Example sentences of "and [vb -s] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this is in the $16 billion increase in federal spending this year , and it does not leave much for the obvious benefits of public works and grants to local governments to mend their bridges and roads . |
| 2 | Could it not buy up businesses abroad ( $45 billion over the whole period 1950–67 ) , make loans and grants to foreign governments ( $50 billion ) or finance military expenditure abroad ( $44 billion ) simply by printing money ? |
| 3 | TRANSAID has helped SCF to secure an aircraft to fly relief workers and supplies to famine-stricken areas of Somalia , where continued fighting and looting make overland travel dangerous . |
| 4 | BRITISH planes could take part in an emergency mercy mission to parachute food and supplies to besieged Bosians in the east of the war-torn country . |
| 5 | Export credit agencies provide insurance against certain defaults to the exporter and guarantees to specified banks against which the banks advance the appropriate currency at a preferential interest rate . |
| 6 | But elsewhere in Europe it lives on and refers to new ways of working with groups , especially those on the margins . |
| 7 | He seems barely able to recognize us and refers to last year 's campaign on Azrad as if it were yesterday . ’ |
| 8 | Amalia Cardos de Mendez in the Art of Ancient Mexico sets out a simple plan for the language and goes to great length to explain the Maya calendar . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher takes these sessions seriously and goes to enormous lengths to prepare for them . |
| 10 | She 's decided she wants a cat , and goes to enormous lengths to persuade her reluctant parents to buy her one . |
| 11 | The meal over , she takes off again and flies to another part of the cave where there is less pandemonium . |
| 12 | Whether we use this energy directly , as with gas , or indirectly , as electricity , it involves burning fuel , which emits carbon dioxide , which in turn destroys the ozone layer and contributes to global warming . |
| 13 | Certainly for advocates of market allocation , government is a major source of imperfect competition which unjustifiably impedes voluntary exchanges between individuals and contributes to social inefficiency . |
| 14 | The branch is involved in the Greater Notts TEC and contributes to this involvement considerably . |
| 15 | More importantly , much of the investment that is taking place simply replicates facilities at other ports and adds to excess capacity in the industry . |
| 16 | Mr Moynihan blamed his defeat on the ‘ collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote , which came from Labour some years ago and has to some extent returned there ’ . |
| 17 | There are pros and cons to both options . |
| 18 | She did n't reply at once , but then said , ‘ There are pros and cons to both sides of the argument . |
| 19 | The documents are technical , and I have arranged for them to be placed in all public libraries in Cardiff , and notices to that effect have been placed in local newspapers . |
| 20 | It is 30–45 m ( 100–150 ft ) thick near the mountains and thins to 1–3 m ( 5–10 ft ) 8 km ( 5 miles ) away . |
| 21 | However , if you are in a program , the commands queued to the CLI will not be actioned until the program pauses for input , or ends and exits to immediate mode . |
| 22 | Based on a long-term research project that has generated data on paraprofessional social service personnel in fourteen developed and developing countries , this paper presents some findings that , if acted upon , could strengthen the contribution of both professionals and paraprofessionals to social service and social development goals . |
| 23 | Based on research carried out on paraprofessional social service personnel in fourteen developed and developing countries — Australia , Britain , Canada , Denmark , India , Indonesia , Israel , Japan , The Philippines , South Africa , Spain , Uganda , the US , and West Germany — over the last seven years , this paper presents some findings that , if acted upon by social service organizations , social work education programmes , and paraprofessional training programmes , could strengthen the contribution of both professionals and paraprofessionals to social service and social development goals . |
| 24 | IN WITNESS of which the Authors have set their respective hands and seals to this Agreement on the date first mentioned above . |
| 25 | But a more complete understanding of the operation of and limits to parental rights in education requires a wider examination , of how the law deals with other areas where the interests of children , parents and the state are all in particularly sharp focus . |
| 26 | The former White House counsel pled guilty and says to this day he feels guilty about that and his role in the Watergate scandal as a key Nixon defender . |
| 27 | And this goblin came along one day and says to this peedie fairy that like he was coming to get her in the morning . |
| 28 | This requirement increases the listener 's processing load , and leads to increased response latencies on the localisation task . |
| 29 | Significant involvement of third parties , which increases the potential for errors , reduces security , and leads to increased costs . |
| 30 | A further increase in steric hindrance is imposed by substituting an α-methyl group , which restricts rotation even further and leads to higher T g . |