with his or her teacher colleagues and who is unable to engage with governors at a level where there is both trust and understanding . |
| 4 | Guinness has an arrangement with Lion Nathan to brew and distribute Draught Guinness and to package Guinness Original in New Zealand . |
| 5 | Cimetidine treated xenografts were also significant from the controls ( p= 0.048 ) but cimetidine and histamine treated xenografts were not . |
| 6 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 7 | There are major moral issues of our time ( famine , nuclear issues , conservation and pollution , freedom fighting and terrorism ) that deeply involve and concern young people . |
| 8 | This is the most handsomely designed and arresting photographic book of the 1980s . |
| 9 | FOR OVER 25 YEARS ALITEX HAVE DESIGNED AND BUILT SUPERIOR STRUCTURES FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY . |
| 10 | Having designed and built this boat , Nathan knew its capabilities better than anyone . |
| 11 | Within two years he had designed and installed electrical repeater devices , indicating to signalmen the position of semaphore signal arms which were outside their range of vision ; an automatic device recording on tape the bell-code communications between signal-boxes ; and the first track circuiting in which the presence of a train on a section of track was indicated electrically in the signal cabin . |
| 12 | IF BUSINESS were as simple as sport it would now be possible to present a league table for the 1989 season , showing games played and points won and leaving one company out on top . |
| 13 | In the stables , the horses on whom thousands of pounds would be won and lost that afternoon stirred as their lads unlocked their boxes , brought them their feed . |
| 14 | There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work . |
| 15 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |
| 16 | And when the muttered reply , ‘ He 's … he 's gone on a trip to try and make some money so we could … could get married , ’ came from her shoulder , she pushed Jessie upwards , saying , ‘ Oh my God ! ’ |
| 17 | It did n't show too badly when he finished the race with several layers of clothing on to try and retain some body heat in the cold driving rain . |
| 18 | That covers me for office work to negotiate to try and settle this case . |
| 19 | Various groups within the party were formed to try and achieve particular objectives . |
| 20 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 21 | Once the pain and muscle soreness disappears I 'll have to try and restore any muscles that might be in danger — and in doing that restore the nerve routes — the circuits , if you like — that link muscle and brain . ’ |
| 22 | pretending to try and spill each other 's cocoa . |
| 23 | Obviously , the abundance of offers and the haste to try and cover new ground have led to over-production . |
| 24 | That was strictly his own idea to try and cover any hesitations while he hid the trail that led to Miss Tuckey and the picture on her wan . |
| 25 | We felt it was our duty to try and bring Frank back to himself . |
| 26 | As a result , it became very much easier for a minister to brush aside any interrogation , since not only was the original purpose of the question soon left behind , but also the frontbenches have tended to intervene to try and score broader party points to which the minister in turn makes the usual party retort . |
| 27 | What I can say to the honourable gentleman who I know always attends these European debates with great regularity , I 'll be only too glad to speak to him outside as well as the honourable gentleman to try and clarify these matters . |
| 28 | The purpose of this chapter is to try and clarify these issues by asking : ( a ) what is quality in health care ? ( b ) whose quality are we talking about ? ( c ) how can quality be turned into a reality in the new NHS ? |
| 29 | It is best to try and group all mains-voltage components into one area rather than disperse them around the board . |
| 30 | Time which might have been devoted to instructing deaf children in the acquisition of English grammar , arithmetic and other school subjects was , in the view of many leading deaf people including deaf businessmen like A.J.Wilson and George Edward , being curtailed in order to try and give deaf children speech training . |