Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continue to monitor the performance of engineering solutions to determine their effectiveness and to promote continuing improvements to the pedestrian facilities provided . |
| 2 | The US decision to withdraw troops stationed abroad marked a significant shift in national defence policy , whereby the strong local presence of US troops in many regions was to be replaced by a " rapid reaction " concept involving the increased use of airborne forces and attaching particular importance to mobile operations including the role of aircraft carriers . |
| 3 | The questions to be asked in relation to adoptive parents are : first , whether they can successfully parent a child and develop deep attachments to it without a feeling of ‘ entitlement ’ or of being in charge and whilst there are continued visits or contacts by birth parents or birth relatives . |
| 4 | You must have a sound knowledge of the life cycles , nutrition , and management of the different species of animals on your farm , and develop this skill to a point where you can notice , almost instinctively , the slightest signs that a beast is off-colour . |
| 5 | ‘ First Lady Francesca may be beautiful , she may have a sharp wit , but not the power to collect and convey secret information to some spy-master in Paris . |
| 6 | So she rehearsed the triumphs and achievements of the Thatcher Revolution and laid lavish claim to having lit in Britain the torch of freedom for the whole world . |
| 7 | A report on the Kegworth air disaster of December 1988 [ see pp. 36410 ; 37732 ] published on Oct. 18 concluded that the accident had been caused by pilot error and recommended substantial changes to cabin safety procedures . |
| 8 | The IMF and World Bank experts moved in , and recommended identical policies to those pursued with such relentless vigour by their military predecessors . |
| 9 | Yet his real concern is that Labour has failed to grasp how the financial and managerial freedom of GM status , bypassing the LEA and channelling extra funds to schools , has improved opportunities for ordinary pupils . |
| 10 | He pushed Gustafsson to five sets — and led two sets to one at the traditional break — before finally succumbing in another classic . |
| 11 | Their acceptance conferred distinction upon the occasion and lent fraternal support to the slow awakening of the British deaf community . |
| 12 | In November C died ; Dansey returned to London , and became assistant chief to his friend ( Sir ) Stewart Menzies [ q.v. ] , the new C. He was in charge of all active espionage till 1945 . |
| 13 | In presenting the rationalisations and justifications a group offers for doing things as it does , we will seem to be accepting its rationalisations and justifications and accusing other parties to the transaction in the words of their opponents . |
| 14 | Between them they reduced the number of officers and assigned specific duties to those that remained . |
| 15 | The skald Sighvat 's poem Austrfararvísur ( Eastern Travel Verses ) describes a journey to Sweden by its author on behalf of Olaf of Norway , and refers several times to a chieftain named Ragnvald , who appears once with " the wise Ulf " . |
| 16 | I refer here to so-called humanistic approaches to language teaching , and make specific allusion to Gertrude Moskowitz 's book Caring and Sharing in the foreign Language Classroom ( 1978 ) . |
| 17 | Whereas in a spoken interaction the speaker has the advantage of being able to monitor his listener 's minute-by-minute reaction to what he says , he also suffers from the disadvantage of exposing his own feelings ( 'leaking' ; Ekman & Friesen , 1969 ) and of having to speak clearly and concisely and make immediate response to whichever way his interlocutor reacts . |
| 18 | ( d ) Keep records of all payments made and make annual returns to the Inland Revenue . |
| 19 | The commission will check the progress of the land and make annual payments to farmers . |
| 20 | As a result , we do not share the optimism expressed in the Policy Issues Paper that the policies proposed in MPG6 to encourage greater efficiency , increased recycling , use of waste , and a shift in the pattern of supply , will achieve those goals in sufficient degree to ‘ bear down on demand and make important contributions to minimising the extent of extraction needed to provide a steady and adequate supply of aggregates for the construction industry ’ ( PIP , 6.23 ) . |
| 21 | As a result , we do not share the optimism expressed in the Policy Issues Paper that the policies proposed in MPG6 to encourage greater efficiency , increased recycling , use of waste , and a shift in the pattern of supply , will achieve those goals in sufficient degree to ‘ bear down on demand and make important contributions to minimising the extent of extraction needed to provide a steady and adequate supply of aggregates for the construction industry ’ ( PIP , 6.23 ) . |
| 22 | They are mostly technical and make few concessions to the casual browser . |
| 23 | You measure those up and make little templates to scale to represent them . |
| 24 | Although his may not sound much , after reading the book and getting to know the calm character of Mrs Aimsley , it comes as a big surprise when she starts to get very emotional and make irrational accusations to Imamu . |
| 25 | Instead , they are allowed to take her home occasionally and make daily pilgrimages to the hospital , with son Gary , six , to see their daughter . |
| 26 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 27 | If Mr Yeltsin survives his Congress , he should bring Mr Rutskoy to heel and make generous concessions to Ukraine . |
| 28 | While it is true that a sensitive adult will respond intuitively to a child 's language and make numerous adjustments to his or her own language in a way that will reflect the child 's strengths and weaknesses , it may nevertheless be helpful to make these explicit in a written assessment so that intuitions can be further re fined on the basis of objective information . |
| 29 | Despite these flaws the book is a very useful addition to the literature on southern Scotland , as it champions some fine but very under-rated areas and offers new ideas to most travellers . |
| 30 | It 's at times like this that we say ‘ thank goodness for PR Sprays ’ , the convenient ‘ alternative ’ to ice which cools the skin and offers immediate relief to the pained area . |