Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psycholinguistic The psycholinguistic or ‘ guessing-game ’ approach reflects the way that competent and learner-readers tackle a text in order to obtain meaning from it . |
| 2 | Some 200-plus pages of charts , tables and maps contain a wealth of information from vital data to the trivial and inconsequential . |
| 3 | Sexologists claim the inside of the knee is a prime erotic area and acupuncturists confirm a cluster of sexual points there . |
| 4 | Scores of museums , theatres and cinemas offer a multitude of cultural possibilities . |
| 5 | All concrete panels are reinforced with steel , and garages have a choice of six door styles . |
| 6 | Stable furrows , ridges and hillocks provide a range of environmental conditions which plants select according to their needs . |
| 7 | On the basis of US experience , Edwards ( 1979 ) identified a progression of employer strategies from ‘ simple ’ ( direct ) control in small firms , whereby arbitrary power to issue instructions and discipline employees is accorded to foremen and supervisors , 8 through ‘ technical ’ control in which machines set the pace of work , especially in mass-production industries , to a ‘ bureaucratic ’ stage where work becomes highly stratified and employers develop a system of impersonal rules to control workers . |
| 8 | Male dress presents a greater problem ; sleeve-fasteners imply a sleeved upper garment , either inner or outer , and buckles suggest a belt , but there are difficulties in going beyond this . |
| 9 | The code states : Newspapers and journalists have a duty to defend the freedom of the press in the interests of the public , and to resist censorship . |
| 10 | The legs and knees take a belt — — you are , after all , suffering most of the strains of downhill skiing and for longer at a stretch — but the distance travelled more than makes up for that . |
| 11 | Union Discount scored a leap of 23p to 94p and pundits reckon a bid is imminent . |
| 12 | Between 2.00 and 3.00 p.m. every Wednesday , ladies and gentlemen enjoy a session of Medau linked with some aspect of health , along with the added enjoyment of a nice cup of tea . |
| 13 | Children and teenagers have a head start if they have : |
| 14 | The A flat was the only Polonaise Cortot recorded ( though Music and Arts have a Polonaise-Fantasie previously unissued and dating from 1947 and there is a 1923 recording of Op. 22 , mutilated rather than cut and minus its preceding Andante spianato — CD MACD615 ) which is regrettable considering the fire he brings to Poland 's most ebullient and regal dance . |
| 15 | Boots and shoes have a tongue which may also be padded to protect the foot from the pressure of tight lacing . |
| 16 | Crocodiles and lizards have a fossil record extending back to the Triassic , snakes to the Cretaceous . |
| 17 | Body weight and feet play a part too , the pilot 's backside shifted to the right and extra weighting of the right footrest pulling the machine over . |
| 18 | In the case of the latter , the last straw in Wilson 's continuing agitation and " one of the greatest blunders the union ever made " , thought Walter Runciman , " was the despotic effort to make the officers and engineers join a union . |
| 19 | Lawyer Shiraz Malik-Noor , whose family and trusts own a quarter of the group , is confident that things will pick up . |
| 20 | Their writings and lectures offer a vision of salvation for troubled businesses , and their presence at seminars and conferences guarantees a rush for tickets at anything up to £800 a day . |
| 21 | The VHPB believes many bodies and organisations have a role to play in reducing current levels of occupational hepatitis B infection . |
| 22 | Both the watercolour bathers and decorations express a yearning for an idyllic space where women can be ‘ free ’ . |
| 23 | There has been a retreat from the position that States are the only proper subjects of international law , through the acknowledgment that both international organisations and individuals possess a degree of international personality , a development which would have been severely impeded by a rigid adherence to the classic rule . |
| 24 | With increasing commercialism , research councils and universities have a duty , I consider , to help to protect their authors in this matter . |
| 25 | Whites and Asians perceive a range of activities available to them . |
| 26 | Whites and Asians entertain a variety of ways in which they can advance , usually locating their careers in some long-term perspective and thus making security an important consideration . |
| 27 | I think Amsterdam dykes and queers deserve a lot of credit for spreading awareness of the Clause throughout Europe and the world . |
| 28 | The Germans and Italians say a team of European politicians should go to negotiate the release of hostages , even though they agree that such trips should be condemned . |
| 29 | These books and plays and films reveal a humanity which surmounts , as has been said , the hardship and brutality they describe — surmounts it , as a rule , by laughing at it . |
| 30 | The jacket and trousers have a Pertex outer material , waterproofed with Nikwax 's TX10 , and a waterproof breathable lining made from soft polyester . |