Example sentences of "and they [vb base] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of a health service , an education system and a formidable economic infrastructure were as much a feature of Ba'ath rule as the ruthless and consistent suppression of opposition , and they help explain the continued support for Saddam from much of the population of Iraq . |
| 2 | He was in part correct. , But on the two occasions they had met , the president had given the Shah reason to believe he valued him , Those meetings are cameos of the perplexities of international relations , and they help explain the Shahs won confusion . |
| 3 | There is , in fact , a ferret corner with animals on display at most country fairs and they do attract wide interest . |
| 4 | But we 've just got to wait and see , I mean , I know the sort of questions they 're going to ask , and they do deserve to hear some answers , I promise you that Jane . |
| 5 | Although there is a certain administrative convenience and a clear saving in costs from trying to make policy rules explicit enough to enable firms to proceed without formal clearance , notification systems are an effective information-gathering process and they do enable policy-makers to respond flexibly to new developments in business practice . |
| 6 | Others see this and they do cope , but keep their heads down . |
| 7 | Those defendants awaiting trial in custody might seem to be the most seriously disadvantaged by delay and they do tend to take priority . |
| 8 | I I 've probably seen them about four or five times in the last six months and they do tend to go a bit route one when Walsh is playing but today their link up play has been excellent . |
| 9 | The problem in the doctors ' surgery , I mean you 've got people taking ill sick children round there with high temperatures and , and they do tend want to park close to the surgery , er and if they see a space they will obviously use it . |
| 10 | It is quite surprising how many of my particular clients do take out that particular plan and they do tend to mention the same type of er of benefits that y that er that you just mentioned there , it is er I think it is a good plan , universally appreciated . |
| 11 | I mean I 'm speaking of someone whose work is of a different kind , and they do tend to be labelled probably because they seem to be around a lot , and obviously have some political influence on the area . |
| 12 | And they do represent a little slice of history … |
| 13 | And they do go wrong sometimes — you switch on and nothing happens , or the picture starts breaking up , or you ca n't get any sound . |
| 14 | Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally . |
| 15 | There is utter and total confusion and anything that stands still they used to say they would paint it in industry they now say market test it and they do admit to us that the end object does not necessarily mean complete contractorization or privatization , but at this particular moment in time |
| 16 | but that ought to satisfy my Noble Friend and I should have thought , but I agree with him , in in the general point that it is very much more easy when these bills are consolidated and they do end up in one consolidated act . |
| 17 | In fact , native speakers do overlap here ; they do have differential phonological rules controlling the distribution of /a/ and /Ε/,; and they do make spelling mistakes involving a and e . |
| 18 | They 're well able to take care of themselves and they do make a mess . |
| 19 | We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals . |
| 20 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 21 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 22 | And they do swim cos they 've got the feet for it . |
| 23 | It is a pity , therefore , that the Beckman sceptics — and they do exist , as was obvious during casual conversations in the breaks — did not indulge in a little more aggressive questioning . |
| 24 | I mean he was saying look we 're going to go out and we 're going to market Britain to the overseas visitors and they do bring a lot of money into this country , but I mean are we really going to get back to the levels that we 've seen in recent years ? |
| 25 | I 'm sure themes are not chosen casually and they do serve a purpose in attracting possible markets . |
| 26 | Parties and pressure groups are important parts of the British political system , and they do assume a position of power and some prominence in linking economy and society to the polity and the state . |
| 27 | It 's just one of those things that happens at parties ; people do get drunk and they do do things they would n't normally think of . |
| 28 | What we were trying to say is there is actually a place and my Right Honourable Friend thinks that there is and indeed so do I , for people to contribute to the problem of policing in their locality who have n't necessarily for one reason or another and my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw said , decided not to erm be on the police authority , maybe they have n't had time , maybe there has n't been their , their particular but nevertheless they do know and they do care about their locality and they have got a er er a contribution to make and we think that that would actually improve the local the police authorities , provided that they are not in an overwhelming position and that is the reason why we 've suggested that eight erm t er , er , er o of a police authority of sixteen , eight should be councillors in the majority , five should be independents and three should be er er er magistrates and My Lords and then of course the complaint was ah , but then some people may not be properly represented and the number ought to be larger . |
| 29 | This happens surprisingly often with migrating birds — if the weather is too dreadful for them to be able to navigate properly ( and they do seem to rely on the sun or the stars , like medieval sailors ) , they will land in the hope of finding food and shelter until the wind drops or the rain clears up . |
| 30 | If those Labour voters work out that ‘ culture of co-operation ’ means they ought to vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats — and they do seem to have worked it out at Newbury last week — it 's curtains for yours truly . ’ |