Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Composites : essentially manufacturers in their own right which stock and sell other manufacturers ' products . |
| 2 | take steps to adjust operational and strategic plans learn from and match other employers ' tactics |
| 3 | They have dark skin , long noses and wear shabby farmers ' smocks . |
| 4 | ( For example Manu the lawgiver recommended to Hindu society more than twelve centuries ago that ‘ the chief function of a woman is to give birth , nurse those who are born and attend daily duties ' or ‘ A girl must be married before she attains puberty and after she is married she must be kept busy looking after elders , cooking , cleaning , keeping accounts and saving money and of course doing Dharma ) . |
| 5 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 6 | In evidence before the Committee on Physical Deterioration , Dr T. F. Young from Liverpool described how , particularly at the point when they started work , young people ‘ throw off all parental authority … get to congregating about the street corners at night … become what we call ‘ corner boys ’ ’ , and get drunken habits ' . |
| 7 | To help pupils care about the environment and understand other peoples ' beliefs and attitudes , giving them a perspective into which to place information and their own ideas . |
| 8 | What a pity the management allows bombers to ski out of control and spoil serious skiers ' pleasure by crashing into them ! |