Example sentences of "and [vb infin] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses . |
| 2 | to work together and deliver an effective result because nobody gains anything in the eyes of the people of this county by allowing this thing to go on and on and on and what they feel is if we ca n't get to grips with it what on earth are we doing with our existence . |
| 3 | SIR — As preparations are made for the 12th London Marathon ( arguably the largest and best race in the world ) , Londoners need to recognise and rectify an important problem . |
| 4 | No , I want to plot and catch an evil murderer . |
| 5 | They are difficult to remove and need an oily remover which may puff-up sensitive eyes . |
| 6 | The generally pragmatic ethos of British higher education in matters of course planning means that some basic , theoretical problems may never really be faced or thrashed out , although the process of having to formulate and present an interdisciplinary case to the CNAA may mean there is some difference between the polytechnics/colleges and universities in this respect . |
| 7 | Erm they , they picked out erm particular areas where there were a lot of pe there were problems within that area erm whether it be normal management problems or erm racial issues , I E there is a particular area , there is a high density of black people erm er the properties them themselves were n't up erm of a particularly high quality , erm they decided to decentralize and i and do an intensive management area for that area . |
| 8 | And what about the occasions when a junior does most of the work , leaving the boss to come along and give an expensive twiddle of the hot brush ? |
| 9 | The two , sometimes three , hours spent in the College quadrangle when , we are told , the Professor would courteously listen and give an intelligible answer to every question , and when the instruction he communicated was stamped on the memory by the good temper and joke and repartee with which it was accompanied , these were periods which an old student liked to call to memory , for they were hours pleasantly and usefully passed . |
| 10 | Voluntariness will be understood , however , not as the decisive act by which an individual surrenders private autonomy , but rather as a deliberate entry into market relations under which certain obligations will arise in order to sustain and regulate an advanced division of labour . |
| 11 | A human nose is reported to be able to detect and identify an organic sulphur compound at a concentration of one molecule per billion molecules of air , far lower than any present day instrumental technique . |
| 12 | To solve their problem , they had to locate and use an 0.5. map in the library ; decide what form of transport they would use ; locate and use a B.R. map to find the nearest station ; and find the name of the nearest town likely to have a bus station . |
| 13 | Capitalism has attempted to construct and defend an economic system which embodies both but in which freedom is ultimately more important than control . |
| 14 | I could no more go out and mug an old lady than I do n't know what … . |
| 15 | The customer relies on the dealer to provide a suitable and effective system and , consequently , there is a duty on the dealer to select and recommend an adequate system ( see Stewart v Reavell 's Garage [ 1952 ] , discussed in Chapter 14 ) . |
| 16 | I imagine you 'll want to pack and have an early night . ’ |
| 17 | With support from the local council and a recent £500,000 grant from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts , Hounslow are hoping to move in and have an artificial pitch laid in time for the start of next season . |
| 18 | But even if you are n't another Bowie or Elton John , you still need to try and develop an original style . |
| 19 | Many older people will have failed to develop and maintain an adequate network of friends and social activities . |
| 20 | Throughout the development of the project I have had to step back and take an honest look at my way of working . |
| 21 | In spite of running a home in the country , and being the mother of four splendid children , including twins , and running her Kanga dress business not only in Beauchamp Place , but worldwide , Dale Tryon finds time to work and take an active interest in this good cause , for which Lord Mottistone is the Chairman . |
| 22 | It seems regrettable that although we are a thriving and growing organisation we can not produce , support and sell an annual publication which should involve and interest us all . |
| 23 | ‘ Are n't you going to come out and greet an old friend ? ’ called the Mason 's voice . |
| 24 | The Smithsonian 's first art museum , the Freer Gallery , opened in 1923 , the gift of Detroit railroad car manufacturer Charles Lang Freer who in 1906 left to the nation his collection of Asian and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American art , along with funds to build and endow an Italian palazzo on the National Mall . |
| 25 | When you 've hit it enough times it 'll die and leave an extra weapon potion and some bird seed . |
| 26 | The individual and his or her particular situation and needs should be assessed by a care manager , a local authority member of staff who would develop and manage an individual package of services assembled from the various local options . |
| 27 | The third type of headhunter , more appropriate to the increasing professionalism of the business , is epitomised by David Kay and Dr Anna Mann , who entered executive search with strong commercial , professional and academic qualifications , and set about forming businesses which would continue to grow and capture an important stake in the British — if not the greater world — market . |
| 28 | ‘ I could go out and conquer an entire army , ’ he told her , bending to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 29 | And the main reason was that reactionary and factious opposition led the Government to seek and obtain an immediate dissolution of Parliament . |
| 30 | He made a series of false casts , wondering at the apparent inability of the Hampshire County Council to conceive and implement an efficient system of signposts . |