Example sentences of "and [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If the former are sometimes rather abstract and theoretical , the latter often show relatively little concern with trends or issues outside their own field , and tend to draw few parallels . |
| 2 | Similarly , configurations of insurance against liability enlarge the ability to pay this tax and tend to attract legal obligations . |
| 3 | They all look shopmade and tend to have unimaginative decorations on top . |
| 4 | Such adjectives belong to the popular , rather than learned , stratum of English vocabulary and tend to have emotive connotations , here largely pejorative . |
| 5 | Most corporate acquisitions achieve little for society as whole and tend to worsen economic ills in the older cities . |
| 6 | They are certainly effective , and make using high-power binoculars much easier . |
| 7 | The Mancunian dance team are the first band to host an all-nighter at the venue and intend to perform two sets , one at 10pm and the other in the early hours . |
| 8 | Some people are concerned about it and want to put specific details in . |
| 9 | But when we generate profits abroad , and want to pay some dividends to our shareholders , we are told : sorry , you 'll have to offset those against your UK profits only ; which we ca n't do . |
| 10 | The three-year experimental scheme will cost £40 million and involve using 100,000 hectares of land to produce 175,000 cubic metres of rape methyl ester ( RME ) . |
| 11 | FT-Actuaries World Indices are now produced and we are currently reviewing the operation of these indices and expect to produce revised rules and methods during the current year . |
| 12 | And I assure you she would have every right to go back to the shop and say look these tights are not fit for their purpose . |
| 13 | The acoustic differences between the initial segments in gift and kift or giss and kiss distinguish lexical items from non-words . |
| 14 | However , in the new urban environments it was possible for the young and fit to earn good wages and therefore to be independent of their families . |
| 15 | Other examples of applications of high energy technology to agriculture and stock-rearing , such as deep boreholes in semi-arid areas are discussed by Cliffe and Moorsom ( 1979 ) , and Kassapu ( 1979 ) , where it becomes even more difficult for those with dwindling resources to avail themselves of soil conserving and yield enhancing new technologies . |
| 16 | We have raised donation money from members and hope to use these funds to provide legal assistance to prisoners and to provide basic amenities in an effort to alleviate very severe living conditions . |
| 17 | Or should they take a hard look at themselves , try to learn something from what had happened , make the necessary changes and hope to attract more lesbians ? |
| 18 | Join the Friends of the National Railway Museum and benefit form unlimited visits to the Museum , a regular newsletter , evening lectures and visits . |
| 19 | Their wings flutter and spread to reveal white undersides and dark brown tips . |
| 20 | Give it to us , and stop killing poor seamen when they 're asleep , and we 'll let you choose what to do . |
| 21 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 22 | ( 5 ) Identify links with other areas of the curriculum and cross-curricular elements and seek to negotiate these links as and when appropriate . |
| 23 | I hope they will challenge the images which restrain and persecute older people at present , and seek to shift public attitudes about the nature of old age . |
| 24 | But Lancaster replied by attacking the government for extravagance and oppressively burdening the people , saying that he would come armed to parliament and seek to remedy these matters unless the king granted him a safe-conduct . |
| 25 | The books draw on the experience of practising teachers , teacher trainers and researchers and seek to provide practical guidelines on ways in which specific areas of the curriculum can be made more accessible to all children . |
| 26 | We need to rise above the animal and rational levels in us , and seek to become spiritual men and women . |
| 27 | It might also take a narrow vocational view of the role of the colleges and seek to impose academic judgments on them in a way which the local authorities had not done . |
| 28 | We routinely boil crabs and lobsters alive , and consider eating live clams and oysters a gastronomic treat ! |
| 29 | With these species , go for calmer water ( perhaps opting for the air-powered foam filter ) and consider planting natural plants in pots , or at least add a layer of Duckweed , Azolla , or other floating plant at the surface to encourage bubble nesting in Gouramis . |
| 30 | It appears that the only people that do want BST are the pharmaceutical companies who have genetically engineered the hormone and stand to make extra profits from its introduction . |