Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb -s] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This pump-leak system allows K + ions to recycle across the basolateral membrane , promotes hyperpolarisation of the parietal cell , and thereby contributes to the maintenance of the electrochemical gradient that favours Cl - exit at the apical membrane during acid secretion .
2 In conjunction with considerable manual dexterity derived in part from the ability to oppose thumb and index finger which man shares with the gelada baboon and presumably derives from the same source ( picking up small objects of the diet ) , the adoption of an upright posture created the right conditions for the final emancipation of the hand from locomotion and set man on the path which led to the invention and use of tools and to material culture in general .
3 Only 5O of the Madagascar rain forest presently survives and little remains of the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil .
4 HERE in the West , episode two of Blackeyes ( BBC-2 ) hardly advances the narrative at all and slowly picks at the same psychological scabs .
5 This assumption is not theoretically neutral and arguably derives from a traditional positivist view of law which defines law or legal systems in terms of their effectiveness in establishing ordered behaviour .
6 Like her neighbours , she never goes out in the evenings , and rarely ventures off the estate which is on the edge of town .
7 The announcement of the bride 's sister 's engagement would be acceptable , but only if the bride herself knows in advance and gladly agrees to the public announcement being made at her wedding .
8 Since Mr Haynes owns 62% of the group 's equity and gladly confesses to a liking for general publishing , it seems likely that his views on keeping the division will prevail .
9 The plumber smiles broadly as he gathers up his tools and delicately tip-toes between the pools of water .
10 He writes and rewrites in long-hand , and endlessly checks for the smallest detail .
11 The anxiety and anger is then taken away and suddenly erupts in the family environment , placing stress on other members of the household .
12 It introduces non-state actors and so belongs to a new pluralism in International Relations .
13 It is also that , even were it not , the reliance on competition between economic units inevitably generates individual/sectional self-interest , and so reproduces in a socialist economy the individualist attitudes and self-seeking practices characteristic of capitalism .
14 It is assumed that a claim is limited to £5,000 , and so falls within the trial jurisdiction of the district judge , unless it is stated in the particulars that the claim is more .
15 So a Gettier counter-example is one in which a has a justified but false belief by inference from which he justifiably believes something which happens to be true , and so arrives at a justified true belief which is not knowledge .
16 She found him a ‘ rather stern-featured man ’ , with a strong Northumbrian accent and seems to have preferred the ‘ Rocket ’ which she described as ‘ This snorting little animal , which I felt inclined to pat … ’ and so ranks among the first to fall under the spell of the steam locomotive .
17 Its practical bearing follows from these aims ; for by constructing concepts , forms of argument and criteria of evidence which attain some degree of objectivity and universality , political sociology , to the extent that it is diffused through society , has an effect on ideologies and on political consciousness generally , and so contributes to the shaping of political action .
18 The difference between materialist , scientific thought and idealist , ideological thought is that the former recognizes the determination of consciousness and so returns to an empirical or ‘ real ’ world of practical activity to generate abstractions .
19 If it does not facilitate economic growth and expansion then it limits its capacity to raise taxes and so cuts into the public revenue on which its own power depends .
20 In consequence , it actually masks the true reality of power in Britain and so serves as an ideology legitimising and stabilising the system as one worthy of public support .
21 He was among the first to exploit the fact that living nerve fibres pick up and transport protein molecules like the enzyme horseradish peroxidase , whose presence is easily demonstrated and so acts as a marker .
22 Sometimes , two pavements can exhibit an identity of many features — suggesting an almost identical workforce ; on other occasions , e.g. where large numbers of mosaicists were employed ( perhaps four or five craftsmen ) , the similarity of one pavement to another may not be immediately clear , and so relies upon an interpretation of technique and small details of design .
23 The solipsist is in the position of claiming that he has a language in which he describes his present and past experiences , and perhaps speculates about the future .
24 It lies beside its mother occasionally disengaging from the teat with creamy milk dribbling from the side of its mouth , while she takes a rest and perhaps shifts on the sand to offer her other teat .
25 In the evening he takes classes for the village children and perhaps acts as a model for their future .
26 The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern
27 They have brought the project to the stage where it is almost completed and only remains for the ba the building basically to be fitted out internally , and they have largely raised the funds to do that , but they are some ten thousand pounds short , and they came to erm , the Department with a request that we erm , assist them with this ten thousand pounds shortfall in the funding .
28 The hypothesis that Sabat and Harré advance is that although AD can lead to disruption in memory recall , impairment of linguistic performance , and deficiencies of information processing , it does not result in the loss of ‘ self ’ and only contributes to the possible loss of ‘ selves ’ .
29 Peggy , her daughter , is at a finishing school in France and only appears during the holidays , and Tony , who 's twenty-one , is away a great deal .
30 The commander himself is not eligible as a target — he usually keeps his head down and only appears over the rim of his armoured command turret to shoot his weapon .
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