Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the risk of aspiration has not been completely eliminated , massive regurgitation is unlikely to occur , but avoiding ventilatory pressures greater than 20 cm H 2 O ( not always practical in a trauma situation ) avoids leaks around the cuff and minimises gastric dilatation . |
| 2 | BRAVE Princess Diana put two weeks of torment behind her yesterday … and beamed this smile of relief . |
| 3 | Each time it is called it snaps a new picture , since the position of the test card is presumed to have changed , and outputs some messages . |
| 4 | Do not forget Mr Hurd 's record for soothing nerves and conciliating Tory antagonists . |
| 5 | The RBI projects were expected to supplement , and in some cases replace , foreign exchange earned by crude oil , and to promote industrial growth and economic diversification . |
| 6 | The main objectives of the ASEA were to prevent elementary school-leavers from ‘ drifting into unskilled occupations , and later on into unemployment ’ ; and to promote industrial training through ‘ apprenticeships and other methods ’ , usually trade schools and technical education classes . |
| 7 | Objective : To liberalize world trade and by so doing to raise standards of living , to ensure full employment , to expand the production and exchange of goods , and to promote economic development . |
| 8 | Objective : to liberalize world trade and by doing so to raise standards of living , to ensure full employment , to expand the production and exchange of goods , and to promote economic development . |
| 9 | I wholly support the concept of a ‘ going rate ’ for experts to avoid misunderstandings and to promote financial planning . |
| 10 | There was a political will in Britain and in the United States to reduce spending on institutional care and to promote cheaper community-based services , not only in child care but also in other sectors of public care such as mental health and mental handicap . |
| 11 | The talks were due to include discussions of measures to reduce tension between the two states and to promote bilateral exchanges . |
| 12 | Under the chair of employment minister Patrick McLoughlin , the group aims to persuade employers to abandon agist policies and to promote good practice in employment . |
| 13 | In 1975 the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training ( Cedefop ) was created to disseminate information on training , and to promote good practice throughout the Community . |
| 14 | The purpose of the Henley Work Forum is to promote a better understanding of the opportunities for restructuring organisations offered by effective application of Information and communications technology and to promote good practice . |
| 15 | A significant focus for the controversy was the theatre , which , like the transvestite , was seen both to epitomize and to promote contemporary forces of disruption in and through its involvement with cross-dressing . |
| 16 | The image which our visitors perceive is not consonant with the one which we need to project in order to enhance our public profile and to promote public awareness and understanding of our inter-linked scientific and horticultural objectives . |
| 17 | The project also presents the opportunity for all involved to make new contacts in Europe and to promote Scottish education and training abroad . |
| 18 | The discussion of export cartels in the previous section has pointed to the possibility that competition policy might be designed and applied to protect domestic markets and to promote domestic producers in export markets . |
| 19 | Continue to monitor the performance of engineering solutions to determine their effectiveness and to promote continuing improvements to the pedestrian facilities provided . |
| 20 | Like its European counterparts , the California Greens are to eschew leadership , to be based on feminist principles and to promote universal health care . |
| 21 | I am particularly pleased to have been able to see through the work to stamp out default and to promote high standards in the profession . ’ |
| 22 | He also highlighted the need for Christian booksellers to become involved in secular franchises and to promote Australian writers . |
| 23 | He looked across at me and whispered one word : ‘ Rum ’ . |
| 24 | While persecution varies in intensity from country to country and over time within one country , I can think of no Marxist-Leninist government which has not as a matter of official policy harassed , discriminated against and persecuted religious minorities . |
| 25 | The US decision to withdraw troops stationed abroad marked a significant shift in national defence policy , whereby the strong local presence of US troops in many regions was to be replaced by a " rapid reaction " concept involving the increased use of airborne forces and attaching particular importance to mobile operations including the role of aircraft carriers . |
| 26 | The police had warrants to look for evidence of unlawful drinking and to search five houses for petrol bombs , although no evidence of either was found . |
| 27 | To help you beat the irritation of bites and stings this summer , we have a 100 bottles of Stingose to give away . |
| 28 | The correct person to initiate and oversee coronary rehabilitation is the district cardiologist or physician with an interest in cardiology . |
| 29 | The Turkish forces , let's be clear about this , have used napalm against Kurdish villages inside the ‘ safe haven ’ which the rapidstrike force is supposedly on permanent red-alert to protect — yet there has n't been so much as a cheep from any of the elements who cheered the US-led forces into the Gulf War on the basis that regimes which defy international law and slaughter innocent people must be confronted , no matter what the cost . |
| 30 | What makes the work scientific is the care taken to avoid error , to be thorough and exhaustive , and to check and recheck all findings . |