Example sentences of "and [verb] a [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's strategy increasingly appears to be one not of reducing expenditure but of containing the rise in costs , targeting benefits on the most needy , and encouraging a redistribution of the burden to the private sector . |
| 2 | He heard the chatter of Maude Frobisher 's typewriter in the outer office , the pattern beat that indicated that she had steam up , and with a slight secretiveness he loosened his collar and pulled down his tie and wiped a smear of the vaseline across the offending skin . |
| 3 | He left Cambridge the following year , not having sat the mathematical tripos because of his delicate health , and became a barrister of the Inner Temple . |
| 4 | But relations between the quiet , let's-get-on-with-it Cooder and the not entirely sane Captain proved too much of a strain , and after this brief walk on the wild side Ry immersed himself in session work — much of it bread-and-butter stuff , although he did play for Randy Newman and Phil Ochs , began to learn about music for films , and became a friend of The Stones , a period he does not generally discuss . |
| 5 | He did not stand for re-election to the Parliament of 1780 ; but he was elected for Ripon in 1787 , and became a commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1788 . |
| 6 | In politics he was a socialist and became a member of the Fabian Society shortly after it was founded in 1884 . |
| 7 | In 1633 Salisbury accompanied Charles to his coronation in Edinburgh and became a member of the council of Scotland . |
| 8 | She was co-opted to the Glamorgan county education committee , and became a member of the court of governors of the University of Wales . |
| 9 | In 1914 she resigned from the paper because of differences with her colleagues over the issue of war , and became a member of the executive committee of the Union of Democratic Control , founded by E. D. Morel [ q.v. ] to campaign against secret diplomacy . |
| 10 | In 1821 Marshall began lengthy visits to London , where he met the leading Utilitarians , supported their causes , and became a member of the council of the new university there . |
| 11 | graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 1965 with a B.A. ( Hons ) in Commerce and became a Member of the Association of Certified Accountants in 1971 . |
| 12 | Western Samoa achieved independence from New Zealand in 1962 and became a member of the Commonwealth in 1970 . |
| 13 | Western Samoa achieved independence from New Zealand in 1962 and became a member of the Commonwealth in 1970 . |
| 14 | In 1986 he founded an AIDS Ministry with Dignity , a group of lesbian and gay Catholics , and became a member of the mayor of New York 's taskforce on AIDS . |
| 15 | THE Marchioness of Anglesey , who was admitted to the Royal Victorian Order in today 's honours , was awarded the CBE in 1977 and became a Dame of the British Empire in 1983 . |
| 16 | He backed the movement for Welsh higher education and became a governor of the newly formed University College of Wales , Aberystwyth , founded in 1872 . |
| 17 | Back in Plymouth he worked with J. N. Darby [ q.v. ] and became a leader of the newly formed community at Providence Chapel who were soon nicknamed ‘ Plymouth Brethren ’ . |
| 18 | He was already grown , and became a priest of the Aten . ’ |
| 19 | He was apprenticed to a bookseller , Humphrey Robinson , on 4 February 1635 , and became a freeman of the Stationers ' Company on 1 March 1643 and a liveryman in 1657 . |
| 20 | She went on to attack the Colonial Office on the ‘ hut tax ’ , and became a Fellow of the Anthropological Institute in 1898 . |
| 21 | He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy and became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects ‘ at a very early period of [ the ] Institution ’ . |
| 22 | Chantrell exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1812–14 and in Leeds at the Northern Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts from 1822 , and became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1836 . |
| 23 | It would not be too misleading to say that it lives up to its name and represents a measure of the degree of " business " of the electron following that particular path . |
| 24 | The defendant applied to be joined as a party to those proceedings and sought a stay of the possession order . |
| 25 | Last year it took them three full days to clear the stable and make a heap of the black peat-like mal outside . |
| 26 | Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years . |
| 27 | As a starting point , study the rich picture and make a list of the main characters or groups of people that could have an interest ( particularly those who are influential in some way ) and then consider the systems that can be perceived from their points of view . |
| 28 | ‘ And now , ’ said the Superintendent carefully , ‘ I 'd like you to get out your notebook , and make a list of the things I want you to do . |
| 29 | Tuck a sliver of garlic into each one and make a note of the weight of the beef . |
| 30 | It may be appropriate for the purchaser to pay only part of the price on completion and make a retention of the balance or defer the balance . |