Example sentences of "and [vb base] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to this year 's profits , top City analysts have pencilled in around £45m pre-tax and expect Pickfords to chip in well over £4m , against last year 's £2.7m . |
| 2 | Then , I 've got the press releases and press tickets to send out . |
| 3 | What the staff provide is understanding and tolerance of difficult behaviour ; they also assist with the practical caring tasks of washing , dressing and feeding , and they encourage , supervise and train patients to carry out these tasks for themselves . |
| 4 | I thought , if I could go for a hybrid of these two , and get comedians to come in and sit with deadpan expressions , I might have something interesting on my hands . |
| 5 | All we 've got to do is go back to London and get Joe to set up a workshop there and work himself silly . |
| 6 | The prosperity of Cadiz , based on the American trade , was to decline sharply in the nineteenth century and allow Barcelona to take over its position as the exemplar of middle-class civilization , although it was never to replace the Andalusian towns as nurseries of liberal politicians . |
| 7 | The isoenzymes , which may be derived from alternative gene sets provided by polyploidy , in effect increase membrane permeability and allow water to pass out of the cells , concentrating cell solutions and lowering their freezing points . |
| 8 | Ryokan have a lot of potential for the tired traveller and exhausted businessman , for they offer a total experience of the Japanese way of life for the price of room hire , and allow guests to step out of a complicated world of congestion into a dream world of relaxation , simplicity , tranquillity and leisure . |
| 9 | The aim is to set up a professional , cost-effective organisation by 1996 to stimulate , assist , promote and encourage firms to set up and expand in Gwynedd , the report says . |
| 10 | Make sure there is adequate light ( take a wander light up if there is no loft light ) and use boards to stand on to avoid crashing through the ceiling . |
| 11 | The German manager may take Bein and Brehme to the World Cup and ask Voeller to come out of retirement if Juergen Klinsmann and Karl-heinz Riedle struggle with their form up front . |
| 12 | In the light of this discussion I offer some indications as to how a strategy of reading might be applied to the study of racist discourses , and invite readers to try out this approach on the two study texts , not in order to produce ‘ the right answer ’ but to compare what is gained and what lost in detail and depth of understanding by applying this kind of model compared to the others . |
| 13 | This means exploring Celtic and Norse myths to build up an indigenous mythology to balance those of Indian and African origin imported via the United States . |
| 14 | Either he would lose Doctor Who , in which case his small Department would save themselves a very large overhead , or the BBC would let go its purse strings a little and permit Kine to take on more staff and resources to handle such a project . |
| 15 | The Nianias report on European Commission proposals for older people calls on the commission to conduct investigations into discriminatory practices on the grounds of age and initiate action to bring about equal treatment for elderly people . |
| 16 | If I had a kid , I 'd maroon it for the afternoon , on a lilo anchored several feet away with waterproof crayons and wax paper to draw on . |
| 17 | He can not treat wear and tear , but he can ease pain and help people to combat back pain . |
| 18 | The transition back to work is easier , however , if individuals have worked previously and have skills to fall back on . |
| 19 | The Executive Committee shall be free to set up such committees as it may think fit and decide their terms of reference ; and have power to fill in any casual vacancies among the Honorary Officers , any officers so appointed serving until the next Annual General Meeting at which elections are due to take place . |
| 20 | Britain is now wondering whether to copy France and oblige industry to set up a recycling scheme of its own . |