Example sentences of "and [vb base] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Concentration and worry creased the Doctor 's forehead .
2 In fact , however , as is shown in some detail in chapter 11 , while the Conservatives have been very committed to public ‘ expenditure restraint and have stopped the growth of public employment , they too have found social policy expenditure hard to curb .
3 We have been taking slow steps towards that goal and have faced a number of barriers along the way .
4 They come to be seen as existing in their own right ; so that , even when they have ceased to serve their original social purpose and have become an impediment to the progress of society , men continue to defer to them .
5 Trade marketing and customer service have been combined and have become the responsibility of Nicholas Frankish as director of trade marketing .
6 Biannual national vaccination days and house-to-house visits to vaccinate children in high-risk areas have been successful in eliminating wild poliomyelitis infection from Latin America , and have become the cornerstone of the current global eradication strategy .
7 Q I can knit in double jacquard and have made a couple of garments , but would very much like to knit a single motif .
8 Please believe ME , I 'm ill ME sufferers are sick of doctors not taking them seriously and have made a cinema ad to win support for their case .
9 But if ever there is a chance , send us a sign that you are free and have made a place .
10 They broadcast regularly for the BBC and have made a number of CDs , with many more in the offing .
11 Now we are pledged to cut tax rates again — and have made a start on the road to 20p Income Tax .
12 Hazel said she intended to spend her vouchers on items for her home and said : ‘ I am very pleased to reach this milestone because I have always enjoyed my work and have made a lot of good friends over the years . ’
13 We have noted repeatedly the extremely valuable contribution made by the DCSLs , have pointed to the under-representation of the inspectorate and the advisory service in the project 's implementation , and have indicated the lack of coordination and initiative in the inservice phase of the project .
14 Spencer Stuart have never suffered the violent fluctuations in fortune experienced by Heidrick and Struggles , and have maintained a pattern of steady — if unexciting and generally unpublicised — growth and expansion .
15 These policies have helped to stem population loss and have begun the process of social change designed to encourage more middle-class households to live in east Glasgow .
16 The band have little spare time on their hands , they 've just completed a 50 date tour and have recorded a session for the Bob Harris Radio One show which goes out from Monday April 13th–16th , one song each night .
17 Both bodies have been able to comment on draft PPGs and MPGs and have secured a number of improvements to their content .
18 Guo and Bradshaw carried out analyses of the nutrient ( N , P and K ) and energy flow patterns within the village and have conducted a variety of experiments to see how these patterns can be modified to result in a greater retention of nutrients and a more efficient return of energy to the human population .
19 Henry , it transpires , is very much the protege of Jane whose negative experiences of residential living have combined with a complex of personal problems and have generated an anger that she has tempered to a cause .
20 Honey , Schachtman , and Hall ( 1987 ) have confirmed this finding and have devised an explanation for it that follows directly from the Pearce-Hall model .
21 In various guises , the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes and have influenced the revision of major bibliographic schemes .
22 FEBC are keen to provide training for Russian programme producers and have planned a programming seminar for the summer .
23 I find that only eggs on the outside of the mass are likely to hatch , and have developed a way of maximising the hatching rate .
24 Based at Hal Safi , across the road from Luqa International Airport , Malta , is NCA International Ltd , a company that have expressed their faith in the Caribou and have developed a name as a specialist in the type .
25 These have recently taken a new turn in that they are encrusted with gold and have developed a kind of oriental storyline .
26 We are also constructing cDNA libraries from early embryonic tissues and have developed a wholemount in situ hybridisation technique for localising RNA in the mouse embryo .
27 In order to survive and to get the most from their surroundings reef fish are prepared to defend their territories against all competition and have developed an armoury of weapons and defence strategies .
28 My two daughters — Danielle aged 10 and Nicola aged 6 , have grown up surrounded by them and have developed an interest in the fish .
29 They have made a major contribution to staff development by means of short courses and modular programmes in various areas of management education and have developed the Certificate of Management Studies on a significant scale .
30 Brewers have been aware of this issue for centuries and have developed the practice of adding ‘ copper ’ hops early in the boil to provide bitterness and ‘ aroma ’ or ‘ late ’ hops towards the end of the boil for flavour .
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