Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue that to rely exclusively on the electoral or parliamentary road to the goal of socialism is to shut-off the possibility of attaining that goal precisely because it overestimates the power of party and the democratic state ; underestimates rival centres of power ; and minimises the moderating implications of parliamentary democracy and much else besides . |
| 2 | It follows that society is entitled to insist , for example , that companies are equipped with governance structures adequate to enforce a commitment to profits on the part of management and to promote the efficient operation of the business . |
| 3 | Lady Luck descended on her golden kangaroo , waved her eighteen carat boomerang and whispered the magic words . |
| 4 | This includes the appointment of two full-time National Chief Verifiers who will co-ordinate and oversee the whole NVQ operation within centres . |
| 5 | Once again this is to retain larger numbers in the analysis and maximize the statistical reliability of the conclusions . |
| 6 | On the speakers , Kim Carnes was feeling it in the air and praising the Universal Song . |
| 7 | Where where you know that he can go out to the market for a popular metric bearing and and slaughter the old price |
| 8 | He won his début race for Ferrari , in Brazil , and outfought the mercurial Ayrton Senna in Hungary . |
| 9 | large-scale fiscal measures to speed up slum clearance and housing schemes , to improve local amenities , to boost family incomes by generous family allowances , to improve the job market in the inner city , and to implement the proposed extension of nursery provision . |
| 10 | The outcome of such discussions should be popular decisions and popular demands ; and since in a democracy it is the people , and not the government or parliament , which is sovereign , it is then the business of government to accept and to implement the popular will . |
| 11 | The matter particles are described by fields of one-half-integer spin and obey the Pauli exclusion principle , which prevents more than one particle of a given kind from being in any state . |
| 12 | People passing the farmhouse saw the smoke rising from the chimney , and envied the newly-married couple in their happiness . |
| 13 | Feminist analysis is not a ‘ pick and mix ’ methodology , but a destabilise and change the patriarchal dominance of art . |
| 14 | However , I think it is Standing Order No. 62(b) which states that a Committee can amend a Bill and change the long title for that purpose . |
| 15 | The first is to get a clear mandate from the board , which must include the ability to downsize further as necessary , including layoffs , and change the corporate culture , getting rid of the current organisational structure . |
| 16 | But it firmly rejected any idea of reforming the system , saying : ‘ We are against suggestions and demonstrations which aim to lead people astray and change the constitutional basis of our state . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ All that I have done today has gone amiss ’ , he says ( II , 17 ) ; ‘ Since we passed through the Argonath my choices have gone amiss ’ ( II , 28 ) ; ‘ And now may I make a right choice , and change the evil fate of this unhappy day ! ’ |
| 18 | For instance , when the government sold British Telecom to private shareholders in 1984 , it set up the Office of Telecommunications as the regulatory agency and limited the permitted rise in telephone charges to 3 per cent below the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | He was at times ordered to aid and supervise the royal huntsmen by leading them to those parts of the forest where the game was most plentiful , o supplying them with trained hounds , and seeing that they did not drive the deer out of the forest or continue their hunting longer than their instructions warranted . |
| 20 | However , the effectiveness of the Trade Boards Act is uncertain since the capacity of the Board of Trade to inspect and supervise the large numbers of small workshops , still less the women out-workers , was extremely limited . |
| 21 | ‘ Or go and drag the whole affair out of that dreadful Lady Usk . ’ |
| 22 | The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again . |
| 23 | It was essential to provide an identifiable core of people with professional training skills to act as the standard bearers for the future ; to attract , sustain and develop the specific skills and to lay the foundation of the new profession . |
| 24 | Raiders like the Savannah , most feared of the Southern privateers , were secretly handed over to the Confederates in the Azores , by a merchant class who had helped finance and develop the southern plantations and economy . |
| 25 | In pursuing economic reform , ecological considerations would be a basic criterion ; the government would create a competitive environment , liberalize prices and foreign trade , privatize a large part of the state sector and develop the private economy , while seeking to limit inflation , unemployment and foreign debt . |
| 26 | The only benefits that seem to have been suggested is that their proposals are better than what 's there at the moment , er Grant Developments must be aware that there is a , an approval , a current planning approval for the development of that site , which is a development to retain the existing bungalow and develop the existing bungalow , and to build a house in the rear . |
| 27 | Other likely members of the systems development team will be data analysts who will be involved in developing the data model , and systems analysts , systems designers and programmers who will specify the needs of the users , and design and develop the various subsystems and programs ( or choose and modify the application packages ) . |
| 28 | 2 Answer the questions that the journalist will need to ask in the first paragraph of the release and develop the various points in order of importance . |
| 29 | This argument will not force the financial institutions to surrender , but it can help to ‘ legitimate ’ the case for investment planning and develop the popular support which would be needed in the ensuing political battles . |
| 30 | It could be , ‘ Operate within X and Y financial parameters and develop the Chinese market ’ . |