Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In fact the Governments " minute of appointment " in 1961 set as the Committee 's terms of reference to report on and review the pattern of full-time higher education in Britain " in the light of national needs and resources " .
2 The problem was that the premises of his own theory required the answer to this question to remain always in abeyance , while his text enacts rather than resolves the equivocality of the choice which it sets up .
3 There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 .
4 Without such funding the best way to process general language is to acquire rather than develop a parser ( Patten , 1992 ) .
5 After he had released the ropes , the huge crowd watched as Simon began to ascend rather than descend the pole .
6 ’ — A response which would damage rather than increase the influence of the Merkuts in the Khanate , ’ Alexei observed .
7 Yet the survey also found the same drivers were far more likely to drive badly and to flout the law .
8 It will build on and continue the work carried out over the past three years by the WACC-Asia Region 's Women 's Desk , which was based in Manila , Philippines .
9 Productive activity was carried out by peasants , who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords .
10 As Cooper implied , a tutor-organiser 's success in encouraging rather than destroying the voluntary movement is largely , matter of degree — of knowing how much to do to advance the WEA here and there , while leaving as much as possible to the voluntary members .
11 Hurrying out with his little band through the inner and outer baileys , at the gatehouse their guards told them that they had heard rather than seen the Regent 's force riding between castle and town some time before .
12 In conclusion , my Lords , it seems to me that , unless the procedure adopted by the moving party is ill suited to dispose of the question at issue , there is much to be said in favour of the proposition that a court having jurisdiction ought to let a case be heard rather than entertain a debate concerning the form of the proceedings .
13 In all forms of natural therapy , which aim to stimulate rather than to suppress the body 's natural defences , the axiom is : by creating favourable conditions in the whole person , body-mind-spirit , the body will heal itself .
14 Patients aged between 18 and 75 years presenting to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield with duodenal ulceration were treated medically and had an endoscopy to confirm ulcer healing .
15 Amongst those who disagreed it was frequently asserted that the provision of a sealed form 53 prior to completion might facilitate rather than hinder the commission of a fraud .
16 It goes on and uses the picture of the children of Israel in the wilderness , how they harden their hearts .
17 Ah but th th th there 's a rack and w one goes on and holds the horn post up to the boot while it 's driven , then it comes out and there 's two , one 's half a tooth , so it ensures one or the other 's in , and they work like that .
18 And he then actually goes on and writes the passage I began by reading of straight autobiography .
19 The aim is to clarify the issues underlying such questions , drawing on and developing the appropriate economic theory , and to provide some concrete empirical evidence .
20 Having uncovered so much that is praiseworthy so far it is nice to be able to carry on and commend the sound .
21 But I was determined to carry on and won a full scholarship to the Escuela Normal , the teachers ' training school .
22 Now we 've got to carry on and get the the middle of the table .
23 ‘ It 's ridiculous to carry on and endanger the lives of your team and the civilian , ’ said Carter , ‘ Joseph what do you think ? ’
24 All of this stresses the need to ensure that future development must enhance rather than damage the environment .
25 What else if I , I have to go and relieve er if I want er to only work down the cabin and it come to meal times cos we carried on dredging from six in the morning we do al all the winters round cos they eat on the dredger they used to eat three winches four winches on the dredger cos they 'd heave the dredger across the river and back again , wo when they come to meal times I used to have to go on and relieve the man what was driving that winch and I used t cos the er er chins coming round the barrel of the winch they used to override and I used to have a handle to knock them clear .
26 Fenella was trying to be very patient , because it was not in the least unreasonable of Caspar to want to go on and leave the Dark Workshops as far behind them as possible .
27 She felt as though she was dying , as though her heart was being ripped piece by piece into shreds , but she had to go on and finish the programme .
28 I had intended to go on and become a teacher , but when Dad died of a heart attack I was needed to help run the family art gallery . ’
29 What the preliminary or collateral fact doctrine seeks to do is to distinguish those elements within the bracket which can be regarded as conditioning the power of the tribunal to go on and consider the merits from the merits themselves .
30 Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete .
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