Example sentences of "and [verb] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are both recommendable performances : the Monte-Carlo orchestra , in particular , is on top form , and plays this familiar music for all its worth , so that it comes up as fresh as it must have sounded in St. Petersburg a century ago . |
| 2 | Raise the leg a fraction higher and repeat this tiny movement 15 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 3 | Because if you 're thinking of nipping back a century or two and uncreating this interesting aberration of yours , I think I 'd rather be somewhere else at the moment of uncreation , if it 's all the same to you . ’ |
| 4 | After stuffing himself on mince pies and quaffing all that milk , and getting even tubbier , it 's surprising that Santa can carry all the things the 600,000 ask him for . |
| 5 | He was beaten and he accepts it and thinks this sporting attitude will count in his favour next time . |
| 6 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 7 | In this case , run the new spur cable to a three-terminal junction box , and connect each new light to this box by its own cable , with like cores going to like terminals . |
| 8 | Some time that same day , or the following one , the new Prime Minister has entrusted some study of strategy , or some strategic study of something else , to an outside expert — and by the 7th , as we know from Summerchild 's first letter , Wilson has somehow been persuaded to staff and service this new operation through the Government Commission . |
| 9 | Provincial 's board now receives a monthly 20-page package incorporating the key financials , economic indicators and a branch activity report but also market intelligence from each of the 20 branch managers , ‘ saying what the local market is doing and suggesting any good business to be done . |
| 10 | The annual Film and TV Festival each autumn offers the chance to view new films early , and to see some off beat films . |
| 11 | Now she rubs moisturizer into her facial skin as protection against the raw wintry air outside , coats her lips with lipsalve , and brushes some green eyeshadow on her eyelids , pondering shifts of point of view in Charles Dickens 's Hard Times ( 1854 ) . |
| 12 | It is important to leave yourself enough time before the wedding in order to give much consideration as to what you would like to say , to do any research necessary , as well as to write your speech and to perform any last minute pruning . |
| 13 | This court has extensive powers under section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 to reverse or vary the order or decision of the court below and make such other order as may be just . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) The court to which an appeal is brought under this section may reverse or vary the order or decision of the court below , and make such other order as may be just ; and without prejudice to the inherent powers of any court referred to in subsection ( 2 ) of this section , provisions may be made by rules of court for authorising the release on bail of an appellant under this section . |
| 15 | Less certain of what is audiences really want , the film industry now tends to hedge its bets and make each individual film to serve a variety of different audience desires . |
| 16 | I think just everybody participates very well in the lessons and make some good contribution . |
| 17 | One horse may say , ‘ I like you ’ , by mouthing his owner 's hand with his lips and tongue ; another may put his head on his owner 's shoulder ; or a third may come up to his owner and make some other form of body contact . |
| 18 | In a moment Vigo would glance round , show surprise and make some swift apology for being engaged on matters beyond a policeman 's comprehension . |
| 19 | He would become so uncomfortable that he would eventually leave the table and make some more coffee ! |
| 20 | Men who believe themselves out of all danger may grow careless , and make some foolish move that can betray them . |
| 21 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 22 | Peter Thompson reviews what 's happening and offers some timely advice . |
| 23 | I saw Jews going about and thought of Daisy and Joszef this fourth Christmas of their marriage . |
| 24 | The prime question is whether the gains in efficiency from having a more competitive financial system that involves a degree of consumer protection are outweighed by the costs of setting up and maintaining that regulatory system . |
| 25 | Example 2:6 Right of way : unlimited times and vehicles The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right to pass and repass ( but not to park or except in emergency to stop ) with or without vehicles at all times and for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property ( but not otherwise ) over the road coloured on the attached plan Example 2:7 Right of way : limited times and vehicles ; right to load , etc The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right to pass and repass on foot and with vehicles not exceeding … feet in length or … tonnes ( unladen weight ) at any time between 6 am on Monday and 8 pm on Friday in each week ( except public holidays ) for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property ( but not otherwise ) over the road coloured on the attached plan and to park any such vehicle for such period as may be reasonable for the purpose only of loading or unloading it Example 2:8 Right of way : right to load etc in loading bay The right at all times with or without vehicles to pass and repass over the road leading from to the demised property ( but not to halt or park any vehicle thereon except in case of emergency ) for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property and the right for the same purposes to use the loading bay coloured on the attached plan for loading and unloading any such vehicle ( b ) Stairs and passages In a lease of property on an upper floor of a building there will be implied an easement of necessity to use a staircase that is its sole means of access ( Altmann v Boatman ( 1963 ) 186 EG 109 ) . |
| 26 | Such assessments may help to identify supports which can sustain and enhance this basic capacity of an elder . |
| 27 | I think that the idea of erm you know , rushing in to a disaster , taking the aeroplane out , and , and seeing this enormous distress around one and sitting there with a notebook and a pencil is , is unacceptable and indeed we do n't do that at all . |
| 28 | At Harvard Securities , dealers were able to avoid having their telephone conversations recorded by dialling 9 on the brown internal phones and using that external line unrecorded . |
| 29 | The County Council as a whole , is now operating and using this new logo amber conditions , that go with it for the employment of the disabled . |
| 30 | This can be done by slicing off the peel across the top of the orange and using this flat end of the orange as a base . |