Example sentences of "[vb base] and [verb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allow enough space to manoeuvre around the offer ; ask for more than you expect and concede less than you would ultimately be willing to give . |
| 2 | I walk through the lounge thinking something looks wrong somehow , then stop and stand still where the lounge opens out into the main terminal building , suddenly filled with horror and confusion ; it 's all too small and not shaped right ! |
| 3 | It is also convenient to consider this solution in terms of alternative null coordinates u' and v' such that , in the interaction region ( 10.55 ) where the new constants a and b are the strengths of the approaching gravitational shock waves . |
| 4 | ( b ) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of a larger amount than its existing shares ; |
| 5 | People do n't appreciate the material belongings that surround them , they just buy things and then chuck them away , they consume and consume and get more and more lost . |
| 6 | The retired can squat , smoke , reminisce and grow old and die in familiar , comfortable surroundings . |
| 7 | Support for the correlation comes , for example , from the observation that white clouds cover and uncover blue and brown clouds . |
| 8 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 9 | The businesses being sold make and distribute toughened and laminated glass doors and mirrors for the building trade and employ 2,400 staff at 50 sites in the UK and Eire . |
| 10 | Now these two Dutchmen have captured every Milanese heart and soul with their easy-going charm , their willingness to speak , eat and play Italian and have thrown in the odd spectacular goal or two too . |
| 11 | It ceases to be true of the great tit as a matter of fact , because if you follow populations of the great tits westward across Europe , the Middle East and Northern India into Southern China , they gradually change and become smaller and darker . |
| 12 | It is primarily an interbank trading market where banks lend and borrow overnight or up to one year on an unsecured basis . |
| 13 | Count , order , read and write positive and negative whole numbers and use them in context ; e.g. what is the rise in temperature from -3°C to 10°C ? |
| 14 | Collect rents , deal with arrears , maintain and render quarterly or monthly accounts |
| 15 | Recover and recycle surplus and waste process materials . |
| 16 | Maybe these Indians can only take so much of poling Jesuits upstream and just instinctively snap and turn nasty and shove them overboard . |
| 17 | 3 ) Compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative approaches to sales and market forecasting . |
| 18 | Compare and contrast random and quota sampling methods in market research . |
| 19 | Compare and contrast random and quota sampling methods in consumer goods market research . |
| 20 | Compare and contrast random and quota sampling methods in industrial goods market research . |
| 21 | The first category , compare and contrast positive and negatives , involves a comparison between positive and negative adjectives describing the person used together to form the final opinion ; for example , ‘ [ I ] weighed all good points against all bad points ’ or ‘ as far as I was able to tell , every person was described by three positive/favourable adjectives and three negative/unfavourable ones … just as an impression was formed it was negated by the 5th or 6th words , giving it a cancelling out effect . |
| 22 | If you need to keep them longer , rinse and pat dry and store them in a sealable container in the fridge . |
| 23 | Their tendency is to concentrate on the matters they understand and ignore those that they do n't . |
| 24 | Raindrops feel and look heavy when they hit us or the ground . |
| 25 | Announcing the agreement a US Defence Department spokesman said that the Pentagon had so far committed US$191,000,000 of the US$400,000,000 allocated by Congress to help Russia transport , dismantle and store nuclear and other dangerous weapons . |
| 26 | Kelmscot and Radcot slow and patchy . |
| 27 | Try and make sure that no-one else uses your works and dispose of used works safely or through your syringe exchange . |
| 28 | Er but we try and eli eliminate the poorer companies , we try and make sure that we go for strength and security , as much as return . |
| 29 | Another good idea on waters you know is to spend ten minutes in a swim you have never fished before — I always try and do this and every now and again a post which I have never even considered before has produced the goods . |
| 30 | Drain and keep warm until they are all cooked . |