Example sentences of "and [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 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 | The appropriate Government departments in most cases issue model forms of these byelaws and tend to oppose major departure from their standard forms . |
| 3 | Both groups strongly identify with their professional bodies and tend to feel more allegiance to their profession than to their individual employer . |
| 4 | Similarly , configurations of insurance against liability enlarge the ability to pay this tax and tend to attract legal obligations . |
| 5 | They all look shopmade and tend to have unimaginative decorations on top . |
| 6 | Such adjectives belong to the popular , rather than learned , stratum of English vocabulary and tend to have emotive connotations , here largely pejorative . |
| 7 | Most corporate acquisitions achieve little for society as whole and tend to worsen economic ills in the older cities . |
| 8 | Do n't be tempted to skimp on quality in living rooms , which get the most wear and tend to develop distinct traffic routes between the furniture . |
| 9 | Her husband dies in a car accident alongside another woman and driven by grief and jealousy , she investigates his secret life and becomes entangled with a rather nasty mystic group , some of whom are 400 years old and tend to drop rotting flesh and eyeballs on the carpet . |
| 10 | Find yourself a willing partner and sit facing each other . |
| 11 | Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 . |
| 12 | down and sit writing long hand ? |
| 13 | They are certainly effective , and make using high-power binoculars much easier . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Assuming that you decide that you wish to take things seriously and intend to acquire suitable equipment , you should look for a helicopter radio which has two idle-up systems , plus a throttle hold switch , with separate collective pitch adjustments on each . |
| 16 | We have bought an Aga , and intend to have central heating , probably oil-fired , as well as open fires . |
| 17 | The pivot row is determined by the PRS rule and it may be an explicit row , in which case we pivot as usual , or an implicit row , in which case we write down the complete row using ( 7.2 ) or ( 7.3 ) and pivot using this row . |
| 18 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
| 19 | Some people are concerned about it and want to put specific details in . |
| 20 | Er so that 's , that 's what we are , criminal , we do n't want to get caught and want to get some money and th the way we 're going to do it is to break into our house . |
| 21 | ‘ We may not all have been through the war together , ’ he told me , ‘ but we 're all Conservative MPs and want to stay that way . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell how many women I 've slept with because I 'm happily married and want to stay that way . |
| 23 | Many Rhodesians know it too , and want to hasten that change . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Also , if I get it written ( which I may not , as I am expecting someone to lunch and want to catch this afternoon 's post ) forward Jenny 's letter ? |
| 26 | However , as the nervous system develops and the distances that must be crossed become greater , the tracks traced by individual nerve cell processes become increasingly elaborate , and cease to follow single pioneer pathways . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | What your group 's quote , not mine , well must tell them then , will you go in tomorrow morning and say redo this working paper ? |
| 30 | Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you . |