Example sentences of "and [vb base] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the TSB system , models are available to help managers : test the effect on manpower of changes in systems and working methods ; evaluate the effects of changes such as alteration in hours of work , holiday entitlement , sickness patterns and incidence of training ; test the effect of changes in personnel policies such as recruitment , promotion , retirement , grading , career development ; analyse wastage and evaluate its likely effect on staffing : plan recruitment and training in the most cost effective way . |
| 2 | Come and tickle its tiny toes and admire its baby-blue eyes ! |
| 3 | The families and friends waiting at the airport saw the plane break from a cloud at about 700 feet and make its final descent . |
| 4 | The locomotive is due to arrive at Bury by road and make its first appearance at a hastily-organised Great Western Weekend over the weekend of November 14–15 . |
| 5 | Its distinguishing characteristics are first the view that a class is partly constituted by the perceptions of its members , and second the belief , held either tacitly or openly , that the passage of history is marked by the growth of class consciousness , until a point in the future when an enlightened proletariat will be able to grasp its real interests and make its own history . |
| 6 | Marlow is understandably keen to play down the word fungus , preferring to describe it as myco-protein and stress its undeniable virtues such as its high fibre and protein content , coupled with low fat and non-existent cholesterol . |
| 7 | To remove those doubts and declare its own policy on proposed rescues , the Agency distinguished two possible objectives : the restoration of the failed undertaking to viability , or the preservation of a number of particular jobs . |
| 8 | So , in summary , a university is still a university , a poly can now call itself a university and award its own degrees , and colleges of higher education may , in some instances , stay as colleges , but issue university degrees . |
| 9 | Of course , we must not exaggerate the value of doubt and forget its darker side . |
| 10 | Just to hold it , that was all she wanted , and press its dry petals against her cheek . |
| 11 | AEA is poised to capitalise on the hard work of the last three years and realise its carefully-laid plans for the future , according to John Maltby . |
| 12 | Confirm and underline its close working relationship with the W.H.R ( 1964 ) Company . |
| 13 | It will provide a fascinating insight into Crewe 's development as a successful ‘ railway ’ town and celebrate its enormous contribution to the nation 's railway heritage . |
| 14 | An unmarked police car had been detailed to shadow it and report its ultimate destination . |
| 15 | Bosnia 's embattled President Alija Izetbegovic has declared that the violence has been fomented by Serb militants and supported by Yugoslavian army hardliners in an attempt to destabilise the republic and thwart its international recognition . |
| 16 | Soon Godwin was to sell the shop to Collins — and trigger its slow decline — but before he quit for a job as chief editor with Penguin Books he decided to open a paperback section in Old Compton Street . |
| 17 | Therefore it is only natural for the sponsors to indulge in a little nepotism and provide its Japanese audience with somebody they can identify with while they are enjoying a nightcap . |
| 18 | This new dynamic competition comes from products and processes which threaten a firm 's knowledge base and challenge its dominant competence to enhance its current knowledge base or to establish a new one . |
| 19 | ESA 's contribution to the US station has been withheld until concrete proposals emerge from the redesign ordered last month by US president , who instructed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) to scale down the station and cut its operational costs in half ( see Nature 361 , 195 ; 1993 ) . |
| 20 | The Plan Transmanche accord signed between the central and regional governments in February 1986 recognised that the Tunnel was not being built specifically for the benefit of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and that supportive investment in infrastructure , education and training would be necessary to exploit its potential and overcome its adverse effects on the Channel ports . |
| 21 | The airline had withstood the predatory pricing moves of its competitors , and overcome its early loss . |
| 22 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
| 23 | Military strategists noted that should a JSP-led coalition come to office and implement its stated defence policy ( particularly the application of the nuclear prohibition to US forces stationed in Japan ) , the effect on the balance of power in the region would be " incalculable " . |
| 24 | Whether this will be sufficient to catalyse the country 's moribund industry and boost its declining research effort is debatable . |
| 25 | The Polytechnic would seek to integrate library and computer facilities , recruit women students in all subjects , develop links with particular overseas regions , focus on retraining courses and exploit its geographical position to develop new kinds of extra-mural studies . |
| 26 | And a final $10 billion would be offered at low interest rates as part of a long-term economic plan to help the Soviet Union build some decent factories and roads and exploit its natural resources . |
| 27 | The only way to write well for an instrument and exploit its full potentials is to know it intimately well . |
| 28 | He predicted that his party would pick up a fourth seat in the Lower Falls and hold its three seats in Upper Falls — giving it a total of 10 seats on the council . |
| 29 | Some of this freehold land was no doubt held in small parcels but in the absence of a survey and map its full extent can not be known . |
| 30 | Most of the possible legal moves in a chess position have simple refutations ; refusing to go beyond those refutations should allow a machine to screen out enormous numbers of possibilities , and focus its evaluating time on just those moves about which there are serious questions . |