Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the original report , however , we noted that it is not difficult to design , manufacture and market simple chip-based handhelds , especially straightforward spellcheckers . |
| 2 | This system will sterilise and detoxify contaminated urban sewage sludge so that it is a suitable product for use as a fertiliser ( a large percentage of British sludge is too contaminated to be put safely on the land as a fertiliser ) or for use as a proteinaceous supplement for animal feed . |
| 3 | How can one cultivate and cherish this rare fruit of the soul ? |
| 4 | If our ideological preconceptions incline us to an exclusive interest in standard English , we will produce what is in effect a history of literary English ; this will exclude and neglect other historical patterns that are capable of enriching our description of the history of spoken English and , ultimately , of adding to our understanding of the general phenomenon of linguistic change . |
| 5 | Their objective was to lure Beatty to the scene so that they might trap and destroy some small portion of the British Fleet before retiring to sanctuary in their harbours on the German mainland . |
| 6 | If this had n't happened … how many times do we think and feel and say those immortal words , a strange mantra that underscores the mystery of who and what and where we are in this mysterious world . |
| 7 | Will you identify and date these two artefacts found on the same field , near an ancient trackway which has produced a quantity of musket balls from the Civil War . |
| 8 | This approach must first identify and question three fundamental assumptions on which most conservation thinking currently rests . |
| 9 | ABB and Brush will design and build 40 electric locomotives , the remaining three Euroshuttle companies will manufacture 252 ‘ tourist ’ wagons to carry passengers , cars and non-commercial vehicles ; and the Italian companies will be responsible for 252 freight wagons . |
| 10 | Paradox 4.0 adds a Windows-like user interface to the MS-DOS relational database , power and performance gains , enhanced network performance and expanded Paradox Application Language ; it includes Query By Example for fast interactive database querying and can also store and retrieve Binary Large Objects in memo fields . |
| 11 | ANDF is based on UK Defence Research Agency technology and is conceived as a ground-breaking way of enabling software vendors to write , package and distribute one single version of an application to run unchanged on laptops , workstations , servers , mainframes , even supercomputers . |
| 12 | ANDF is conceived as a ground-breaking way of enabling software vendors to write , package and distribute one single version of an application to run unchanged on laptops , workstations , servers , mainframes , even supercomputers . |
| 13 | The goal is to market and distribute technology with SVR4.2 enabling software vendors to write , package and distribute one single version of their applications that can run unchanged on laptops , workstations , servers , mainframes and even supercomputers , from different vendors and based on different microprocessors . |
| 14 | To win a pound of gold the Rand miners had on the average to raise , crush and purify some sixty-seven tons of ore , much of it under extreme temperatures and from great depths . |
| 15 | In 1759 the French were known to be preparing an invasion of Scotland in which French forces would sail and rouse any remaining Stuart rebels . |
| 16 | Such assessments may help to identify supports which can sustain and enhance this basic capacity of an elder . |
| 17 | Well , I did a moonlight flit and stole two silver candlesticks . |
| 18 | WOOD GROUP Fire Protection has been awarded a contract to design , engineer and supply two low pressure C02 fire protection systems to protect gas turbine sets provided by John Brown Engineering for the new Keadby power station at Scunthorpe . |
| 19 | Everyone had said he must stop and examine this Dreadful rock poised on a fingerpad of ground high above the valley like a Damoclean judgement . |
| 20 | To measure the extent to which the AEC was able to successfully anticipate and overcome this potential problem a drink profile questionnaire ( DPQ ) was devised and administered before and after the course . |
| 21 | I helped do the Sex sign and put all this foam rubber on the walls which were then decorated with quotations from Alexand Trocchi , soft porn spray can graffiti from the ‘ 68 Paris student revolt . |
| 22 | The insistence by scientists that the World is merely a series of chance collisions of indifferent forces of nature is to him a dangerous road , since they believe they can discover and harness those indifferent forces through determining Nature 's ‘ laws ’ . |
| 23 | So , however busy your life , perhaps you could try and fit some regular exercise into your day . |
| 24 | I 'd better go and try and do some some time . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose we should try and get this hot heap of shit off the ground , ’ the Maggot growled now . |
| 26 | " I suppose I could try and get some waitressing work … " |
| 27 | I , I just do n't know what he 's , he 's , he 's , he 's , he 's seeing his future as being and erm maybe cos we have n't got , maybe erm it 's because of the generation gap , maybe it 's because of communication problems either between me and him or the young and old or whatever but , you know , he just does n't seem to have anything to volunteer er other than ah well I 'll try and get a job or ah well I 'll try and get some more qualifications or whatever . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll be looking at a particular area to see how we can try and reconcile these two sets of figures , ’ the spokeswoman added . |
| 29 | Did you try and help that particular soldier ? |
| 30 | Oh wait a minute , I must try and find this wretched book . |