Example sentences of "and [vb infin] the main [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Erm , also I , I wanted to try and cover the main points and it 's very difficult with a subject like that to , to only give you part of the , the story otherwise people would immediately say , well , yes , but you have n't thought about this or that .
2 Now let us stand back and see the main shape and character of the tree .
3 We then proceeded to search and secure the main living room area and the kitchen area .
4 Each of these series uses commentary to explain and underline the main points and some include comment from the teachers seen in the film .
5 how to highlight and extract the main patterns , trends and exceptions in numerical data
6 Then , in October 1973 , the recently established Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers ( ACSTT ) set up a sub-committee , under the chairmanship of the late Professor N. Haycocks , to ‘ consider and advise the main Committee on policy for the training of teachers in establishments of further education in England and Wales ’ .
7 The aim of Part II is to explain and illustrate the main aspects of stylistic significance .
8 Most modern , written , constitutions seek not merely to set up and define the main organs of the state and to distribute public power amongst them , but also to state a range of constitutional guarantees for the subject , frequently limiting the power of organs of the state to this extent .
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