Example sentences of "and [adj] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a trace of fierceness in the upper reaches of the violins , and that serves to highlight some woodwind and vocal sounds , but by and large it merely underlines treble presence without causing obvious exaggeration . |
| 2 | I use bass frets , jumbo bass frets , and that seems to cause more of a rattle . |
| 3 | The common European toad , when it meets a snake , inflates its body and stands on tip-toe , a procedure that makes it appear to have grown suddenly and that seems to baffle most of the snakes that encounter it . |
| 4 | Tensions between right and left flared up in a dispute over the May 1968 by-election in the City of Londonderry constituency , and this helps to illuminate some of the characteristics of the Derry Labour left . |
| 5 | Moscovici 's formula that the new social psychology should be both anthropological and historical seems to suggest both possibilities . |
| 6 | After all , as the planners maintain , government legislation requires every local authority to provide a full range of services and so it is only logical and business-like to plan to provide these things cheaply . |
| 7 | In the long run , this situation is bad for Britain 's industry , Maddock argues , because the technology gap is growing all the time between companies working on advanced defence electronics ( in which Britain leads the world ) and these struggling to retain some of the consumer electronics business . |
| 8 | Paradoxically , both dominant and subordinate seem to sustain each other in a reciprocal fashion . |
| 9 | Many detailed studies have been carried out on the nature of the consumption relationship and all seem to agree that , for the community as a whole , consumption is related in some way to income . |
| 10 | If Yes , was he willing and able to offer to pay some of what Rich said he owed ? |
| 11 | Political scientists in the 1950s and '60s managed to maintain this position through two major lines of argument and methodology . |
| 12 | Two of those people were then able to bring their score up to nineteen and one managed to answer all twenty questions . |
| 13 | David Mellor , Minister for Health , yesterday told representatives from major voluntary groups that the chronically sick and disabled stood to gain more than any others from the proposed health service reforms . |