Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the battery is connected , all inputs and outputs first assume Logic 0 . |
| 2 | 50g/2oz butter 2 cloves garlic , crushed 6 thick slices of shin of veal , approx 225–275g/8–10oz each 2 × 15ml/tbsp seasoned flour 1 large onion , chopped 3 large carrots , peeled and diced 3 stalks celery , finely sliced 450g/1lb tomatoes , skinned , seeded and chopped 8 halves sun-dried tomatoes , chopped 1 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped rosemary 200ml/8oz/1 cup dry white wine 250ml/10fl oz/1¼ cups boiling vegetable stock , approx salt and pepper |
| 3 | This makes it difficult for a murder to go unrecognised and discourages those planning murders . |
| 4 | She holds seminars on ‘ The Tao of Management ’ ( about ‘ working with the moment rather than patterns of the past , and using that to attempt predictions of the future ’ ) . |
| 5 | Many schools are involved in introducing student profiles and portfolios and using these to supplement GCSE and other exams . |
| 6 | Britain could only obtain these goods by intervening in an already well-established trading pattern , taking much-desired cotton cloth from South Asia and using this to purchase spices from the East Indies . |
| 7 | When the autumn came , and I finally packed up my car and made ready to leave Cliff Top , she came over unexpectedly emotional . |
| 8 | When Paneth and Peters tried to turn hydrogen into helium they were following in the traditions of the ancient alchemists who wanted to convert base metals into gold . |
| 9 | It also gave the agency powers to close the securities markets in time of emergency ( although only with presidential permission ) ; to inquire into the viability of brokers-dealers ' holding-company parents ; and to issue temporary cease-and-desist orders to combat fraudulent sales practices in the market for low-price securities . |
| 10 | Although these reports do not have to follow a common style and content each contain information in a common format . |
| 11 | In countries of labour shortage , undeveloped social hierarchy and a truculent and democratic working population , things might be different ; but in Britain and Germany , France and the Habsburg Empire , unlike Australia or the United States , the suitable maximum for the labouring class was a sufficiency of good decent food ( preferably with less than a sufficiency of strong drink ) , a modestly crowded dwelling , and clothing adequate to protect morals , health and comfort without risking improper emulation of the costume of their betters . |
| 12 | It 's quite obvious as regards the longer-term that we must think in terms of today 's starting point , we ca n't just introduce the market and cease all state regulation . |
| 13 | It includes schemes to increase the amount of electricity generated through combined heat and power ( CHP — already in operation in some Soviet cities ) , reduce methane leakage from the gas supply network , boost energy efficiency , primarily through improved insulation , and build 1,500 megawatts worth of small power stations based on biomass , wind and hydro-electric generators . |
| 14 | POLICE have stopped and searched 9,124 people in Strathclyde during the past three weeks as part of Operation Blade and found 126 carrying knives and 66 other types of weapons . |
| 15 | Van Basten , a hero of the last two triumphs is returning to full fitness and looks likely to replace £10m understudy Papin . |
| 16 | There are rumours of a deal with New York 's Futureshock who already licence the early Godflesh and Bolt Thrower albums in the States and appear anxious to sign God following the success of ‘ Meathead ’ ’ on college radio . |
| 17 | There are rumours of a deal with New York 's Futureshock who already licence the early Godflesh and Bolt Thrower albums in the States and appear anxious to sign God following the success of ‘ Meathead ’ ’ on college radio . |
| 18 | They seem to grasp its essentials and appear able to face death with remarkable courage and tenacity . |
| 19 | Glenshee and Glencoe all had cover but not enough to justify running the lifts . |
| 20 | This was indeed a dramatic triumph for the reductionist strategy the group had pursued , and seemed set to vindicate Kandel 's claim that the goal of his research was to discover the ‘ cellular alphabet ’ of learning . |
| 21 | By the end of the month the opposition was united in calling for testimony from Haibara and Urata and seemed determined to force Takeshita to retire from public life . |
| 22 | So I 've got ta go and do that point bit . |
| 23 | You want some spot checks , half an hour a week to go and do some spot checks on that . |
| 24 | Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life ! |
| 25 | Norsk Data restructured to become a holding company in October 1991 and transferred all operating activities to subsidiaries with separate financing . |
| 26 | Why can not this incompetent Government get their act together and put those building workers to build houses for those families ? |
| 27 | The tragedy is that the Government have stood idly by and done little to prevent youth crime in general and this aspect of youth crime in particular . |
| 28 | Predictably , much of the terminology used to describe and categorise these accounting systems can be confusing and misleading . |
| 29 | Two out of 160 G418-resistant D3 clones were found to have the targeted mutation and clone 515 gave rise to germ-line chimaeras . |
| 30 | There seemed no point in justifying her mistake still further , so she merely sat down in silence and allowed Lyddy to place paper and ink and a pen before her , just as if she had summoned her all the way upstairs for that very purpose . |