Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our discussion in Chapter 1 about economy , efficiency and effectiveness , the technical problem was how we can meaningfully compare inputs and outputs to produce a measure of efficiency when outputs are not automatically valued by the market price . |
| 2 | Head comes in , has already thought of this , and agrees to organize a collection from staff for fruit or whatever . |
| 3 | at the time of entering into the Contract with the Carrier the Trader declares to the Carrier a special interest in delivery in the case of loss or damage or of an agreed time limit being exceeded and agrees to pay a surcharge calculated on the amount of that interest , and |
| 4 | Rainbow disconnects her hand from Anya 's , rises , and goes to lean an elbow on the mantelpiece . |
| 5 | I can see the town airport from where I am , indeed I can touch its tarmac with a digit thrust through the chain-link fence — all that separates it from the Lofleiđ3ir — but to get from here to there is not so easy , and involves taking a bus into town and back out again or taking a taxi . |
| 6 | The first is lexicon-based and involves storing a list of the allowed words . |
| 7 | The Census In the United Kingdom , this is held every ten years ( i.e. 1961 , 1971 , 1981 ) , and involves distributing a questionnaire to every household . |
| 8 | Indubitably liberalism parades under many guises and has spawned a multitude of distinctive political theories.g Yet two threads run through all these diverse patterns of liberal thought : the commitment to respect both the equality of citizens and the autonomy of individuals . |
| 9 | branded the penalty , which resulting in Courtaulds InterSpray slipping from first to last position in the opening stages of leg three before clawing back places , ‘ draconian ’ and has lodged an objection . |
| 10 | But Mr Chance claimed that a sustainable UK coal industry would need the financial support of open-cast mining , which last year earned BC a profit of £171 million and has contributed a total of £3.7 billion over the past 50 years . |
| 11 | The 55-year-old coach of Grove Athletics Club has already begun her new role by encouraging local sporting and musical groups to consider visits to Mari and has formed a link with a Wantage-based company , Autotype International , which is sending two executives to Mari El in July . |
| 12 | Andrew Kalman 's Crane in Sloane Street has taken its cue from the Royal Academy and has accumulated a collection of works by Alexander Calder ( to 1 May ) . |
| 13 | Craig 's father Robert says his son is still suffering from nightmares , and has to see a psychiatrist weekly for counselling . |
| 14 | Once man has satisfied his basic needs , and has reached a state of equilibrium of contentment , the world opens for him and becomes a cornucopia of delight . |
| 15 | ‘ Primary ’ rainforest is an area that has n't been disturbed for hundreds of years and has reached a state of mature complexity ; it is also known as virgin forest . |
| 16 | These could become European champions , most notably Volkswagen , which recently purchased Seat in Spain , Skoda in Czechoslovakia and has built a factory in East Germany . |
| 17 | That possibility was handled by Bob Beckman , an American economist-writer who has settled in this country and has built a reputation for the uncanny accuracy of his predictions , though it is fair to say that not everyone agrees with his views of his predictions . |
| 18 | His work has been the subject of seven one-man exhibitions , has been featured as a lead article in the British Journal of Photography , included in many other shows and has received a number of prizes ( including the South Bank Festival Photography Competition 1990 Portfolio ) . |
| 19 | There will be a celebratory weekend in June and has invited a group from the NDT to take part . |
| 20 | Finally , the Polytechnic has established a wide-ranging programme of research within the institution and has maintained a proportion of its staff working for higher degrees . |
| 21 | No action has been taken to trim tax relief for pension contributions or house mortgages ( although the Treasury has ended the entitlement to tax relief for two mortgages on one property and has maintained a limit of £30,000 on mortgages entitled to tax relief ) . |
| 22 | Rabbit admits that its support of Accent has in the past been minimal — now the firm will put all its strength behind its partner , and has appointed a Mr Helmut Weissenbach in Munich to co-ordinate the various European distribution outlets . |
| 23 | SCOTVEC has started the development process for its own staff and has prepared an outline programme to meet the other staff development needs which have been identified . |
| 24 | Your author forgot all about the steam service and has tied a knot in his tie already for the September retreat . |
| 25 | Federal Express Corp is to install ‘ several thousand ’ colour and monochrome X-terminals in its Memphis , Tennessee headquarters and local field offices by the mid-1990s , and has placed an order for the pilot stage of its upgrade programme with Network Computing Devices Inc . |
| 26 | The British National Bibliography Research Fund , established in 1975 , includes amongst its aims the promotion of research into the use of books and into reading habits , and has achieved an impact beyond its modest resources — as a glance at the bibliography of this book will show . |
| 27 | The Labour party has had similar problems and has gone a step further . |
| 28 | Our plea to the Government is that they take a leaf out of their own book on the independent living fund , which was set up in haste and has played a role that it was never meant to play . |
| 29 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said he was not throwing Ironside to the wolves at Molineux : ‘ Ironside is 28 , not 18 , and has played a lot of games . |
| 30 | Lawrence added : ‘ Ironside is 28 , not 18 , and has played a lot of games . |