Example sentences of "and [verb] [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 | ‘ We are not trying to rip people off and planned to put a sticker on the records saying they were recorded 10 years ago . |
| 3 | In 1884 Queen Victoria published More Leaves from a Journal of our Life in the Highlands , dedicated to John Brown , and planned to publish a memoir , a ‘ Life of John Brown ’ , but the household managed to prevent it . |
| 4 | I filled a notebook with names and stories about the Revolution and planned to write a book in which all my favourites would appear . |
| 5 | Although a minority have wanted and planned having a baby , most have not intended to get pregnant , at least not consciously . |
| 6 | Dr Fleming said the reason was that Germans had a quite different medical tradition and expected to see a specialist . |
| 7 | The statement confirmed that ministers had discussed a draft resolution concerning NATO 's future and expected to complete a review of the alliance 's political aims by May 1991 . |
| 8 | Following a presentation given by Group environmental manager Jon Lawrence the children were set a questionnaire and asked to design a poster and come up with a project to help safeguard the environment . |
| 9 | We had a class composition , My Best Friend , and the girl who was describing me put up her hand and asked to borrow a ruler because she said she 'd have to draw me straight up and down . " |
| 10 | One of the more common Manhattan experiences of the early 1980s involved being approached by well-dressed individuals and asked to sign a petition helping the NAP get on the ballot in the name of democracy , and then being hit for a contribution . |
| 11 | They can be asked to : Improvise spontaneously — in which , for example , they are given a starting point and asked to develop a scene in role . |
| 12 | Redmond was overwhelmed by the support he received from the British public during and since the Olympics and asked to send a message through the Daily Mirror . |
| 13 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 14 | They registered and avoided using a porter . |
| 15 | Head comes in , has already thought of this , and agrees to organize a collection from staff for fruit or whatever . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | The purpose of the trials has been to obtain raw data which must be assembled and evaluated to provide a basis for comparison . |
| 18 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 19 | He clambered over a bench , vaulted over a nestle of children on the ground , and failed to dodge a pie-seller . |
| 20 | It was excessively breadth-first and failed to find a solution in all ten trials . |
| 21 | The second was that this was the very difficult period when , as Dean Acheson said , Britain ‘ had lost an Empire and failed to find a role ’ . |
| 22 | Switching the public debt on to the company appealed to the country gentleman 's prejudice against public indebtedness , and , feeling sure of parliamentary support , the government went further and sought to shift a total of £31 million of debt , almost equally split between redeemable and irredeemable stock , wrapping it into a single huge annuity on which the company would receive 4 or 5 per cent . |
| 23 | In the eastern Ukraine , many rejected the pretensions of the Rada to speak for the province and sought to promote a workers ’ revolutionary movement as an alternative focus . |
| 24 | During the visit the head of the Credit Lyonnais Bank signed a $100,000 agreement with the Hungarian National Bank and agreed to open a office in Budapest . |
| 25 | The leaders of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics met in Zagreb on June 6 and agreed to consider a compromise plan to transform the country into a loose alliance of sovereign states , based on a proposal put forward by the presidents of the republics of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia , Alija Izetbegovic and Kiro Gligorov . |
| 26 | Meanwhile IBM Corp , which took a 3% to 4% stake in Wang for $25m last year and agreed to consider a 12% to 16% stake if its AS/400 and RS/6000 OEM deal was successful , will not be investing more money . |
| 27 | The foreign ministers of all 10 Baltic littoral states met in Copenhagen , Denmark , on March 5-6 and agreed to establish a Council of Baltic States . |
| 28 | Mr Young met Dempsey and MacPherson at a taxi office in Middlesbrough and agreed to share a taxi with them to Hemlington . |
| 29 | The Rockwell corporation , which had operated the plant under contract from the US Energy Department , subsequently pleaded guilty to ten charges and agreed to pay a fine of $18.5 million . |
| 30 | The West Coast museum negotiated directly with the Hermitage , and agreed to pay a rental fee of around $300,000 . |