Example sentences of "and [vb infin] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to see what other pronunciation problems there may be , one also needs to study and compare the various individual phonemes of the two languages and see what variants they have . |
| 2 | People who want to open more shops complain that it is becoming ever harder , and more expensive , to find and bribe the correct official responsible for allocating premises . |
| 3 | This example illustrates the fact that the formal rules have to be understood against a background of constitutional conventions which can both expand and modify the strict legal rules . |
| 4 | And so we will try and reestablish and reaffirm the main basic principles to make sure that you maintain proper safety margins and er good reaction time , room to manoeuvre , as we 're going through . |
| 5 | After examining an iron age metal object , pupils could investigate and discuss the great social and economic changes that the discovery of metal must have entailed . |
| 6 | Almost wrenching off the fragile beaded jacket , and unfastening the strapless dress so that it plummeted to the floor , she grabbed the first garments she found — light pink cotton trousers and a grey and white striped cotton blouse — then forced her feet into flat leather sandals without stopping to undo and refasten the thin buckled straps . |
| 7 | Equally important for the pupils however is to develop a competence in the language so that they can read and enjoy the rich literary resources of Latin . |
| 8 | Their aim is to explore and describe the internal social systems that govern behaviour in these communities , and of course they gain access to these systems through studying overt behaviour in the communities . |
| 9 | The return departure from the Harbour will be quite late so the organisers are asking for intermediate stops at Guildford , Woking and Clapham Junction on the return run to enable passengers to detrain and catch the last suburban services home . |
| 10 | Because we observe changes in Hox expression in neural crest and motor nerves as well as in the early neural epithelium , multiple groups of cells that will enter and populate the first branchial arch may have adopted a second branchial arch identity . |
| 11 | The need then arises to analyse and evaluate the probable political attitudes and actions of various middle-class groups in relation to the working class and the socialist movement , to right-wing parties and movements , to fascist movements and to diverse types of independent politics in the form of liberal , nationalist or populist parties . |
| 12 | Generally , the only way to find something out is to go and see the individual concerned ; however , appointments can not be made when the phone refuses to work . |
| 13 | One day , inspired by the balmy weather , I decided to go and see the great onion-domed tomb of Safdarjung , the last really great Mughal building to be built in India . |
| 14 | The advantage of a hard disk is that the programs and data are available whenever the computer is switched on , without having to find and run the correct floppy disk . |
| 15 | Detroit was paving the way for Mueller to take over and run the whole bloody show from America . |
| 16 | Thus , at the global scale , the International Council of Scientific Unions ( ICSU ) has endorsed the setting up of the International Geosphere Biosphere Project ( IGBP ) to ‘ describe and understand the interactive physical , chemical and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system , the unique environment it provides for life , the changes that are occurring in that system and the manner by which these changes are influenced by human actions ’ ( Report of ad hoc Planning Group for IGBP 1986 , quoted in IGBP 1988 ) . |
| 17 | But it is right to notice and celebrate the many positive experiences we already have of the activity of women in the church . |
| 18 | The process is thus based on an ability to define and interpret the many possible and desirable relationships that can exist between two orthogonal domains . |
| 19 | It is worth getting to know and recognize the small black blob-like chrysalis that adheres to stems and leaf stalks because it can very easily be mistaken for caterpillar or similar droppings and knocked away . |
| 20 | Both reasons for fragmenting work imply the creation of a managerial hierarchy to co-ordinate and control the various fragmented jobs . |
| 21 | This implies a more elaborate division of labour : horizontally , in terms of there being larger numbers of people each doing different jobs at the work-place ; and also vertically , as new jobs are created among white-collar workers to co-ordinate and control the various semi-skilled or unskilled workers — a task made necessary because of the deliberate fragmentation of that labour . |
| 22 | The task of political sociology is to define these issues and problems in a rigorous way , to describe and analyse the wider structural and historical context , to enquire into the causes of political events , and to indicate in an imaginative rather than restrictive fashion the possible alternative courses of action . |
| 23 | Marxist writers , and their supporters , argue that this latter approach can do nothing more than describe reality ; it can never explain and analyse the complex causal relationships of human existence , because research only concentrates on what is observable . |
| 24 | This last decade he had spent in Vienna , obtaining sufficient funds from his family to be able to settle down and marry the only Russian girl amongst his acquaintances . |
| 25 | Only one was emphatic that he did not wish his son to take over and have the same hard life as himself . |
| 26 | However , while current challenges facing primary schools demand greater delegation and role specialization than hitherto , it is essential that schools avoid the trap of over-bureaucratization , and that they seek to retain and nurture the close informal collaboration which has always been an essential ingredient in effective school management . |
| 27 | Now I 'll go and join the new permanent member of the family . |
| 28 | I trust all parties in this house will unite , not only in believing in local government but in agreeing that local government should set and maintain the highest possible standards of conduct when spending the very substantial sums of money parliament votes to it . |
| 29 | This reflects the Society 's function to monitor and maintain the highest professional standards . |
| 30 | We invoke the name of Omnipotence , humbly imploring his power and approbation ; to our countrymen we say , cease from your ribbons and banners ; support party struggles no more ; leave them to die , to exhaust themselves ; support those men of all parties who will espouse and maintain the good old rule of Christianity … we must ourselves be the great instrument of our regeneration . |