Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The questions to be asked in relation to adoptive parents are : first , whether they can successfully parent a child and develop deep attachments to it without a feeling of ‘ entitlement ’ or of being in charge and whilst there are continued visits or contacts by birth parents or birth relatives .
2 These modules will provide the opportunity for students to specialise in the Sciences and develop vocational competences including Lead Body Standards where these are available .
3 They explore one side of their personality and develop one aspect of their skills with a single-mindedness which has obvious disadvantages .
4 It was her research that showed how close we are in evolutionary terms to the apes : how they communicate with each other , use tools ( hitherto thought to be a strictly human activity ) and develop lifelong bonds of family and friendship .
5 Also late in 1989 LEDU awarded Worknet a contract to assist people in West Belfast who had a business or self-employment idea to take their ideas forward and develop small businesses within the community .
6 17.14 During the early years of the secondary school , and as they grow into adolescence , pupils will increasingly be able to take a more objective view and develop greater understanding of the writing process .
7 Train and develop all employees with respect to objectives of the Strategic Plan .
8 The Independent described him as " the closest assistant to President Urho Kekkonen when , in a world divided by the Cold War , Finland tried to establish its neutrality and develop friendly ties with the Soviet Union " .
9 ‘ It is a tribute to the French people here that they have been able to work with customers and develop such confidence in Grimsby 's service .
10 Never has so much been expected of general medical practitioners and practice staff ; general practitioners are being pressed to do audit , participate in commissioning , become fundholders , do research , improve consumer responsiveness , and develop new skills in the transfer of services from secondary to primary care and development of community care .
11 Current business and strategy proposals are far too simplistic , say the authors — IBM must cannibalize its products , migrate user to micros and develop new architectures around PowerPC and Intel chip , porting the software systems and applications that are still competitive to new hardware and operating systems .
12 They will also maintain and build on the PathWorks program and develop new services for Mac clients .
13 Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers .
14 If they are frail or disabled and housebound they often become members of the tea-toast-and-tinned-soup brigade , and develop various kinds of vitamin-deficiency diseases .
15 A proposal to establish a commission , initially based in Hawaii , which would promote trade and develop free markets within the region , ran into difficulties over the issue of finance .
16 The University has established a number of Interdisciplinary Research Centres which initiate and develop interdisciplinary research in collaboration with industry , commerce , the public sector , research institutes and institutions of education , at both national and international level .
17 Early assessments indicate that fundholding has been a success in enabling practices to manage their budgets and develop patient services in the way it chooses .
18 For example , self-help and community projects may provide support to parents and families , empower vulnerable people and develop informal networks in neighbourhoods ( Collins and Pancoast , 1976 ) .
19 You must have a sound knowledge of the life cycles , nutrition , and management of the different species of animals on your farm , and develop this skill to a point where you can notice , almost instinctively , the slightest signs that a beast is off-colour .
20 Get rid of them today and develop some trust in your team .
21 Feedback suggests that students enjoy the experience , acquire knowledge about professional roles and patient management , improve their teamworking skills , and develop positive attitudes towards multidisciplinary teamworking which might serve them well in their later professional practice .
22 Here many problems arise , for so many ethnic boats are now ruined by heavy outboard motors which weight the air with the smell of diesel fumes , and dispel any feeling of paradise .
23 They urge a fuller , more activist policy of enforcement , and advocate wider restraint on economic pursuits , in the interest of minimizing the harms which flow from unregulated activity , even though this may impose substantial costs and restraints upon productive enterprise .
24 Kelly and Sear cast doubt on the theories underpinning the computer forecasts , and suggest that the biggest effect of a volcano on the weather occurs when there is still a lot of dust in the veil and the sulphuric acid droplets have also started to build up .
25 During our Centenary year the local groups planned the most ambitious programme of events ever , aiming to raise many thousands of pounds and recruit new members for the RSPB .
26 Add and subtract small sums of money without a calculator .
27 to co-ordinate and evaluate a Student Tutoring Scheme throughout the University and co-ordinate these activities as part of the Lothian Student Tutoring Scheme ;
28 It uses the database to access , capture and track complete profiles about customers , the products they have installed , and how they use them .
29 The commission , headed by the historian Vojtech Mencl , would analyse the reason for the entry of troops and evaluate political developments in the country in the period to 1970 , requesting relevant material from the five Warsaw Pact countries involved .
30 At present it seems that they will wish to lead their own purchasing of intelligence and perform research analysis ; they should develop sufficient statistical and epidemiological skills to conduct surveys and evaluate small projects on service developments and contractual monitoring , and have the expertise to commission larger pieces of work .
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