Example sentences of "and [verb] the kind of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was deeply influenced by German idealism and sought the kind of patterns in Nature that were typical of that school of thought . |
| 2 | It is essential that we should maintain both our sensitivity and our effectiveness , if we are to protect and watch over the interests of the people we work for and provide the kind of services they need . |
| 3 | It has been estimated that the capital cost of a 1,000 MW installation on the UK coast could be comparable with the cost of a conventional power station of the same capacity but this does not take into account the amount of R & D necessary both to develop a 2MW , 100-metre diameter aerogenerator and to design the kind of structures and transmission systems to withstand the rigours of the ocean . |
| 4 | A basic self-awareness ( a ) to reflect constructively about religion without being overwhelmed by prejudice , whether religious or non-religious ; ( b ) to see and understand the kind of assumptions about religion present in their environment and in society as a whole , and be prepared to think about these and not automatically either reject them or take them over ; ( c ) to develop trust in their own powers of perceptiveness and intuition , provided that this trust is balanced by openness towards the insights of others and the findings of fresh evidence ; ( d ) consequent on this , to develop willingness to modify , change , enlarge , or revise , what has so far been thought and felt about religion . |
| 5 | In Section 1 we seek to lay out the main sources and strategies for innovation , and indicate the kind of conflicts that are intrinsic to creative management . |
| 6 | Certainly both books are attributed to Walter Hilton Canonicus de Thurgarton , though the mood he expresses in Scale 1 , which is addressed to a female recluse , seems similar to that he expressed while he was still a solitary and suffering the kind of feelings of purposelessness he expresses in the De Imagine Peccati . |
| 7 | ‘ Once the novelty 's worn off , everywhere 's just like home , ’ she said , remembering the brief , pure joy of strange hotel rooms , which gradually became familiar as you unpacked the things you 'd brought with you and acquired the kind of things you were wont to acquire , so that very soon you recognized yourself in your surroundings and understood that there was no escape . |
| 8 | Many of my tutors have said that one of the most salutary of their experiences has been to work with a good adult class , which starts with no preconceptions , does n't necessarily have a qualification in mind , and ask the kind of questions which would tend to be asked say in Swift 's Gulliver Travels . |
| 9 | The idea is to test the hardware and software associated with high-speed communications and investigate the kind of services that could be supplied over such a network . |
| 10 | Pronto is erm an area of the store where we sell our occasional furniture and erm small priced coffee tables , hi-fi units the occasional furniture that may go erm whereas up until a couple of years ago we use to display this product around the showroom floor part of the new concept stores was that we actually set the same section in the showroom which is very much like a a shelving system whereby the stock actually sits on the shelves , the customer walks in and it 's an easy easy purchase straight off the trolley erm very much like the supermarket operation so it 's the lower priced good value occasional type furniture the cash and carry the kind of things that you do n't need sales assistants for the kind of bookcase that you would put in your children 's bedroom that kind of thing . |