Example sentences of "and [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The appropriate Government departments in most cases issue model forms of these byelaws and tend to oppose major departure from their standard forms . |
2 | Similarly , configurations of insurance against liability enlarge the ability to pay this tax and tend to attract legal obligations . |
3 | They all look shopmade and tend to have unimaginative decorations on top . |
4 | Such adjectives belong to the popular , rather than learned , stratum of English vocabulary and tend to have emotive connotations , here largely pejorative . |
5 | Most corporate acquisitions achieve little for society as whole and tend to worsen economic ills in the older cities . |
6 | Do n't be tempted to skimp on quality in living rooms , which get the most wear and tend to develop distinct traffic routes between the furniture . |
7 | Her husband dies in a car accident alongside another woman and driven by grief and jealousy , she investigates his secret life and becomes entangled with a rather nasty mystic group , some of whom are 400 years old and tend to drop rotting flesh and eyeballs on the carpet . |
8 | down and sit writing long hand ? |
9 | They are certainly effective , and make using high-power binoculars much easier . |
10 | Assuming that you decide that you wish to take things seriously and intend to acquire suitable equipment , you should look for a helicopter radio which has two idle-up systems , plus a throttle hold switch , with separate collective pitch adjustments on each . |
11 | We have bought an Aga , and intend to have central heating , probably oil-fired , as well as open fires . |
12 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
13 | Some people are concerned about it and want to put specific details in . |
14 | However , as the nervous system develops and the distances that must be crossed become greater , the tracks traced by individual nerve cell processes become increasingly elaborate , and cease to follow single pioneer pathways . |
15 | FT-Actuaries World Indices are now produced and we are currently reviewing the operation of these indices and expect to produce revised rules and methods during the current year . |
16 | Built to a 24½″ scale , the necks are maple and appear to have genuine rosewood fingerboards . |
17 | The acoustic differences between the initial segments in gift and kift or giss and kiss distinguish lexical items from non-words . |
18 | However , in the new urban environments it was possible for the young and fit to earn good wages and therefore to be independent of their families . |
19 | Other examples of applications of high energy technology to agriculture and stock-rearing , such as deep boreholes in semi-arid areas are discussed by Cliffe and Moorsom ( 1979 ) , and Kassapu ( 1979 ) , where it becomes even more difficult for those with dwindling resources to avail themselves of soil conserving and yield enhancing new technologies . |
20 | We must continue to campaign on this issue and support taking legal action in Europe against the attack on women 's pay . |
21 | Join the Friends of the National Railway Museum and benefit form unlimited visits to the Museum , a regular newsletter , evening lectures and visits . |
22 | Councils ' finance watchdog finds hard-pressed tenants owe £450m Rent rises and benefit cut swell record arrears . |
23 | Their wings flutter and spread to reveal white undersides and dark brown tips . |
24 | If other countries eliminate farm supports and stop dumping surplus food abroad , then world prices of dairy produce might double and export prices for other food items would move upwards too . |
25 | Give it to us , and stop killing poor seamen when they 're asleep , and we 'll let you choose what to do . |
26 | to build on the established strengths of subject areas and seek to extend interdisciplinary cooperation in teaching , learning and research . |
27 | I hope they will challenge the images which restrain and persecute older people at present , and seek to shift public attitudes about the nature of old age . |
28 | Too many people in the Labour party kick away the ladder by which they rose through the education system and seek to defend poor performance where there is no economic advantage . |
29 | To set national standards and seek to restrain local expenditure are not policy prescriptions that easily emerge from fiscal federalism . |
30 | The books draw on the experience of practising teachers , teacher trainers and researchers and seek to provide practical guidelines on ways in which specific areas of the curriculum can be made more accessible to all children . |