Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb base] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did television marginalize the Alliance and thereby contribute to its failure ? |
| 2 | Firstly , it seems highly likely that even apparent disparities in the way offenders are treated will fuel resentment and thereby contribute to the feelings of injustice which lie at the heart of the penal system 's crisis of legitimacy . |
| 3 | It has the aim of enabling participants to understand the reality of each others ' lives , and thereby contribute to changes in both societies . |
| 4 | Delayed gastric emptying , together with reduced gastric mobility , can augment the perception of fullness and thereby contribute to further dieting . |
| 5 | The injection of lava along mid-oceanic ridges , for instance , could push the adjacent plates apart and thereby contribute to plate motion ( Fig. 2.17(D) ) . |
| 6 | The subframes are designed to deform in the same manner as the robust bodyshell and thereby contribute to this energy absorption . |
| 7 | Liberalizing emigration was just part of Ceauşescu 's strategy to gain acceptance in the West and thereby access to its storehouses of wealth , technology and industrial secrets . |
| 8 | When a person purports to act on behalf of another , but without his authority , the latter may subsequently ratify the act of the former , and thereby draw to himself both the benefit of , and the liability for , the act . |
| 9 | If a European Union of this kind were ever to be formed , it would either introduce new tensions and resentment when countries found their policies increasingly dependent on the most powerful country , and thereby lead to the break-up of the Community ; or , if it did somehow succeed , the future union would in effect be a greater Germany , balancing uneasily between East and West , inheriting and perhaps magnifying the complexes and instabilities of post-Bismarckian Germany . |
| 10 | Thus new definitions of crime and new laws raise problems in the comparison of statistics on a ‘ before and after ’ basis , and thereby lead to problems in talking about rises or falls in crime . |
| 11 | Dolphins were often cruelly maimed or killed during such research , but , thankfully , today 's studies tend to focus on animals in the wild , and mostly aim to be as non-intrusive as possible . |
| 12 | You can leave your pension in the fund , as described above , and additionally contribute to a personal pension , providing your contributions do not exceed the allowed Inland Revenue limit , i.e. two-thirds of final salary ( or whatever is allowed according to the rules of the scheme ) . |
| 13 | Between the two the unquantified aspect is easier , you just have to push and push and eventually get to a kind of measurement . |
| 14 | Losing tended to lead to a disintegration of the group , and the search for scapegoats both within and outside the group ; tasks needs became even more important to the loser ; losing , however , forced groups to re-evaluate their view of themselves and eventually come to a more realistic assessment of what changes were required to make the group effective . |
| 15 | Commanders were selected at top level of course , after which they were invited to attend at HQ where they would sift through the applications from prospective crew members , discuss them with the administrating Inspector and eventually come to a mutual agreement on the crewing of each cutter for the following year . |
| 16 | They then migrate into the lymphoid tissue and eventually return to the blood circulation . |
| 17 | Issues which were to influence subsequent events and eventually lead to a national curriculum are specified : first , that the curriculum is overcrowded and the timetable overloaded ; secondly , that pupils who move from one school to another are penalized because of curricular variations between schools ; thirdly , that curricular arrangements within each school tend to give rise to unequal curricular opportunities for pupils ; fourthly , that the school curriculum is not sufficiently relevant for life in a modern industrial society ; and fifthly , that there are evident weaknesses in existing assessment procedures and methods of recording pupil progress . |
| 18 | If the money supply is not expanded sufficiently to meet this demand , interest rates will rise , this in turn will discourage some investment and so contribute to the slowing down in the growth of output and eventually lead to the upper turning-point . |
| 19 | Disenfranchisement takes place in a second , procedural , sense , by virtue of the almost total absence of opportunities for ordinary people to take part in , and effectively contribute to the decision-making process at whatever level , in the outcome of which they feel they have an interest . |
| 20 | The Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee has proposed that a committee should be established for each circuit : ‘ we remain convinced that these could inexpensively and effectively contribute to securing improvements across the country in the co-ordination and standard of legal services . ’ |
| 21 | ICL has meantime seen its share drop from 8.7% in 1989 to 8.4% in 1990 , and duly return to 8.7% in 1991 . |
| 22 | Put all ingredients into a saucepan and slowly bring to the boil . |
| 23 | Katherine 's two main rivals in London when she arrived had both mysteriously and suddenly decide to " emigrate " when she started her operations . |
| 24 | The Authors jointly and severally warrant to the Publisher that the Company is entitled to the relevant services of the Authors and is therefore in as position to contract in this way with the Publisher , and that this will continue to be so throughout the period of the Publishing Agreement . |
| 25 | Newly acquired words are treated as if they contrast with ones already known , and so serve to narrow down earlier over-extensions . |
| 26 | A general fall in aggregate investment may lead to a rise in unemployment and so contribute to the phenomenon of ‘ stagflation ’ . |
| 27 | If the money supply is not expanded sufficiently to meet this demand , interest rates will rise , this in turn will discourage some investment and so contribute to the slowing down in the growth of output and eventually lead to the upper turning-point . |
| 28 | The imminence of a Labour government may have persuaded some of the middle class to consult their interests rather than their tender consciences , and so return to the Tory fold . |
| 29 | Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times . |
| 30 | They have different productivities , make different contributions and so deserve to be remunerated differently . |