Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Advertisers love the new sections because they provide choice and make it easier to target advertising at specialist audiences . |
| 32 | do reverse and make it bigger |
| 33 | The reason for using cold water is that hot water will make the blood congeal and make it harder to get out of the needle and syringe . |
| 34 | They , they used to build wings for the , they had er all pop riveters and they used to b build wings for the planes that finally came up to the airport down there and erm it was very much a structural set-up as I say I used to have to take plates down there from the airport to be normalized , it was er a sort of softening treatment for aluminium and made them easier to shape and rivet them onto the main fuselage , but they , they used to make Harvard wings and cowls , engine cowls , for the Bostons and Havocs they were n't the one type of Boston was a fighter bomber and another one it had the front navigator 's position cut out and they used to have a search light put in there which they used to call |
| 35 | Thus , Worrall and Pease ( 1996 : 196 ) , examining the steep rise in prison numbers in 1985 , found that the most plausible , if speculative explanation was that ‘ a general penal climate in Great Britain has permeated sentencing practice and made it harsher ’ . |
| 36 | And they added onto it and made it bigger since . |
| 37 | This type of informal intervention in turn increased confusion over the weight to be attached to the enterprise 's different objectives , and made it harder to co-ordinate political goals and express them in a coherent manner . |
| 38 | Dr Walter Kilner developed some screens filled with a dicyanin solution which sensitized the eyes and made it easier for more people to see the aura . |
| 39 | Technological advances in manufacturing have raised the quality of most goods and made it easier for competitors to copy one another 's innovations — which are , anyway , typically minor and increasingly rare . |
| 40 | A formula could be seen as a way to get a fair wage increase and made it easier to deal with differentials . |
| 41 | Too large an increase in personal taxation could lose them votes and deny them further ministerial office . |
| 42 | Somebody gave him a brush and paints one time and he started in and got it better than any of them , oh my word he did . |
| 43 | ‘ Aah sh 'll advertise 'im in t' Malton Messenger and if we does well , Aah might try t' Yorkshire Post next year and send 'im further afield , ’ he had told his sons , adding , ‘ T'stud fees is a guinea and an 'alf , wi' a florin for t'lad , so it 's not ti be sneezed at . ’ |
| 44 | Maclean also concentrated on getting the ball past the talented Umar and denying him further chances to hit crisp drives into the nicks and towards difficult angles . |
| 45 | ‘ I was really upset but she came and found me later , ’ said Tessa . |
| 46 | ‘ After a few days I was n't half as hungry and found it easier to cut down . |
| 47 | Oh , grief , Fabia fretted , and judged it better to stay quiet . |
| 48 | He reached up , took the weight of the body and lifted it higher and then wrenched the material of the tunic from the barbs of the wire . |
| 49 | ‘ I said I 'd go round and see him later when he 's done his homework . |
| 50 | It is not only advantageous for us to know which of a horse 's emotions are destructive to us having a good working relationship with it ; but ideally , if we also consider horse will do more for us and give us greater pleasure . |
| 51 | But I certainly think that with regard to Concept Catering , the merger did not come s , could almost , did n't come soon enough , because we needed to turn Concept Catering , from a school meals organisation into a catering organisation , and give it stronger management and a better lead and a better appreciation of what it means to be customer oriented . |
| 52 | Eb 's hand shot out , clutching his brother 's arm and pulling him closer . |
| 53 | This was to sharpen him up and get him fitter apparently . |
| 54 | Dong put a supportive arm around his brother and pulled him deeper into the crowd . |
| 55 | Her thin lips clasped tight together , fearing any sound might betray her , she hooked her legs about him and pulled him further and further into her . |
| 56 | If you love sports and the sun is very hot , wear a white T-shirt , when windsurfing or water-skiing both to reflect the glare and to keep you cooler . |
| 57 | Be consistent in explaining to your people what 's in your mind : they will understand , and understand you hotter , if you are consistent . |
| 58 | This no doubt explains why historians writing about Scotland in Mary 's minority have tended to sound more shocked about the activities of the Scottish nobility than historians of other contemporary societies , and find it harder to reconcile the idea of ideological commitment with changes of the political and even religious heart produced by additions to the pocket . |
| 59 | Americans have many creative ideas and find it easier to think tangentially . |
| 60 | We have found that , often , when patients eliminate these foods from their diet , they feel well again and find it easier to lose weight . |