Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb base] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than revel in the recovery in house prices , therefore , a bold government would act now to prevent the next house-price boom , and thereby help make the longed-for economic recovery more durable . |
| 2 | Needless to stress the point , it is a resource eagerly used to punish and deter actual and potential resisters and thereby help protect the established social order ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 3 | This would compensate for the extra costs and disadvantages of disability , and thereby help to reduce the disparity experienced by many older women between their needs and resources . |
| 4 | The courts should not deny themselves the light which Parliamentary materials may shed on the meaning of the words Parliament has used and thereby risk subjecting the individual to a law which Parliament never intended to enact . |
| 5 | The Authors jointly and severally agree to indemnify the Publisher against loss , injury or damage ( including damages for loss of profits and all legal costs and expenses and any compensation costs and disbursements paid by the Publisher to compromise or settle any claim ) occasioned to the Publisher by any claim , action or threatened proceedings arising our of a breach or violation of the warranty in the preceding sub-clause a ) PROVIDED THAT such damages , costs and expenses are incurred pursuant to the judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction or settlement reached with the Company 's prior written consent , which consent will not be withheld or delayed unreasonably . |
| 6 | In Japan as elsewhere the commitment to employment security is an attempt by firms to reduce the turnover of key employees and so avoid transferring the benefits of training programmes to rival firms . |
| 7 | Toys amuse a horse and so help to lessen the chances that the horse will form bad habits which are destructive to itself or its surroundings . |
| 8 | The answer to the three problems of wind traffic and camcorder noise is to be found in the use of an extension microphone : it can be more easily sheltered from the wind , it can be a super-directional type if need be and so help to exclude the sound of passing traffic , and it can be placed far enough away to reduce camera handling noises to zero . |
| 9 | These plants absorb the carbon dioxide released by the corals and so help to keep the water oxygenated . |
| 10 | The function of music now was to express pure feeling on an ideal , unverbalizable , metaphysical level ( Schopenhauer 's influence is plain ) ; the task of the poetic word was to reinterpret that " feeling " in terms of " thought " and so help mediate the metaphysical world to an earth-bound , concept-bound audience . |
| 11 | When the money supply is increased , people find themselves holding more than they need for current transactions and so attempt to spend the excess . |
| 12 | Mr Lundy also wanted DIY stores themselves to learn from the tragedy and make greater effort to emphasise the dangers to the public and so attempt to cut the eight thousand accidents involving supermarket trollies every year . |
| 13 | The implications of this approach for advertising personnel are considerable , and the best way to grasp what this means is to examine who works in advertising , and so begin to understand the hierarchy or power structures . |
| 14 | That summary of early Texan history is included , not just for general interest , but to illustrate several factors which have always been characteristic of Texan culture , and so have influenced the history of prisons in the state . |
| 15 | Many authorities have already established such appointments , and so have emphasised the basic underlying notion of equal partners working together for the benefit of young people . |
| 16 | Whereas the bulk of athletes being attracted to this new four-pronged sport have spilled over from the more established triathlon ranks , and so have found the canoeing discipline particularly tough , Graham has the advantage of a fine record with the paddle . |
| 17 | But their mother is free of their weight and bulk and she can run into the world outside the burrow to gather food and so continue producing the milk that they need . |
| 18 | Such closures should provide a source of staff , capital and revenue to support the development of the new pattern of health services , including community psychiatric nursing , for the mentally ill and perhaps help to support the development of services provided by local authorities . |
| 19 | But they have written to one another for ten years , hardly knowing why , and perhaps have found the greater satisfaction in it because it is a luxury , not the fulfilment of a need . |
| 20 | If you are still using a standard radio system and only wish to execute the occasional loop or roll , then you can continue with your existing equipment , but you should realise that you are not going to be able to perform round loops or axial rolls . |
| 21 | Scotland 's junior men beat Switzerland 7-2 and only have to beat the US today to qualify for the semi-finals . |
| 22 | The shroud is usually knotted at the head and feet , and sufficiently open to expose the breast and knees of the deceased . |
| 23 | ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place . |
| 24 | And I 'll tell you this — only the deaf of heart will miss that and not wish to join the endless weekend . |
| 25 | It is recorded somewhat ruefully that , after years of struggle , when the Veterinarian had won its fight to get the course lengthened , students who had previously been apprenticed for three or four years to a practitioner claimed they at least ought to be able to leave the College after 12 months , and not have to stay the same period — two years — as the non-apprenticed . |
| 26 | I deliberately reverse patterns which require an amount of hand stitching as the knitted picture will look the same as the chart and thus make following the embroidery instructions a lot easier . |
| 27 | This will improve the set of tools available to researchers studying the impacts of technical change and financial innovation and thus help isolate the underlying parameters of economic behaviour . |
| 28 | Documentaries still seek the sensational and thus help to compound the fears of the public about mental handicap hospitals . |
| 29 | Such a development can only encourage participation in trades union councils and thus help to strengthen the entire movement at grass root level . |
| 30 | Such councils might , conceivably , ‘ attract the interests of politically minded Africans and thus serve to diminish the demand for representation in a central Legislature by recourse to a system of electorates ’ . |