Example sentences of "and [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gunner looks through his optical sight , lines it up with an enemy tank and squeezes a trigger to fire a laser that measures the range . |
| 2 | In terms of the role-mapping model of plural reference , we would suppose that the use of and imposes a constraint which specifies the two individuals as playing the same grammatical role . |
| 3 | Both these versions of the expertise theory assure us that the special expertise of directors at once justifies conferring upon them the discretion to run the business and imposes a restraint on how they exercise that discretion . |
| 4 | Section 1 of the Education ( Scotland ) Act 1981 gives parents a right to select the school they wish their children to attend and imposes a duty on education authorities to comply with parental choice , unless one of a limited number of circumstances applies . |
| 5 | The relatively low slewing rate of the LM308A is responsible for this and imposes a limit on clock frequency of 15kHz if such an eventuality is at all likely . |
| 6 | 5.20 Keyholders To ensure that at all times the Landlord has [ and the local Police force has ] written notice of the name home address and home telephone number of at least [ 2 ] key holder[s] of the Premises While this is not necessarily objectionable it is a provision that is easily overlooked and imposes an obligation on the tenant which may not be appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 7 | This man has been known to play guitar solos with the aid of a vibrator ; come to that , he sometimes unplugs his guitar and plays a solo directly through the jackplug . |
| 8 | He co-wrote a song with me on my new album and plays a bit of guitar . |
| 9 | He 's bowling with considerable pace there , did Lawrence , that wicket 's cheered him up and he was rushing in , he 's got his line right , round that off stump and plays a bit of a open face anyway , so those in the slip Gordon beware and the one that did get an edge , it flew through , both Ian Botham who 's at second and Graham Gooch , they both stand pretty close , they work on the theory that it 's better to drop them then to have them bouncing in front of you , but they could have been about five yards deeper in that , the one , that , that went flying through with the character . |
| 10 | Second , it could be argued that this system removes any incentive for sound financial control at local level and constitutes a divorce between management responsibility and financial accountability of the kind severely criticized by the 1976 Layfield Report on local government finance . |
| 11 | A manufacturer takes responsibility for his product 's compliance and signs a declaration of conformity to say that the equipment meets an appropriate European ‘ harmonised ’ standard . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr Angel Clare — he 's the one who 's learning milking — he 's a parson 's son and thinks a lot and does n't notice girls . |
| 13 | Guide 's basic approach to logical objects is a standard one : the user chooses a name for each type of logical object , and supplies a table which attaches properties to this name . |
| 14 | Ideal for small gardens , the weeping cotoneaster hybridus Pendulus has a striking leaf and outline , and produces a mass of brilliant red fruit . |
| 15 | The computer then does the hard mathematics and produces a diagram showing broad groupings of similar material ( fig. 9.3 ) . |
| 16 | The Centre is actively publishing in this area and produces a Working Papers Series ( publications list available ) . |
| 17 | Sadat opens his airline holdall and produces a bottle of Moet-Chandon , deftly flips off the cork and pours a golden stream into two plastic toothmugs . |
| 18 | The human gene is approximately 200 kb , contains 27 exons , and produces a message of 4.7 kb in humans and 4.6 kb in mice . |
| 19 | But whatever definition one accepts , let us agree that there are such categories , and for the purpose of this work I shall define productive labour as being : labour which is exchanged with capital and produces a surplus-value , a surplus-value moreover which is embodied in material commodities , the form of which is capable of being used as capital for the reproduction and extension of capital . |
| 20 | At its simplest , you can divide all purchases into ‘ day-to-day ’ and ‘ occasional ’ , but it is more useful to make a more detailed breakdown , which relates both cost and frequency of purchase , and produces a scale , something like that shown in Table 6.1 . |
| 21 | The program then processes these selections and produces a shortlist of five machines for you to consider . |
| 22 | Analysts would dispute the ASB 's characterisation of their approach , but it is the unsophisticated user that Mr Bradfield is concerned about : ‘ FRS 3 gives the user a selection of information that lacks coherence and produces a number of meaningless headline figures … normally it will require translation . ’ |
| 23 | The region was established in Roman times , and produces a number of wines that are highly prized by the French . |
| 24 | If the subject contrast is very flat the dilution of Rodinal can be lowered to 1:25 or even less so that the increased developer activity boosts the exposed high-tone areas and produces a negative with an expanded tonal range . |
| 25 | A first pass program keeps a record of available head and tail strings of words already stored in the dawg , and produces a list of transitions between the nodes , or states of the dawg . |
| 26 | 1985 : The BPI admit that home-taping has become a way of life and produces a booklet that estimates some 466 million hours of music were taped in the home during 1983 alone . |
| 27 | It is only through difference , by which the same becomes other and produces a tissue of differences , that history could ever take place : for if full presence were possible , then there would be no difference , and therefore no time , space — or history . |
| 28 | This facility does not require any further user input , and produces an output file , VALIDATE.MOD , in the current default directory . |
| 29 | Fiat 's cultural showplace , the Palazzo Grassi , collaborates for the first time ever with a Venetian museum and produces an exhibition that is beautiful but misses the mark |
| 30 | Transparent fuel pipe , as used on motorcycles and many cars , is easily obtained , economic and fulfils a variety of purposes as a spar joiner . |