Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ .
2 ‘ The companies should be warned of the falling guillotine and urged to produce and ship as fast as they can . ’
3 He had been talked into editing the Complete Poems and Plays as early as 1959 , with the blessing of the present Lord Ash , an elderly Methodist peer who was a descendant of a remote cousin of Ash himself and heir to the ownership of the unsold manuscripts .
4 The wartime bombers did n't seem to care what went up ; by contrast the PIRA did and cared so deliberately as to set out selectively to destroy what is now an illusion — the sanctity of hospital in which , regardless of loyalty or background , so many thousands of victims of our vicious little civil war have received care since those nights in August 1969 .
5 The Community Land Scheme was complex , and became increasingly so as regulations , directions and circulars followed the passing of the two Acts .
6 He sounded agitated , and became more so when Gentle identified himself .
7 ‘ That is up to you , ’ said Fael-Inis , and without warning his eyes grew remote and fiery ; they became inward-looking , and slanted more strongly than before .
8 His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go .
9 Many congratulations and a warm welcome should be given to Dorling Kindersley , the first general publisher to recognise that there is ELT potential in its list and to go so far as to publish an ELT catalogue .
10 But her pouch has a muscle around its mouth which contracts like a draw-string and shuts so tightly when she goes into the water that her young are in no danger of drowning .
11 Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this .
12 This chapter is relatively succinct and goes little further than identifying the major ideas concerning classification theory that have emerged during the twentieth century and before , and indicating their applications .
13 However Ingres reports increasing interest from other sectors and goes so far as to suggest that the Enhanced Security features may become an optional part of the standard Ingres database in the release after next .
14 Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) .
15 When he came to a stream or a fallen tree trunk , he would launch himself like a ballet dancer , but in slow motion , and land as softly as if his feet were scatter cushions .
16 Efficient waste management requires that hazardous materials are defined and treated more carefully than the very large volumes of non-hazardous wastes .
17 Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons .
18 What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done .
19 If the casserole is still quite liquid , remove the lid from the pan and simmer more quickly until the sauce is reduced .
20 That vast tracts can be bought and sold as casually as a loaf of bread is immoral .
21 However , the latter point fails to take account of the fact that rape is committed even if there is no ejaculation , and even if the woman is infertile , and it has been strongly argued that ‘ penetration involving the penis , vagina or anus is perceived differently and regarded more seriously than other forms of penetration ’ .
22 Penetration involving the penis , vagina or anus is perceived differently and regarded more seriously than other forms of penetration .
23 I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born .
24 Moving into summer , he took advantage of the dry weather and lived more outdoors than in , drawing the same subjects repeatedly if they appealed to him , toiling incessantly in an effort to improve himself .
25 Our aim is to ensure that food is wholesome , of high quality and produced as economically as possible and to ensure that , not only in the United Kingdom but in the export market , people have the benefits of an outstanding product .
26 It must be remembered to breathe in ( using the special breathing technique ) when the arms or legs are up and to breathe out gently when they are down .
27 To ripen melons , keep them at room temperature for a few days , when ripe store in the fridge and eat as soon as possible .
28 In her view , women in rock fought against male supremacy and got little further than choosing their earrings , with the moneymen conspiring to craft an image suitable for their market .
29 Back at the head of Varanger Fiord , we turned off north on what we hoped was the road to Fuglafjell and got as far as the fishing village of Syltefiord .
30 I was going towards the North Stand and got as far as the All-Blacks ' 10-yard line .
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