Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Techniques new to RBGE , such as numerical taxonomy , cladistics , and cluster analysis , make novel demands on staff trained in classical taxonomy , but if this kind of work is seen as desirable within the Science Plan , we must initiate and plan a programme of staff development and training in taxonomic computing in 1992 . |
| 2 | For a time ‘ tumultuous thoughts like masterless Hell hounds did roar and bellow and make a noise within me … . |
| 3 | Terrorists , blackmailers , burglars , business rivals and the nosey-parkers next door can legally buy and install a phone scanner . |
| 4 | On either side of this a further half metre has been cleared of obstacles which could catch and upset a cyclist riding near the edge of the track . |
| 5 | On either side of this a further half metre has been cleared of obstacles which could catch and upset a cyclist riding near the edge of the track . |
| 6 | By the sixth week , Charlie could strip and clean a rifle almost as quickly as Tommy , but it was his friend who turned out to be a crack shot and seemed to be able to hit anything that moved at two hundred yards . |
| 7 | Mr Field has said he will resign and cause a byelection if he is not reselected , a move which could divide the party nationally . |
| 8 | Figure 8 shows the Utilities Screen and from here you can choose and run a variety of the helpful programs available in DOS5 . |
| 9 | In an adjudication published today , the Press Council does not uphold the complaint , saying it represented a re-run of complaints made by the Lamplughs about Mr Stephen 's book and was likely to ‘ reopen and prolong a dispute which might be better left unpursued . ’ |
| 10 | Aardman Animations , creators of the Oscar winning Creature Comforts which inspired a series of TV commercials , will present and discuss a selection of their recent work . |
| 11 | You ca n't smoke and draw a furrow at the same time . ’ |
| 12 | you know , and , if like , she , she 'll take all the grand children to the pantomime , but Dave wo n't go he 's er , over at his dad , you know , he 'll stay and have a sleep . |
| 13 | By contrast , the policy of successive British Governments has been that we should make and announce a decision formally ‘ recognising ’ the new government . |
| 14 | Furthermore , participants in such orders may utilize and develop a heritage of knowledge which they may never be capable of grasping as a whole . |
| 15 | At Level Two students will devise and undertake a programme of leisure and recreation activities , operating on a largely independent basis but still under supervision from appropriate staff . |
| 16 | It hit out after a report from the Parliamentary Ombudsman sharply criticised the Ministry of Agriculture over its failure to ‘ devise and implement a scheme which complied with the legislation ’ to pay compensation . |
| 17 | The idea was that the private sector would build and finance a number of roads and the department would pay a rent for them on the basis of how much traffic used them . |
| 18 | Since reduced pressure also slows the metabolic rate , it too should slow and lengthen a creature 's biological career . |
| 19 | The district judge must also prepare and issue a summons , together with the particulars of claim , and this is normally served by a court officer on the defendant . |
| 20 | When the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice to which this section applies , he shall prepare and publish a draft of that code , shall consider any representations made to him about the draft and may modify the draft accordingly . … |
| 21 | Under section 245A , where copies of the annual accounts have been sent out , laid , or delivered to the Registrar and it appears to the Secretary of State that there is or may be a question whether they comply with the Act he may give notice to the directors indicating the respects in which it appears to him that the question may arise and specifying a period of not less than one month for the directors to give him explanations or prepare revised accounts . |
| 22 | The man could both paint and name a chair , and bring into play his own terrors and hopes , and behind it , the culture of Europe , north and south , the Church itself . |
| 23 | The use of an unequal reciprocal translocation unbanded , to both mark and split a chromosome region , is illustrated in Figure 7c . |
| 24 | The Building News said in 1860 that the new chapel , which was then the largest building in England for public worship , had solved Wren 's query as to how 5,000 people in one building could all both see and hear a service . |
| 25 | Occasionally , they heard a pack of jackals howling , and the dog guarding the sheep outside would growl and bark a warning to them . |
| 26 | But she knew that Chinese Charlie would clean and press a garment to make it look almost new and she could get as much as two shillings for a good overcoat or a suit . |
| 27 | During the meeting , voluntary environmental bodies from the twelve EC member states will debate and adopt a declaration on the EC 's ‘ Fifth Action Programme on the Environment and the Subsidiarity Principle ’ . |
| 28 | At Level Two students will plan and undertake a programme of activities designed to improve their personal effectiveness . |
| 29 | But that apart , the main aim of the term was to give the students confidence that they could plan and teach a lesson at any point in the five year course . |
| 30 | Below we will suggest and examine a number of possible reasons or explanations . |