Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | more clearly and widely understood so that there is no confusion about our procedures ; and |
| 2 | In the 1980s , Stevens found fame and the album was re-released and eventually sold more than 100,000 copies . |
| 3 | I never got near enough to her to tell her about the boxing and eventually left home as soon as I could . ’ |
| 4 | The coffin stowed away in the loft and discreetly covered so as not to alarm the plumber , we all had a coffee with a small touch of something stronger , and Alan recounted how he and Joy had arrived to collect it . |
| 5 | Financial constraints on investment were relatively unimportant and only developed subsequently as political concern with state enterprise deficits prompted efforts for greater commercialism . |
| 6 | Which means they 're 30% brighter and better directed so as not to blind oncoming drivers , while minimising back glare in fog . |
| 7 | KMT mavericks ( the so-called " non-mainstream " faction ) contested seats without official party endorsement and generally performed better than their " mainstream " counterparts , attacking alleged corruption within the " mainstream " ranks . |
| 8 | That operation as I understand it is certainly either available on the National Health or er likely to be available on the national health I have not understood that it is the sort of operation which will for any reason suddenly need to be done and I bear in mind that the plaintiff has had already an operation on his hip done on the National Health , it seems to me on the probabilities that there is a very strong probability that that operation will be done on the National Health and not done privately and for that reason it does not seem to me right to include any sum in relation to that in the damages . |
| 9 | Because technical terms are genuinely a part of language ( and not intended simply as items in a dictionary ) , they ebb and flow , and grow and contract , and shift in connotation . |
| 10 | Er the remainder of the regional representatives are in the agenda and I suggest they can be seen there and not repeated here and if I may then go on Ma'am , Council asked that we would in fact announce the results of the windsurfing committee election at the A G M and again in alphabetical order a Mr , Mr , Mr , Mr , Mr and Miss Bill North West Region . |
| 11 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 12 | A ROUND-the-clock charity climbing relay to climb all 81 routes in Classic Rock has ended in success and already raised more than £4,000 in aid of motor neurone disease , a crippling affliction of the nervous system . |
| 13 | He squatted and started to pick them up , then let them drop back to the floor and just crouched there and put his hands over his face and started to cry . |
| 14 | But then both you and RIPPOE said that her mother was the same and always arrived late and so on for everything , so perhaps it is genetic ! |
| 15 | The area between the Tay and Forth experienced less than 10 per cent of normal rainfall . |
| 16 | And more crossed even than I knew . |
| 17 | Planting must be generous and carefully placed so that the alternate blocks of cars do not dominate the view down the axis of the street and create what Bowers has called a ‘ sea of metal ’ . |
| 18 | It 's also a good idea to have a spare machine readily to hand and regularly checked so that it can be wheeled in at a moment 's notice . |
| 19 | The questions are concise and well worded so as to avoid endless lists of fact gathering queries . |
| 20 | The UK agreements are not concerned with principle or with the ‘ spirit ’ of the agreement : they are trickily worded and legalistically interpreted so as to maintain the maximum freedom to advertise . |
| 21 | The disk is round to pentagonal , delicate and frequently damaged so as to obscure the shape ; covered with skin without any plates ; disk diameter up to 25 mm . |
| 22 | It involves co-operation between both sides of the body : for instance , as one leg is put into a trouser-leg , the other holds the body upright ; a sweater has to be pulled over the head and then organized so that one 's arms can slide into the sleeves . |
| 23 | If you have been really enthusiastic about something and then gone home and thought about it , one of two things usually happens . |
| 24 | Gilding , normally done by taking powered gold mixed with mercury to form an amalgam , was painted onto the surface and then heated so as to drive off the mercury . |
| 25 | The court held that a new car which is damaged and then repaired so as to be " as good as new " can still be regarded as " new " . |
| 26 | If he disappeared for more than a few hours she became frantic and ran to the Zborowskis ' apartment in the Rue Joseph Bara to ask for news , and almost lived there until he was eventually found . |
| 27 | Programmes likely to produce such action ought , rather , to be spotted within the BBC in advance and either adjusted suitably or else supported by the Governors in such a way that the politicians would be quietly told , in effect , that if they wished to object they risked on this occasion a larger row than they might want . |
| 28 | Once the body had been placed in the coffin and the fitted pillow positioned under the head , these ‘ sheets ’ were folded over the remains and either pinned together or roughly sewn into place . |
| 29 | This is particularly true of monetary compensatory amounts , which typify the kind of legislation adopted at the end of marathon meetings of agriculture ministers and subsequently amended again and again to respond to political adjustments or monetary fluctuations . |
| 30 | The generator is mounted on a solid aluminium alloy pole and ideally set so that the turbine rotation is at its lowest just above head height . |