Example sentences of "[verb] as well as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opium was probably known in Roman if not in Greek times , and was used to promote sleep as well as to relieve pain . |
| 2 | Marie originally did most of the cooking , and subsequently continued to supervise menu planning and food purchasing as well as handling the accounting aspects . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm willing to abide by all laws — and I 'll try to persuade other Romanies to do the same , but I 'm not likely to succeed until my people can see these laws protecting as well as persecuting them . ’ |
| 4 | If the family finances have been badly affected by the patient 's stroke , you may have to go to work as well as making provision for caring for the patient . |
| 5 | Local centre events were often challenging as well as rewarding and perhaps none more so than South Cumbria 's ‘ Operation Isolate ’ . |
| 6 | And also I 'd welcome comments er we 've had one from er Mr that whether there are any things which you think ought to be added as well as taken away . |
| 7 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 8 | You will see that this has been written to inform as well as to influence , in order to widen debate on sustainable development in Wales . |
| 9 | We are forced , then , to the apparently bizarre idea that study of any aspect of the subject should precede as well as follow the lecture on it . |
| 10 | Again , it 's vital not to overheat the liquid because it will curdle as well as lose its taste . |
| 11 | This will help you speak as well as write more idiomatically . |
| 12 | Although Hoccleve believes in the sacrament he has no wish to prove dark theological matters ( or , probably , to enter on a long psychoanalysis , which , though free , will mean listening as well as talking ) . |
| 13 | On reflection I regret my use in In re R. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] Fam. 11 , 22 , of the keyholder analogy because keys can lock as well as unlock . |
| 14 | The religious work centred on evangelism : George Cadbury supported ‘ Free Church parishes ’ in order better to coordinate as well as to encourage evangelistic effort . |
| 15 | Parents need to listen as well as to talk and to let it be seen that they recognize the teenager 's viewpoint , even when they take an opposite view . |
| 16 | It may seem at times that there is little common ground between the two generations , but if a parent is patient and ready to take an interest , and to listen as well as to give advice or pass criticism , there is plenty to talk about and share together . |
| 17 | In the building accounts of the Queen 's College , Oxford , Townesend is referred to as ‘ architecto ’ whereas his father , who had worked there previously , was described as ‘ lapicidae ’ , a distinction which reflects the fact that , like others of his kind , he was certainly able to design as well as to build ; but the extent to which he did so unaided is not entirely clear , many of the projects in Oxford at this time evidently being the work of more than one mind . |
| 18 | The security force undertakes passenger searching as well as controlling access between airside and landside . |
| 19 | This slightly understates the true cost of credit union lending for their members , as credit unions can work only if their members save as well as borrow , and the interest paid to members on savings with the unions ( though at the moment tax-free ) may be rather below the interest they could get from other institutions . |
| 20 | Although more resilient , and easier to handle as well as coming in a far higher range of breaking strains ( up to 200kg or over 400 1 b ) , braid is still vulnerable to kinks and twists . |
| 21 | It was a dispiriting affair , and since the material was being auctioned on behalf of the gallery 's creditors , there were no reserves and auctioneer Ian Mackenzie was forced to lower as well as raise his bids in order to find buyers for each of 144 lots which raised £97,070 ( $166,300 ) . |
| 22 | It must therefore help learners when they listen to a foreign language if they can see as well as hear what is going on . |
| 23 | The fact that you can see as well as hear means that it is much more difficult to make the whole thing credible . |
| 24 | Widmark had recently joined John Ford 's repertory company and so Wayne , who was producing and directing as well as starring as Davy Crockett , was delighted when Widmark accepted the role of Jim Dowie — so much so that he took an ad in the Hollywood Reporter reading ‘ Welcome aboard , Dick . ’ |
| 25 | They have to keep the rest of their work and life going as well as helping the Party . |
| 26 | It is as though the physical structure of the head and neck are being at one and the same time constructed and medically dissected as well as reproduced in terms of illusion . |
| 27 | The move came , he said , as part of an effort to reduce the USA 's defence costs as well as to ease global tensions in the light of improving relations with the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 28 | The question had to be asked : could the purchase of new trains produce savings sufficient to cover the cost of servicing their capital costs as well as reducing the burden on the PSO ? |
| 29 | Data archives need to be proactive in encouraging the data to be used as well as providing a flexible and supportive service to potential users . |
| 30 | Management therefore should be concerned primarily with selecting a product which has a realistic chance of working and detailing clear procedures as to how the product should be used as well as ensuring effective supervision . |