Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach is primarily focused on helping patients resolve the crisis that has led to an overdose and on tackling their longer-term problems , largely using their own resources to do so and thereby developing greater ability to cope with stresses in future . |
| 2 | Some economists calculate that only a small part ( perhaps a quarter ) of the appreciation of the exchange rate is attributable to oil but that the government deliberately pushed up the exchange rate ( which appreciated 40 per cent between 1979 and 1980 ) by raising domestic interest rates and thereby weakening industrial competitiveness . |
| 3 | The monopolist is normally considered to exploit consumers by charging a high price and thereby destroying some consumer surplus . |
| 4 | More attention to the hardware and information presentation will yield improved operator support whereas more attention to operator training will minimise the difficulties of interpreting information presentations and thereby making full use of machines ( Singleton , 1967b ) . |
| 5 | An explanation needs to be made to these pupils as to the benefits of providing their own paints and thereby gaining more experience with a wider range of materials . |
| 6 | In December 1914 he resigned and became works manager at Brown Bayley steelworks , advising them on the manufacture of stainless steel and eventually becoming technical director . |
| 7 | It held its first meeting on Dec. 23 , and unanimously chose Chief Ernest Adegunle Shonekan , a lawyer and prominent industrialist , as its chair and effectively acting Prime Minister . |
| 8 | Only in one respect is a consideration of their characteristics illuminating , in emphasizing the fact that the state is not the only means by which the cohesion of a society is assured , and so giving some support to those liberal pluralist theories which treat the state as one association among others , and not always the most important . |
| 9 | On the one hand , industry is achieving much greater productivity per worker than in previous decades , and so employing fewer production workers , yet paying much higher salaries and wages to the individual worker . |
| 10 | Let's assume you 'll be just a general-purpose chippie , doing jobs like building stud partition walls , laying floorboards and perhaps making fitted furniture using a lot of man-made boards . |
| 11 | Try replacing the existing radiator with a larger one ( double panel rather than single or one of large area ) and perhaps adding double glazing to the windows . |
| 12 | Diana said she would never agree to Prince Charles taking them and perhaps marrying another woman . |
| 13 | The dangers for Indonesia are further reductions in the OPEC oil quota and swiftly rising domestic consumption — increasing at some 10% per year . |
| 14 | That he hated the cold and his chilblains and the earth privy and the spiders and not being allowed to eat biscuits and only having roast beef for dinner because she had come . |
| 15 | Indeed , there was a sense in which he was a historian : he loved investigating source material , going back to the originals , and patiently fitting one piece of evidence into the pattern with another . |
| 16 | He thought privatisation was a logical and highly motivating next step ; commenting ‘ AEA now has to win the hearts and minds of staff if privatisation is to succeed . ’ |
| 17 | Standing in front of them was an extremely old man with a beard that trailed on the ground and long flowing white hair . |
| 18 | But the principle remains essentially the same : a mixture of 3-D reality and 2-D illusion coexisting on the 2-D plane of the film 's emulsion and apparently representing some aspect of the 3-D actual world , or some more or less realistic fantasy world . |
| 19 | A babble of voices , predominantly American and German , provided a background hum , while a great number of tables , she observed with some surprise , were occupied by a contingent of Japanese businessmen wearing identical lapel-badges and obviously attending some conference . |
| 20 | They have produced a number of published manifestos condemning US congressional interference in El Salvador and adamantly opposing any dialogue with the FDR : |
| 21 | Lawn owners have good reason for keeping clear consciences and generally living each day as through it were their last . |
| 22 | However , most practitioners consider that this risk is commercially necessary in order to be able to undertake the work , and generally speaking more work than predicted on one job is balanced out by less work than predicted on another . |
| 23 | For workers , this path means accepting flexible job classifications and work rules ; agreeing to wage rates linked to profits and productivity improvements ; and generally taking greater responsibility for the soundness and efficiency of the enterprise . |
| 24 | She also found that a lot of her time which could have been used to produce more goods was being taken up selling goods , collecting debts and generally doing administrative work . |
| 25 | It is a commentary upon the action on that occasion , dealing with the problem of how it should be interpreted , speculating on the motives , intentions and characters of those involved , and generally offering some kind of criticism and justification of whatever are taken to be the goings-on . |
| 26 | Returning to Falmouth Street in his new acquisition — and already encountering some resistance to engaging first gear — Harry listed in his mind the excellent reasons for buying a car . |
| 27 | 9.86 million hectares of land in the UK ( 48% of its total land area and 51% of its agricultural land ) are designated under Article 3(4) of the Directive ( see Chapter 3 ) , i.e. ‘ less favoured areas in danger of depopulation , ’ but with the tiny-exception of the Isles of Scilly which are designated under Article 3(5) , i.e. ‘ other less favoured areas affected by specific handicaps. ’ 8.65 million hectares were designated in 1974 with adjustments in 1976 , and were based on the old ‘ hill areas ’ under the 1946 Hill Farming Act and already receiving special support measures from the British government . |
| 28 | With Convex already under its belt , Dolphin is now understood to be courting Data General Corp , and already selling SCI simulation systems and high level design language implementations to the likes of Apple Computers Inc and the Centre for Research into Nucleonics , Geneva , Switzerland . |
| 29 | All the knowledge bases in Hearsay-II , ideally working in parallel and reacting as soon as relevant data appeared , would bombard the blackboard with knowledge , adding and modifying hypotheses , and thus triggering other knowledge sources in turn . |
| 30 | He tried to get a post at the British Museum , and was most indignant when it went to George Children , a friend of Davy and thus possessing superior patronage . |