Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [vb -s] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is , he argues , that parliamentary scrutiny in Italy and France is inadequate compared to that in Britain and Denmark , and federalism seeks to superimpose these inadequate and alien procedures upon our political system . |
| 2 | The Committee for International Justice and Peace wishes to make this letter public so its text will be released to the press after you have received it . |
| 3 | The 43-square-mile site also includes two water parks with enough rapids , tidal waves , water chutes and body slides to occupy several sunny days , five golf courses , and 10 resort hotels , plus a collection of nightclubs , cinemas and comedy theatres gathered together as Pleasure Island . |
| 4 | Handbuilt in Battersea by 24-year old Jens Hucke and 20-year old Richard Stott — both ex-students of Norman Reed 's School Of Guitar Making in Totnes , Devon — J.J. Hucke guitars come in four or five different models with such features as plateless shaped neck/body joints , 24-fret bound necks with no wimpy fingerboard overhangs , a selection of top-flight hardware and pickups , and custom finishes to suit all tastes . |
| 5 | Imbalances in the electrical system can either be due to too much energy or too little energy , and acupuncture aims to correct such imbalances by removing blocks and by reducing or increasing the amount of energy . |
| 6 | Much of the literature on women and education tends to make this kind of distinction , arguing both for greater equality of access for girls and for changes in what are claimed to be inherently sexist curricula and values put over in school . |
| 7 | The net result of having so many favoured people around was that tickets for the Kirov and Bolshoi ballets were obviously rationed , and we had to be content with second league fixtures of circus and puppet shows to fill any gaps in the programme . |
| 8 | Other tongues suggested that Valentin was Elena 's illegitimate child by another man , but the chronology of his gestation and birth seems to rule that out as malicious gossip . |
| 9 | This is an intolerable situation and society has to remove those who will not conform to reasonable standards of behaviour . |
| 10 | The product runs on IBM , Hewlett-Packard , Sun and Sequent Unix servers or on the mainframe , and Peregrine plans to support all Unix versions . |
| 11 | And its aeronautically inspired rear wing and shape helps to keep all 175 bhp of turbo-charged power where it belongs , on the tarmac . |