Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day two of Spain 's leading private electricity companies ( Iberduero SA and Hidroeléctrica Española SA ) announced plans to merge to compete with the state-owned ENDESA ( Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA ) , in a move welcomed by the government which was aiming to reorganize the power industry and planned to introduce a new national energy plan by the end of July . |
| 2 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 3 | For example , in the case of starting up a machine at a control panel the operator will be given the instructions and asked to provide a verbal commentary as he actuates the various controls and checks the various indications , this is a ‘ talk through ’ . |
| 4 | Informal counselling implies that group members are not seated and asked to discuss a particular topic or situation . |
| 5 | Phillip DeFreitas managed to play in only three matches in India , including one Test , and failed to take a single wicket . |
| 6 | whether possible or not , it was never contemplated The Labour party leadership failed consistently to put principle into practice , while the rank-and-file opposition to party politics , as expressed by the Labour Spain Committee , confused imperatives and failed to effect a radical change of policy . |
| 7 | If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion . |
| 8 | While tempered by experience and ( according to Beard ) self-interest , the framers of the United States Constitution were informed by Lockean values and sought to impose a political framework in line with a Lockean conception of society . |
| 9 | They have been simplified and condensed to provide a basic introduction . |
| 10 | A grouping of eight opposition parties , including the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) and the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) , met on April 7 and agreed to support a single candidate in each constituency . |
| 11 | More than 70 delegates from 33 opposition parties meeting in Salahuddin and Shaqlawah , near Arbil , in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq on Sept. 23-27 , proclaimed their unity and agreed to form a federal government . |
| 12 | Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government . |
| 13 | THE United States and Russia yesterday challenged Arabs and Israelis to resume peace talks in April and agreed to hold a first summit between Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin . |
| 14 | MDC noted that the Retirement planning seminar held on 31 May 1991 had proved to be very successful and agreed to hold a similar event in Manchester on 21 February 1992 . |
| 15 | At two days of talks convened in Lomé on Feb. 12-13 by the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) mediation group , the factions signed their agreement to a detailed plan for monitoring the ceasefire , and agreed to hold a national conference in March with a view to establishing a transitional government . |
| 16 | George finally saw this last week and agreed to buy a new one , although not until 1997 when we might have the money . |
| 17 | The North-South Exchanges and Co-operation Subcommittee met on March 18 , and agreed to prepare a supplementary agreement on inter-Korean exchanges and co-operation for signature at the next round of Premiers ' talks in Seoul on May 5 . |
| 18 | The board of CCAB recognised the need for further consideration of the underlying implications of the research results and agreed to establish a small working party under the chairmanship of immediate past president of the ACCA , its remit being to receive and consider the results and the policy options available , with the aim of reporting back to CCAB in July 1993 . |
| 19 | The last bridge at Nuln is one of the marvels of the Old World , and its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier . |
| 20 | Its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier . |
| 21 | Unfortunately I soon blotted my copy book by stating that Pete Townshend of The Who should be tried for cultural war crimes and made to issue a public apology . |
| 22 | ‘ Who ? ’ asked the Sheikh and rose to get a better look . |
| 23 | DAVID went to sea and rose to command a naval ship ; after losing an arm in a naval battle , he was offered but refused a knighthood ; in his book Memorials of Ochiltree , David Ramsay says that when David 's brother James Tennant asked why he had refused the honour , he replied , ‘ Deed , Jamie , I just considered it little better than a nickname . ’ |
| 24 | Within the precincts of the White Tower , guarded by magical illusions of great cunning , he learned the intricacies of sorcery , and rose to become a true master of High Magic . |
| 25 | He unwrapped the handkerchiefs , contrived to get a good amount of mud down his boots and pretended to make a bad landing from the monkey rope and was dispatched to the sanatorium with a suspected sprain . |
| 26 | The DNA binding domain of the homologous protein of HSV-1 , Vmw175 , has been expressed in isolation and found to have a similar binding specificity to that of the intact protein ( 21,25,31 ) . |
| 27 | The package , which the Yard said was addressed to his wife , was examined by explosives officers at Notting Hill police station in west London and found to contain a compact disc . |
| 28 | More recently liquid CO&sub2 ; has been used and found to achieve a better extract with no risk of solvent contamination . |
| 29 | The woman who sang wandered over , carrying her sheets of music , and stopped to say a few words to Dr Rafaelo before going up to the little stage and setting up her recording deck to accompany her nightly concert . |
| 30 | On May 28 the Prime Minister , Shaikh Saad al Abdullah al Salem as Sabah , admitted that the torture and abduction of non-Kuwaitis continued in the emirate and promised to order a thorough investigation . |