Example sentences of "and [vb base] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A practical objection to pre-publication orders , from an ‘ acquisitions ’ point of view , is that they clog up order files and complicate the order process — particularly when titles which have been announced are not actually published . |
| 2 | Such a tax would , they concluded , both ‘ constrain and complicate the government 's ability to manage the economy ’ and ‘ carry some possible risk to incentives and to the encouragement of inflationary wage demands ’ ( Layfield 1976 , App 8:211 ) . |
| 3 | Stroke and knead the back of the shoulders where muscles tend to get knotted . |
| 4 | She was a strong swimmer , and spent five minutes ploughing her way effortlessly along its length before surfacing to sleek her hair back and knead the water from her eyes . |
| 5 | The first attempt on the buttress was delayed for two days because of bad weather , and it took a total of five days to climb the feature , which included a band of loose rock at the base , and reconnoitre the south ridge to the start of a large rock pillar at about 5,900 metres . |
| 6 | They thus have an incentive to maximize the number of patients treated , maximize the length of stay , maximize the number of surgical procedures performed , and maximize the number of diagnostic tests carried out and drugs supplied . |
| 7 | So long as people are carfeul and obey the law , there should be no problems . |
| 8 | He commenced to read his last recantation , urging his listeners to fear God and obey the King and Queen . |
| 9 | Even this provision is not cast iron , however , as the Spanish State could ‘ move the goal posts ’ and change the law to render the agreement unenforceable . |
| 10 | After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number . |
| 11 | A change of make-up , have your hair cut short and change the colour , dowdy clothes … |
| 12 | ‘ Now look at this one — redistribute the weight slightly , and change the hair colour and remove that ridiculous paint from the face , and there 's my Gittel underneath . ’ |
| 13 | Within the public sector one of the implications of attempts by government to reduce the size and change the structure of public sector organisations has been declining morale — or so commentators would have us believe . |
| 14 | Well could we have it on the sixth and change the committee day ? . |
| 15 | However , a distinction surely has to be made between those presidents who alter the terms of the debate and change the course of history and those who achieve no more than marginal change . |
| 16 | By dialling-in and pushing a series of touch-tone codes , they can play-back , save and delete messages , and change the system 's announcements and their personal greeting . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ said the man with an ugly look , ‘ I 'll stay with you until the banks open , and change the cheque myself . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It was fun to be able to get involved in the story and change the ending . ’ |
| 19 | You can record your own voice for use within the program and change the spelling lists to match your child 's weekly list from school . |
| 20 | We need to be able to test for floating.point zero , or for a positive or negative value , and change the instruction sequence accordingly . |
| 21 | You would feel equally unnerved and change the subject just as fast . |
| 22 | He would smile , and change the subject . |
| 23 | In my experience the unexpected response ‘ children ’ causes the questioner to smile in puzzlement and change the subject . |
| 24 | exercise that you do in terms of assertion in terms of helping build people 's assertion is what we call a broken record exercise , okay where one person wants something and the other person is trying to change their minds , okay , you get it in conversation when people do n't take you seriously and you 've asked for something and they do n't take you serious they try and avoid the point , they try and change the subject . |
| 25 | You have to know how to modulate , and sustain , and change the attack . ’ |
| 26 | To repeat the border , as illustrated , knit four plain rows of black between repeats of the design and change the direction of the motif ( by turning the punchcard over to the reverse side ) on each repeat . |
| 27 | Small changes in numbers may radically alter the balance and change the medium of play and instruction . |
| 28 | If you have a Brother machine and change the ribber tension , put the slide lever to I as well . |
| 29 | In blunt terms , they 're fed up with having to chop and change the way they do things with every twist in Government policy . |
| 30 | The new and more powerful roles offered to women in the world of work may diminish their powerlessness before men and change the way working couples relate . |