Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investors are risk averse and maximize their return ( as measured by the rate of return ) over a one period time horizon . |
| 2 | First , some accept its authority and obey its instructions because they are binding on them . |
| 3 | A large hound with a broad studded collar is likely to cause trouble , so walk to heel when out and obey your owner instantly , in all matters . |
| 4 | Sometimes she had to lift it out , feed it , and change its nappies , thick with excrement . |
| 5 | In a shining example , the rugby union club at the Coningsby base in Lincolnshire agreed to accept league devotees and change its name to Coningsby rugby club . |
| 6 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |
| 7 | In 1980 , ITV 's governing body , the former IBA , decreed that ATV would change its financial structure , build a new studio centre in the East Midlands and change its name to reflect the region it served . |
| 8 | Under all this pressure , the council simply had to relent and change its policy . |
| 9 | This quantum will disturb the particle and change its velocity in a way that can not be predicted . |
| 10 | Graf wants to travel more and change her career before she 's too old . |
| 11 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
| 12 | ‘ I would like the public to have a crusade against crime and change their attitude from being forgiving of crime to being considerate of the victim , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Sadoon Hamadi , the new prime minister , said at a press conference : ‘ What is intended to starve the Iraqi people so that they revolt and change their leader Saddam Hussein . ’ |
| 14 | VASECTOMY operations , once regarded as an irrevocable form of male sterilisation , are increasingly being reversed as more men remarry and change their minds about wanting children . |
| 15 | They spent millions trying to get us out , to wipe our records clean , then they go and change their minds . |
| 16 | Women marry and change their names , he thought , there was no point in pursuing that one . |
| 17 | Then we had to go to the banks and change our covenants , which were based on TI 's net tangible assets , which in turn were damaged by the write-off . |
| 18 | Why ca n't we all afford our own homes , visit the dentists for treatment and change our cars , as we used to do in the Sixties ? |
| 19 | Benjamin insisted that we shave , wash and change our linen and doublets before going down to the hall . |
| 20 | THE COMMITMENTS makes you want to rush out , form a band and change your name to Otis Redding ’ . |
| 21 | In the same fashion , if the witch-doctor offers advice which turns out to be wrong , you write him off as a quack and change your doctor . |
| 22 | So you wo n't have to chop and change your chops to make sure they 're done evenly . |
| 23 | For the Lord who has made us amend your heart and change your mind and take pity on me . " ) |
| 24 | ‘ Hurry up and change your trousers , Melanie . ’ |
| 25 | I wash it every other day and change my shampoo and conditioner every three months . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll give him a good wash , and change his socks and shoes , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Will he please look at this urgently and change his decision ? |
| 28 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
| 29 | A skilled speaker or a stand-up comic , for example , will be able to ‘ read ’ his audience and change his material in response to applause , laughter — or silence . |
| 30 | She took a couple of minutes to get her coat , wash her face and comb her hair . |