Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , the usual guidelines still apply , but it may be reassuring to highlight and comment on a few of the special situations in which some parents are placed . |
| 2 | The problem is no less with open-ended exercises and unstructured enquiry projects in humanities work , where the teachers need to anticipate and prepare for a wide variety of student response and reaction . |
| 3 | The trainers not only have to develop skills but also the professional maturity which enables the interpreter to use those skills responsibly to a defined code in the professional context and to confront and absorb in a positive way the inevitable stresses that come with the job — working in situations which may involve death , birth , bereavement , trauma or abuse . |
| 4 | It was frightening how hunger and lack of sleep could make you behave and think like a real bastard . |
| 5 | The Biolife filter functions well , although as the PFK test Review Update pointed out recently , the tiny suckers which the filter hangs on seem to give up sucking and can allow the filter to drop down and submerge below a critical level . |
| 6 | The answer is that to improve fitness , the body needs to respond and adapt to a gradual and continual increase in training load . |
| 7 | But although the cane continued to rise and fall with a terrible regularity , and they continued to hear the awful blows landing , no sound came from their brother . |
| 8 | She felt his chest rise and fall on a long , slightly unsteady intake of breath . |
| 9 | And as he did so he continued to speak , letting his voice rise and fall like a flowing stream , lulling the sleeping child . |
| 10 | The obligation of modesty is on both men and women ; men are also required to dress and behave in a modest way . |
| 11 | A board of directors could not exist and act as a corporate entity if it were composed of two groups of people , each deriving its authority from and answerable to a different principal body , the one liable to be in conflict with the other ; for it would in fact be a negotiating committee . |
| 12 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 13 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 14 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 15 | In the most dreadful weather he would stand and wait in a wet grove of ash and hazel for a shot at a woodcock . |
| 16 | They had been allowed in , they had gone past the uniformed security , and then had had to sit and wait in a grey-painted lobby , watched by the plainclothes minders , before the man had come down for them . |
| 17 | PART OF the City of Birmingham Touring Opera 's brief is to involve and appeal to a broad community . |
| 18 | The Christian ideal was more the saint than the sage : men and women who made the world to come seem present now rather than those who knew how to live and survive in a stormy and dangerous society . |
| 19 | As they accelerated away Joseph turned to stare out of the window and saw the peasant jump up and break into a little celebratory caper in the middle of the road . |
| 20 | The trainee , together with the in-bureau tutor , should work out and carry through a tailor-made course of study . |
| 21 | Fraud essentially occurs for two reasons — inherent criminal intent or the resort to deceit and plunder in a vain attempt to salvage a crumbling empire . |
| 22 | And when father came and took mother for his wife , to live with her and to take care of her , the little egg began to grow and grow into a real little baby . |
| 23 | Er public opinion did n't welcome the overthrow of of the Shah , it was immediately horrified and everyone gathered together to er try and bring about a re- establishment of the Shah . |
| 24 | This booklet tells you what you need to know and do for a healthy pregnancy , and the delivery of a healthy baby . |
| 25 | There are so many things to see and do in a short stay . |
| 26 | The overall aim of the Enterprise Centre is to enable students and staff to develop the essential enterprise/transferable skills to operate and succeed in a changing employment and business environment and thus make Napier University more responsive to the needs of work . |
| 27 | Dolphins have developed many adaptations to survive and succeed in a marine and , to a lesser extent , freshwater environment . |
| 28 | It has come from people who are well informed about the governors ' aspect of management , who know how to take the influence and information of parents into account and who , because they have taken part in one specific but widely shared exercise in adult education , have had the chance to understand and contribute to a wide field of public and community affairs ( Sallis 1988 ) . |
| 29 | I want you to come and look at a week-old bull calf . |
| 30 | Bob felt obliged to go and look at a certain number of these places out of politeness . |