Example sentences of "and [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , Henry thought , it would be kindness itself to rise one night between three and four when the suburb slept and drag a sharp stone across the Mitsubishi 's flanks . |
| 2 | If you want to tone up your body and develop a better shape there is no doubt that swimming , keep-fit exercises and yoga will help enormously . |
| 3 | And so , when faced with something he or she feels unsure about , they seek security from the more confident ( and usually more dominant ) dog , which has been allowed to learn independence and develop a one-to-one relationship with the owner . |
| 4 | A major part of the Conservative agenda has been to undermine socialism and develop a contemporary form of laissez-faire market economics , to move Britain from a culture of dependency to the enterprise culture . |
| 5 | Even if the primary focus is the needs of an older person , the counsellor can not afford to ‘ take sides ’ , but should instead aim to help the whole family face up to and develop a wider understanding of the problems and difficulties that exist in old age , and in caring for older people . |
| 6 | Nevertheless he was at one with Wheatley on the need to abandon free trade and develop a protected imperial bloc . |
| 7 | Although there was a great deal of debate about education after 1944 , much of it up to 1951 focused on the eradication of class differences , not gender differences , in an endeavour to build a more buoyant economy and develop a substantial welfare state . |
| 8 | The third pressure comes from the push by Meekatharra Minerals to exploit the very rich deposits of lignite in Ballymoney and develop a private sector power station . |
| 9 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 10 | In order to bring about sustained growth , the Government will have to reverse the cuts that they have made in the training budget and develop a long-term programme to increase the quantity and quality of skills throughout British industry . |
| 11 | Ramsay was shrewd enough to capitalise on his native gifts and develop a new style . |
| 12 | Whereas the standards and styles set by the peer group can set highly influential markers around acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for young people it is in individual friendships that young people find support and security , negotiate their emotional independence , exchange information , put beliefs and feelings into words and develop a new and different perspective of themselves . |
| 13 | Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies in London , he suggested that the 12 EC member countries should make a mutual defence pledge ( as in the Brussels Treaty of the Western European Union — WEU — comprising all EC members except Denmark , Greece and Ireland ) and develop a common policy on weapons research and production . |
| 14 | Secondly , their underrating of the ‘ caesaristic ’ elements of Hitler 's mass charismatic base meant that , far from providing a new foundation for the power of the traditional élites , as they had hoped , the plebiscitary acclamation of the Führer enabled Hitler 's own power to detach itself from its likely shackles and develop a high degree of relative autonomy , at the same time reducing former dominant groups like the army from ‘ power-élites ’ proper to merely ‘ functional élites ’ , unable to check Hitler himself and the ‘ wild men ’ of the Nazi Movement , even when wishing to do so . |
| 15 | For these and other linguistic and cultural reasons it is relatively easy for the speaker of one Bantu language to learn another and develop a high level of competence in it . |
| 16 | I am trying , within the context of the debate , to identify how we can move forward from the 1990s to the 21st century , the problems that we as a nation will have to face , our relationship with Europe and how we can learn from the nations that we have said are the best , such as Germany , and develop a sound strategic regional policy . |
| 17 | For instance , Diggle et al. ( 1990 ) assess the hypothesis that cancer of the larynx is associated with proximity to a now-closed incinerator and develop a statistical model from the theory of spatial point processes to test this . |
| 18 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 19 | Already appreciative of the association 's practice of encouraging , where appropriate , joint funding and partnership in the support of all South East Arts clients , the association still needs to secure the full membership of all local authorities in the South East area and develop a clear , joint strategy on the development of the arts for each of the three county areas . |
| 20 | Ultimately , however , the dog may become iron deficient and develop a microcytic hypochromic anaemia . |
| 21 | And develop a persuasive argument . |
| 22 | Trim , fit and tanned enough to flutter its eyelids and crack a plate-glass window , ‘ Not Too Soon ’ is a veritable fusillade of passion , melody and intensity . |
| 23 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 24 | it is senior management 's responsibility to initiate , devise , maintain and evaluate a viable policy and system of communication which is designed to inform employees regularly about the enterprise |
| 25 | I try and rig a few wires up ! |
| 26 | And try and squeeze a few back a bit further . |
| 27 | ARABS are deeply worried that Bill Clinton 's victory could slow down the Middle East peace process and undermine a cosy relationship developed with the Bush administration . |
| 28 | We will also continue to develop new high-quality National Vocational Qualifications , and introduce a new post-16 diploma which recognises achievement in both vocational and academic courses . |
| 29 | Input/output controller board manufacturer , Digiboard Inc , Eden Prairie , Minnesota will release a Unix version of PC/2e — its two-port intelligent asynchronous board for desktops — and introduce a new Unix version of its fax software this quarter . |
| 30 | President François Mitterrand also announced on Oct. 22 , in return for an undertaking by farmers to end violent protests , that the government would introduce border controls on imported meat , reduce land and inheritance taxes , encourage the growing of crops for the production of environmentally friendly fuel , and introduce a new pension scheme to allow farmers to retire at 55 . |