Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cold inhibits or prevents plant growth and slows down chemical processes in soils , prolonging the period of maturation . |
| 2 | To keep the Moldavians and Gagauzes apart two regiments of USSR Interior Ministry troops were despatched to the Gagauz districts at Snegur 's request on Oct. 28 . |
| 3 | Returning to the three possibilities , consider the second , where competition exists and produces tolerably efficient results , but these are deemed undesirable . |
| 4 | This process is unique to Stoddard Templeton in the UK , and produces exceptionally high quality and good value carpets such as Elgin , Oban and Highland Tweed . |
| 5 | Teachers are increasingly aware of the benefits of project work : namely , that it involves learners in authentic activities , bridges the gap between the classroom and the outside world , and produces observably high levels of motivation and cooperation among students . |
| 6 | The Home Office research and statistics department is excellent and produces very good figures , but unfortunately we do not have on record the figures for 12 centuries ago . |
| 7 | For this reason , the largest ’ balanced ’ corpus that can be derived from these 13 million words consists of 5 million words , and represents approximately 500,000 words from each of the 10 superfields . |
| 8 | This hotel enjoys an unrivalled position right on the lakeside in the centre of Malcesine , and offers well furnished rooms , some with double beds and all with a private bathroom . |
| 9 | The latter comes at midprice and offers over twenty minutes ' extra music — but DC 's 1973 analogue recording is n't as ripe and sonorous as the new Chandos and exhibits a little tape hiss if played too loudly . |
| 10 | The motives for seeking office are partly that the life of a backbench MP soon becomes unsatisfactory and offers so little scope for achievement , for registering even the smallest impact on a restricted area of.public life , that the average MP looks with envy on any minister who has a positive job to perform , however limited the field . |
| 11 | The Arabic version , on the other hand , presents ‘ general picture ’ as given and offers as new information in the predicate a definition or identification of what this general picture is . |
| 12 | The disc revolves at a constant speed , holds 54,000 frames per side , and offers about thirty minutes of straight playing time on each side . |
| 13 | Despite all this , I still liked the Kamco — it 's well specified , incorporates the latest technology , and offers very reasonable value for the money . |
| 14 | I said well he 's got a sa , brother that ca n't walk , he 's crippled and sits there all week and that , does a little job for Wilkinson and Kilpack and er quite annoyed ! |
| 15 | Clearly , unit step function is equivalent to and involves just real integrals as would be expected . |
| 16 | There is an alternative route which is longer and involves slightly more climbing , but it stays at a lower level , never rising higher than 1,600ft . |
| 17 | The circuit 's main route works out to be over 140 miles long and involves over 38,000 feet of climbing . |
| 18 | The first covers only five weeks , for a specific product , and involves very specific sizes and dates . |
| 19 | The network of Young Engineers Clubs started some four years ago now includes 30 clubs and involves around 900 boys and girls . |
| 20 | It maintains a central library which has over 500000 volumes and pamphlets , 180000 maps and receives over 3000 journals . |
| 21 | In a country where , as a popular song puts it , ‘ every son is born a soldier ’ and turns out each year for a spell of military service until he is well into middle age , the army has long been regarded as an essential part of the country 's armed neutrality . |
| 22 | But out of hours he heads for his workshop and turns out wooden toys including trains , kiddie pushalong trolleys and nursery name plates . |
| 23 | Within the box it is possible to describe slopes and turns as numerical ratios , as tangents . |
| 24 | Not only did government growth require little positive commitment , the acceptance of a form of Keynesianism termed by Rose and Peters as one-eyed Keynesianism' , seemed to be telling politicians that public expenditure growth was a good thing . |
| 25 | He has this lovely pixie body and whips off complicated tap routines in the Astaire and Gene Kelly styles — amazing . |
| 26 | But when it comes to the ecstatically energised and demonstrative music , he either plays safe with tempi and tones down orchestral brilliance or , more alarmingly , decides to add a wealth of extra cymbal ( suspended and clashed ) , presumably in the misguided notion that more emphasis is required . |
| 27 | The forecast from Chris Haskins of Northern Dairies which now owns Express Dairies and has over 3,000 milk rounds delivering a daily pinta to five million 5m doorsteps is that the fall in doorstep delivery will not stop until it is down to about a third of the total . |
| 28 | Today , SIM is a well established national management organisation committed to the enhancement of managerial and organisational effectiveness in Singapore and has over 5,000 members . |
| 29 | The contract went to BDO Binder Hamlyn and Aries Business Systems , which specialises in computer systems for specialist retailers and distributors who combine mail order with retail sales , and has over 40 sites . |
| 30 | Surgical nurse practitioner Lou Jacobs has been a nurse for 17 years and has over 12 years ' experience in intensive care units . |