Example sentences of "and [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Operation Torch — the American invasion of French North Africa in November 1942 — was the culmination of Allied attempts to exclude de Gaulle and to promote a viable alternative to Gaullism . |
| 2 | To raise awareness , understanding and esteem of the profession and to promote a positive image . |
| 3 | It represented a conscious effort to offset colonial influences and to promote a national culture which would reflect the new nation . |
| 4 | Sofia , a beautiful , dark-eyed girl of perhaps eighteen , smiled shyly and whispered a breathy ‘ Buona sera ’ . |
| 5 | Then he allows for the effects of a ‘ propagation mechanism ’ ( see section 5.1(a) ) by adding the lagged value of to equation ( 6.2 ) and attaching a positive coefficient to it , giving : |
| 6 | she then ‘ picks up ’ the open stitches ( a fine circular needle is wonderful for this ) , returns these stitches to the machine and knits a new rib ( going downwards ) or whatever is required . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , visiting the Company was an important occasion in Mary O'Dell 's calendar ; when her husband was the landlord , she always fussed over him beforehand , ironing his best shirt , starching the collar , sponging his blue serge suit and tucking a clean handkerchief into his top pocket . |
| 8 | Its brief would be to devise , offer and supervise a comprehensive course devoted to the training of church musicians in all aspects of their craft . |
| 9 | Women wishing to return to work after maternity leave can telephone an agency which will vet , recruit and supervise a local childminder , and provide back-up cover if the main carer is ill . |
| 10 | They are also extremely vocal , calling and bellowing a good deal of the time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | During the 1930s the world had seen considerable political and military changes , already the dictators of Europe were making territorial gains , and the Japanese also had designs on mainland Asia , invading Manchuria and waging a savage war on China . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Nevertheless he was at one with Wheatley on the need to abandon free trade and develop a protected imperial bloc . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Ramsay was shrewd enough to capitalise on his native gifts and develop a new style . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Ultimately , however , the dog may become iron deficient and develop a microcytic hypochromic anaemia . |
| 30 | And develop a persuasive argument . |