Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community Land Scheme was complex , and became increasingly so as regulations , directions and circulars followed the passing of the two Acts . |
| 2 | Certain men and women have a propensity for this type of spirituality and have devised techniques and disciplines to create the sense of presence within themselves . |
| 3 | ‘ Since most experts seem to preclude a major upturn in energy prices before the end of the century , we may have to develop a combination of policies and taxes to stimulate the market for improvements in efficiency now as insurance against disruptions from climate change later . ’ |
| 4 | It was Amato who introduced the far-reaching austerity package of spending cuts and taxes to revitalise the economy and who has begun the privatisation of many state-owned businesses , a source of political patronage . |
| 5 | October 2 — February 2 : ‘ M40 Project 1990 ’ — Special events and activities marking the opening of the M40 — throughout the summer — culminating in a special exhibition . |
| 6 | The Law Commission in its Report on Civil Liability for Dangerous Things and Activities suggested the concept of ‘ special danger ’ — i.e . |
| 7 | Similar experiments with factory farmed chickens and ducks reveal the same swift reversion to nature . |
| 8 | The dual controlled taps and mixers incorporate the latest ceramic disc operation . |
| 9 | SCOTVEC sends a letter to all centres in August to let teachers and lecturers know the general areas for review . |
| 10 | While the rabbit bears the brunt of the predatory offensive other animals and birds receive the benefit . |
| 11 | He took with him strange plants and birds to show the King and Queen . |
| 12 | It can be shown that individuals and groups welcome the opportunity to contribute to debate and to participate in policy making . |
| 13 | The houses cluster along short culs-de-sac from distributor roads , and separate footways and cyclepaths occupy the central open space . |
| 14 | Certainly the industry must have encouraged the growth of local villas and houses exploiting the potential of their agricultural resources to the full , while the town in its turn would have provided a workforce and essential access to the necessary marketing facilities . |
| 15 | Inevitably cichlids , catfish and oddballs draw the more ‘ interesting ’ questions with their eccentric behaviour . |
| 16 | People all over the Gulf wanted to support the uprising and build hospitals and clinics to mend the wounds of the Palestinians . |
| 17 | Writhing bodies and contorted patterns of skis and sticks cluttered the terrain . |
| 18 | But his words and attitudes heartened the Danzig Party , who had begun to feel that Berlin no longer cared for the city 's struggle against Poland and Polish trade . |
| 19 | Schools that operate on assumptions about parents ' beliefs and attitudes face the danger of stick in the mud complacency , become resistant to change and , through the adoption of self-fulfilling prophecies , limit both ambitions and achievements . |
| 20 | Massive multi-coloured electronic charts and maps plotted the vacillating movements in known trouble-spots , computer print-outs updated existing material and VDUs displayed detailed information on known criminals at the touch of a button , feeding off the thousands of names stored in the system 's central memory bank . |
| 21 | This is because , though the helium atom is twice as massive as the H 2 molecule , the random collisions between atoms and molecules overwhelm the tendency for gravitational separation . |
| 22 | Leck was then an area of bare moorland with the occasional huddled hill farm , and in the true eighteenth-century manner of fashionable landscapers like Brown , Welch planted trees in clumps and woods to create the most beautiful park . |
| 23 | Only inhabited for the past two hundred years , the unique flora and fauna of these delightfully unsophisticated island have been allowed to evolve undisturbed over the past 600 million years , yielding a unique heritage of birds and blooms encompassing the spectrum 's every colour . |
| 24 | The book offers plenty of advice on how to achieve special decorative effects , plus how to go about choosing fabrics , furniture and accessories to re-create the look of each style . |
| 25 | Estate agents Fox and Sons say the grim history has not deterred a string of inquiries . |
| 26 | Despite these important advancements , however , the problem of what happens to mentally handicapped people when they reach the later school-leaving age of nineteen remains , and what happens when they may face the prospects of a lifetime of unfulfilment which could quickly undermine the considerable efforts made by teachers , houseparents , parents and guardians to help the mentally handicapped child attain his or her full potential . |
| 27 | The powers of parents and guardians include the power of administering reasonable punishment , and such a power may be delegated by them to others , such as schoolmasters , under whose control the child is placed . |
| 28 | There is evidence of the Minoans throughout the island — the palace of Knossos , seat of King Minos ; the Diktaean Cave , said to be the birthplace of the great Greek god Zeus ; and the many museums and galleries housing the memories of a bygone era . |
| 29 | The Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries inspected the Collection , its staffing and funding , and a report was published by HMSO . |
| 30 | The plaintiff 's solicitors must make regular checks ( and it is a good idea for the defendant 's insurers and solicitors to do the same ) on the wage rates at regular intervals , and not only on the rates for the job that the plaintiff would have been doing but the rate for any job into which he might have been promoted but for the accident . |