Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must never forget that people do not act and make choices in a vacuum . |
| 2 | Perhaps when she got back to Loch Lomond tomorrow they could sit down and discuss things in a civilised fashion . |
| 3 | Seeing me in a state of bewildered angst , they would come up and intone directions in a rhythmical and mysterious language . |
| 4 | In Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , the plaintiff , although believing that he was not liable , for some years paid fees under protest for permission to recut and repaint tombstones in a cemetery . |
| 5 | It involves learning how to produce and understand sentences in a wide variety of contexts , that is to say how to use language as a resource for communicating with other people . |
| 6 | The surveys report the significant finding that in interviews employers attached importance to candidates ' answers to open questions which invited them to express and develop ideas in a sustained way , and to their ability to engage in discussion and to exchange views . |
| 7 | For about 10 years before the diagnosis was made , each time I drank whisky I would sneeze and develop symptoms of a rhinitis within about one minute of starting the drink . |
| 8 | The Sunday Telegraph was allowed to read and take notes from a copy of the report , which was taken to Lusaka , the Zambian capital , and given to Oliver Tambo , then president-in-exile of the ANC . |
| 9 | Actually to go and take pictures of a dockyard would have been very difficult . ’ |
| 10 | Department heads wield budgets with entrepreneurial aplomb , buying units of teaching time from other departments or , as seems likely soon , creating a market to buy and sell slots in a timetable of lecture room space to ensure their efficient allocation . |
| 11 | The course is designed to assist everyone interested in wildlife art , from the bird watcher who wishes to record and paint more effectively , to the painter , beginner or more experienced , who wants to discover and appreciate birds as a subject for expression . |
| 12 | With modifications of either nuclease P1 enhancement or butanol extraction the assay is sensitive enough to detect adducts in microgram quantities of native human DNA and has been used to detect and quantify adducts in a number of human tissues . |
| 13 | If we do not do that , we are abdicating responsibility and refusing to fulfil our primary role — to tackle and solve problems of a substantial nature . |
| 14 | Such a system allows you to leave and receive messages on a telephone which is part of a computerised network ( and which therefore can digitally store and then replay sounds ) . |
| 15 | Total commitment , total involvement , a total physical , intellectual and emotional response is necessary to successfully send and receive messages in a second language . |
| 16 | Therefore , all viewers have the right to ask and receive explanations about a station 's programming , contents of programmes and advertising . |
| 17 | Or , if you like , we could try and get tickets for a production of the Royal Shakespeare Company . ’ |
| 18 | Unlike our special Megatape version , Touchdown 's will allow you to save tournaments to tape and play matches of a longer duration . |
| 19 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 20 | However , when I did the calculation , I found , to my surprise and annoyance , that even nonrotating black holes should apparently create and emit particles at a steady rate . |
| 21 | Only after unsuccessful attempts in 1949 , 1950 , and 1951 did he seek and find funds for a new boat , called , like all his cars and boats , ‘ Bluebird ’ . |