Example sentences of "and [art] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the facility to get through to . |
| 2 | Prop the cake ( with its board ) on a low box such as a matchbox , to allow the skirt to drape down and the feet to point out underneath . |
| 3 | An element of job satisfaction for many may be the absence of coercive pressure from management and the ability to carry out one 's job at one 's own pace , a pace which may be slower than that which management would prefer . |
| 4 | Executive power — the power to set down the broad policies to be followed by the state and the ability to carry out or execute the laws was in the hands of the King , but the means for carrying it out had to be provided by parliament . |
| 5 | So confident is BMW of its fuel efficiency and smoothness that fifth gear is now direct drive instead of an overdrive , an interesting move that adds flexibility to performance when pressing on , and the ability to trickle along and pull away in high gear with a minimum of protest . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most important is stamina as this provides the staying power and the ability to keep on going without feeling you 're going to collapse . |
| 7 | The need for patience and the ability to stand back and let the groups reach their own decisions became new management skills . |
| 8 | Good relationships and the ability to get on with people , including your own colleagues as well as your clients , are of great importance . |
| 9 | Again , tact and the ability to get on with people are vital at all stages , particularly if the client has its own research department as some of the very big companies do . |
| 10 | Prospective employers are looking for suitably qualified people , normally graduates — not necessarily law graduates — who show the kind of skills needed to make a successful contribution as a solicitor to the work of a local authority : the ability to analyse a problem and to communicate effectively , flexibility , and the ability to get on well with other members of a team . |
| 11 | The ebb and flow of personnel in these agricultural communities was notable in all occupational groups , though here too the farmers were the most likely to stay put and the labourers to move on . |
| 12 | It also includes the skills of using books , such as using the contents and the index to track down the topics required . |
| 13 | His prize ; a day in the pits at the British Grand Prix and the chance to pick up even more driving tips . |
| 14 | The secondment provided a change and the chance to move on . |
| 15 | Otherwise children , without those , grow up physically , psychologically damaged and the purpose of Save The Children Fund is to work to give children the chance of a better childhood and the chance to grow up to be adults who wo n't repeat the sins of their forefathers . |
| 16 | Members receive dozens of eggsciting goodies , including regular issues of Eggbert 's Eggspress , a full colour comic , a special egg cookery booklet , the code to help you ‘ crack ’ Eggbert 's messages , and the chance to build up a collection of enamel badges . |
| 17 | In the more elegant terminology of another source , fossilization has set in and the push to drive out abuse has stifled the exercise of initiative . |
| 18 | The boys in the prowl-car had been sent to investigate what was believed to be a burst of machine-gun fire — I could confirm that it was — and had called on Rico and the Battler to pull up . |
| 19 | Jacob 's Mouse certainly have the hair and the history to fit in . |
| 20 | He issued a passionate plea to Labour and the Conservatives to spell out what they would do in a hung Parliament . |
| 21 | If access to the toilet is difficult , perhaps because it has steps , or the room is too small for a wheelchair and the carer to manoeuvre in , he may have to be provided with a commode . |
| 22 | Sparsity and the necessity to back off is less of a problem for a model based on part of speech transitions . |
| 23 | This year 's battle of the budget is generating more anguish than any for years , John Major 's cabinet now realize what a parliamentary mess December might turn into with week-long debates on both the Queen 's speech and the budget to pack in , and worse to come in the spring , a budget combining taxes with public spending seemed a good idea at the time Norman Lamont announced it , but with November the thirtieth just a month away the political down-side is appearing , of course with a fifty billion pound deficit in the Government 's accounts this years spending round would have been hard pounding anyhow , but the usual noisy haggle over the available cash among departments is now amplified by posses of Tory backbenchers trying to head off this or that tax increase , and there 's an incentive to keep that up right through the finance bill after Christmas , since most new taxes would not come in until April . |
| 24 | Sadly , the commission has not yet the skill and the reputation to pull off such successes . |
| 25 | At the same time schools are being placed in the front line of accountability by the proposal to give headteachers and governors direct control of budgets and the opportunity to opt out of LEA control . |
| 26 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 27 | Someone who is working as the only in-house solicitor in a relatively small company , will also probably be a member of the senior management team with a high profile and the opportunity to participate in and influence commercial decisions . |
| 28 | Use pipes , bottles , buckets and the water-wheel to find out about the force of water and the direction of flow . |
| 29 | As far as the first point is concerned , there is I believe a real appeal for many people , not least on Christian grounds , in arguing that the overriding need at present in the U K is for the government , the TUC and the CBI to sit around a table and talk , so that both corporations and unions will change their behaviour and act in the public interest rather than their own self-interest . |
| 30 | The list includes the need for purpose , love , forgiveness , hope and strength , trust , personal belief and values and the freedom to carry out spiritual practices . |