Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coils , according to Henderson , conduct and amplify natural energies radiating and vitalising the mineral content of the soil , when designed and located exactly as indicated by the divining technique . |
| 2 | I. The teacher in preparing a unit or sequence of resource-based or enquiry learning asks : What have we already ? and the answer to his question requires the systematic selection and acquisition of book and non-book materials in all formats , their arrangement and storage for retrieval , the preparation of a suitable index or retrieval tool allowing the identification of suitable items however sought , and some system of controlling or monitoring the use of the materials so that wanted items can be located and reserved even when in use . |
| 3 | Besides , I have the system installed and working there as well , so you will have first-hand invaluable knowledge of what it looks like and how efficient it is . |
| 4 | AN INQUIRY is under way after a man collapsed and died yesterday while trekking through mountains as part of a management training course . |
| 5 | Mohammed Azharuddin 's side have bowled , batted , caught and fought better than England . |
| 6 | Keep the soups frozen and heat up when needed . |
| 7 | Using the Churchill amendment as a model , the words ‘ exposed to view ’ could be deleted and replaced so as to limit such exclusion to ‘ any part of that matter which is neither visible nor accessible to persons under the age of 18 , or which , if so accessible , is not kept in a wrapping which , while intact , prevents that matter from being seen ’ . |
| 8 | The sand took up many different colours to the right , while high up on the left was a cliff-face — the wall of a plateau — where the rock had been whitewashed and hollowed out as someone 's home . |
| 9 | She should have turned and walked away as soon as the conversation began to get so very personal . |
| 10 | A little more confidence and openness on both sides would inspire a little more confidence in those who want to see the differences met and resolved rather than quietly avoided . |
| 11 | Nobody appeared to show the least surprise when Charles appeared in Service Dress after his servant had arranged a room at the farm for the change and a hot water wash after a little light work on the trench system , trenches that bore every resemblance to those he had seen and read about as constructed in the First War . |
| 12 | Mistakes do not disappear of their own accord , and the text on the screen will be saved and printed exactly as it appears . |
| 13 | However , plants designed to flower in December and January , such as Cineraria , Gloxinia and Primulas , must be fed and watered regularly as soon as buds begin to develop . |
| 14 | Old age becomes something to be dreaded and endured rather than enjoyed by the individual . |
| 15 | In his personal relationships with Athman , and his political stance on colonial oppression , Gide could claim to have said and done more than most at that time . |
| 16 | Although it is the responsibility of the Child Health Service to refer the child , the teacher will have an interest in knowing if a hospital appointment has been made and kept even though this is the prime responsibility of the parents . |
| 17 | He knew that I had always stopped and got off if there was anything else on the road — and that was back in wartime remember — so he said that with the sort of traffic that 's on the road now I would never be on for getting off ! |
| 18 | Messages can be received and transmitted automatically whilst the operator is preparing another message on the screen . |
| 19 | To that extent they ought to have wide circulation , except that they depend on the kind of painstaking preparation that Knussen had given them — the music sounded taught and nurtured rather than merely rehearsed . |
| 20 | The Race Relations Act 1976 This Act has not been similarly amended and applies only where there are six or more partners . |
| 21 | The records typically understate the concentration of wealth , for they rely on individual declarations which are manipulated and presented so as to minimise apparent wealth holdings . |
| 22 | Items should be withdrawn and dried rapidly after boiling has finished and on no account should they be left soaking . |
| 23 | It was closed and infilled shortly before Leith Docks became impounded . |
| 24 | This is not only because of the harmful effects they can have on the physical self but also because the need for them indicates a severe deficiency in the emotional self — a deficiency which needs to be helped and treated rather than disguised . |
| 25 | For 9 consecutive days the Manor will be peopled and run exactly as it was in 1644 — the middle of the English Civil War — two years after the Battle of Edgehill and the year of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge , both within 8 miles of Sulgrave . |
| 26 | For 9 consecutive days the Manor will be peopled and run exactly as it was in 1746 — Georgian times — one year after the abortive Jacobite Rebellion . |
| 27 | These two hotels are interconnected and lie less than ten minutes stroll from the resort centre . |
| 28 | To values grasped and shaped out as he goes , |
| 29 | The UK conversion to metric standards removed ambiguities from an area of international affairs because it was widely understood and accepted rather than because of any intrinsic merit . |
| 30 | I find the Préludes disappointing , too brightly lit and stated rather than suggested : to take examples from Book 1 , the opening of ‘ Le vent dans la plaine ’ is not pp and surely not aussi légèrement que possible for this pianist , while the ‘ sounds and perfumes ’ of the next piece are too solid to float in the evening air . |