Example sentences of "and [verb] [that] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may overcome the illness altogether but , even if this is not the case , he will certainly be able to make the most of his life and develop that special peace of mind which comes to those who are aware that they are doing all that they can to control the direction of their evolvement . |
| 2 | Surely he had n't somehow read her mind and shared that foolish thought that stress and tiredness had put into her head ? |
| 3 | But fears that this could send the pound plummeting prompted Downing Street to issue a denial , and insist that next year 's spending target of £244.5bn would not be breached . |
| 4 | But fears that this could send the pound plummeting prompted Downing Street to issue a denial , and insist that next year 's spending target of £244.5bn would not be breached . |
| 5 | Clap your hands and insist that natural gas goes up in a puff of noxious air . |
| 6 | It laid great emphasis on value for money auditing and recommended that all health authorities establish value for money teams whose role would be to effect annual savings which could be used for improving services . |
| 7 | The widely read and influential book of the French politician and columnist , ServanSchreiber , translated as The Amer–can Challenge ( 1968 ) , summed up these fears ahout the loss of economic independence , and recommended that European industry and commerce should learn from the methods of the Americans and try to beat them at their own game . |
| 8 | In 1896 , as a 21 year old French medical student preparing a thesis for his MD degree , Ernest Augustin Clement Duchesne unmistakably demonstrated the antibacterial action of Penicillium ( see Scientific American , November 1978 ) and recommended that further research might lead to new developments that could prove directly applicable to prophylactic hygiene and therapy . |
| 9 | In his opening address on Sept. 16 , the IAEA 's Director-General Hans Blix had called for more stringent measures to help detect illicit nuclear weapons programmes and recommended that national intelligence agencies share information with the IAEA on possible violations of nuclear non-proliferation accords . |
| 10 | They discussed the desirability of the congregation standing during praise at the English service and recommended that this attitude be adopted . |
| 11 | On that occasion he was awed and intrigued ; he hoped and expected that one day he too would share such a look with someone . |
| 12 | But this harsh action was condemned by Reagan who called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc , threatened to cut off all talks with Moscow and asked that Western aid be ended for an oil-gas pipeline which was being constructed from Soviet Siberia into Europe . |
| 13 | The trouble is that the Scottish Education Department disagrees with both of us and insists that religious observance must not only be reinstated but also reinforced . |
| 14 | The duty of the auditor is to see that the accounts have been prepared in accordance with the legal requirements and to see that proper accounting practices have been observed in the compilation of the accounts . |
| 15 | Perhaps you would like to learn a new skill , rekindle an interest in a former hobby — or simply try and make that new girl at the office feel more at ease . |
| 16 | When you invade the penalty area and make that all-important shot you 'll wonder why you bothered — the goalkeepers are so irritatingly agile it 's almost impossible for either team to score ! |
| 17 | The government called a session of the National Security Council ( NSC , comprising the four heads of the armed forces and police , the President , the President of the Senate , the President of the Supreme Court , and the Comptroller-General ) , which met on March 27 and agreed that each branch of the armed forces would make its own report public . |
| 18 | A later inquiry blamed BR for ‘ unacceptable and dangerous ’ work practices , and revealed that faulty wiring in trackside signalling equipment had led to the crash . |
| 19 | He looked at her and made that queer sound in his throat . |
| 20 | Mr Van Leuween described the deportations as premature and argued that more time should have been given to establish whether the voluntary repatriation programme was working . |
| 21 | Gradually , countries are coming to their senses and realising that non-stop exploitation of rainforest resources is not a long term answer to poverty . |
| 22 | Mr Springer joined the party 25 years ago , and admitted that this era could be the most difficult he had ever lived through . |
| 23 | ‘ She thanked me for my courtesy and prophesied that one day I would play against Europe 's greatest prince in a game of hazard , and win . |
| 24 | ONE ELEGANT RELIC hardly describes the superb first prize that awaits the winner of our April competition but it is the correct answer to the anagram posed and wins that same prize for Lesley Allen of Hartshill , Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 25 | They have seen their work taken on by people with different motivations and agendas. and fear that such disparity must weaken both impact and cohesion of purpose . |
| 26 | Like many others in the industry , Miles points to the number of fast food outlets opening every day as an indication of the continuing popularity of deep-fried foods and adds that unhealthy frying is caused principally by poor frying practices . |
| 27 | We have demonstrated expression of ET-1 in pulmonary endocrine cells , and reported that ET-1 expression is increased in the lung vasculature of patients with pulmonary hypertension , which may contribute to the medial hyperplasia and intimal fibrosis of this disorder . |
| 28 | Why did she go out and buy that obvious representation of a landscape she wanted to escape , the figures moving noiselessly under the shadow of the mill ? |
| 29 | It symbolized the potential power and solidarity of the unions and demonstrated that collective action on a large scale could close workplaces . |
| 30 | Alfred Marshall , the leading economist of the last decades of the nineteenth century , provided new tools for analysing the economy and demonstrated that involuntary unemployment could occur . |