Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bring your powers of invention — incredible ideas and a sense of adventure to create and build environmentally friendly machines that really work , for 7 years and upwards with CHRISTIAN WEAVER .
2 The job paid quite well and I could perhaps at that stage have afforded somewhere slightly better to live , but I 'd got used to my new home and I was still keen to try and build up some savings again .
3 In his inaugural speech to the Knesset ( Israeli parliament ) on July 13 , however , Rabin said that his government would continue to " strengthen and build up Jewish settlement along the confrontation lines , due to their security importance , and in metropolitan Jersualem " .
4 When another few minutes went by she was scratching her head to try and think up some way of making sure that Naylor would consider any such notion laughable .
5 He would watch the notices in the papers , and when someone died and the widow was left alone , he would go there and think up some sort of lie — he lied always , as a boy , even when there was no need , and he looked so clean and innocent that if you did not know him you would believe him , every time .
6 So I think you probably need to sit down and try and think out some criteria for yourself about what you want .
7 The skills required to successfully design and make up complex documents are not learnt overnight .
8 The HP.42 , G–AAUC Horsa , took-off from Basra on August 28 at 22.30 hours , to try and make up lost time .
9 Then she softened her tone and added , smiling , ‘ You 'll pay me in full because I intend to stay on and make damned sure Silvia passes her exams .
10 Here , the emphasis is on the need to isolate and treat differently each conflict of interest situation according to its particular facts .
11 For those gardeners able to cut out and plant up new beds , the nature of the rose does impose certain conditions if it is to be appreciated fully .
12 Well we 're asking people to enter in teams of four to come and plant as many trees a they can in the space of an hour .
13 In this way the therapist can observe and explain away any difficulties the client may have and reinforce the benefits of the technique .
14 Both can be seen as popular traditions in that they appeal to ‘ the people ’ , but while popular interpellations tend to absorb and neutralise potentially antagonistic elements , populism tends to develop them :
15 God Akhenaten was his prophet and in fact claimed to be the son of God his son and er all other religions were persecuted and er , so what in Ancient Egypt was that the traditional polytheism which was rampant was persecuted by there was only one god and as Andrea says , even proscribe the word gods in , in the plural , you know the , you know the er feminist thought police would try and rule out certain words you 're not allowed to use like chairman which has become chairperson or something like that
16 Perhaps it is because a predator is able to find and eat relatively large numbers of aposematic prey in a short space of time , and that the high initial rate of feeding produces a more powerful reinforcement than a greater number of prey eaten over a longer period .
17 Both will attack and eat quite large fry and amphibians .
18 I think , if nothing else , we should try and eliminate as many men as possible by DNA testing in the area . ’
19 The shelves are full of wonderful food at this time of year and I thought of how I could binge and throw up all day long .
20 Mr McGuinness said : ‘ In view of the ongoing conflict , with people being killed by British state forces , the IRA and loyalist death squads , there is a heavy responsibility on those in our society who have influence to sit down and discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end . ’
21 Because you do n't want to go and buy as many clothes as you would have in your wardrobe normally .
22 We will supply and buy back foreign currency and Thomas Cook US dollar and sterling travellers cheques FREE of our normal commission charges ; and you will be offered a FREE eurocheque card .
23 He will become fully capable of erection , with the development of the suffusion of myriads of tiny blood vessels which swell the muscles of the penis and cause it to grow and stiffen under sexual stimulation .
24 Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War .
25 ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time .
26 The aim of the gist-listening session was to try and break down this hostility by showing the group that they could understand two native speakers talking ‘ naturally ’ , in this case about a shopping expedition .
27 Thus , the development of the angiosperm flora of the Palaeocene was paralleled by an extensive radiation of specialised herbivorous mammals with the capacity to ferment and break down tough plant material .
28 This means more than booking the physiotherapist to come and carry out postural drainage on a person with a chest infection , or ‘ getting the psychotherapist in ’ to try to help a distressed client .
29 These skills are important for everyone — boys and girls — and include things like being able to use equipment safely with good results , being able to weigh and measure accurately , being able to plan , design and carry out practical tasks .
30 One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials .
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