Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually add flour and salt and knead pastry lightly until smooth . |
| 2 | In that case also , the state in principle sets management an objective and imposes constraints so as to achieve the result . |
| 3 | and I think society should be erm , trying to get to the root cause of like , chemical imbalances and eating problems rather than just putting people on tranquillizers . |
| 4 | Despite rising rates of divorce , it recognizes that marital relationships are influenced by and influence retirement especially when the majority of women , in the US and UK , are in employment . |
| 5 | The evangelical movement within the Church of England , from the royal proclamation of 1787 issued at the instigation of William Wilberforce , aimed at stirring up the vigilant suppression of " vice " and attacked pastimes even when they were not breaking the sabbath . |
| 6 | The Bill , although subject to some criticism in Parliament , had a relatively quiet passage , and became law less than two years after the publication of the Wolfenden Report . |
| 7 | Its purpose is to diagnose and remedy weaknesses rather than to exclude from further study the students who do not perform well . |
| 8 | The development of the procedure from its origins in valuation to modern " expert " applications has led me to attempt to distinguish between these two types and to classify applications either as belonging to the traditional , valuation type , or as owing more to the concept of a technical expert , which I have labelled " industrial " . |
| 9 | The infant may gain weight and make progress developmentally while in hospital but the changes in personality and behaviour may be slower . |
| 10 | Sometimes these first impressions are so strong that they stubbornly linger and defy revision even when different signals are being transmitted by subsequent visual behaviours . |
| 11 | Each NIC has attempted to develop a broad industrial base to satisfy domestic demand and diversify exports so as to reduce reliance on a few major primary commodities , e.g. coffee , meat , rubber . |
| 12 | Expect surprise twists and turns Saturday especially where partially completed plans or changes are concerned . |
| 13 | My school vied with eight grammar schools and produced results better than any of them — and for many more children . |
| 14 | The speech was conservative in tone , concentrating on the need to stimulate economic growth and to combat lawlessness rather than the campaign themes of working towards " people empowerment " and a reduction of income disparities . |
| 15 | She says you had to go out and buy butter solely because I wanted it . |
| 16 | The company made a disastrous start in February 1983 and found profitability only when it went down market under new management and ownership ( partly Australian ) . |
| 17 | Continence is the ability to control the contents of the bladder and to pass urine only when you want to . |
| 18 | He relaxed the convulsive pressure of his teeth cautiously , and drew breath deeply before he resumed with arduous reasonableness : ‘ Is that really necessary , in a case like this , I know you have to be thorough , but the distress to the parents … |
| 19 | The Belgian Government argued in that connection that the limits of articles 52 and 59 were plain : they dealt only with the freedom of any Community national to establish himself in another member state and provide services there while retaining his own nationality . |
| 20 | I had lights put in the coal cellar and wash house too while he was at it . |
| 21 | He 'd offered to swap stories about what had happened once they had each paired off at the party , but Graham was n't going to tell , and told Slater so as he carefully wrote her name by the side of the numbers : Sarah Fitch . |
| 22 | Such was the success of El Cid 's enlightened rule that even Alfonso began to follow suit , ceasing his raids on the Andalusian Moors and seeking treaties rather than warfare . |
| 23 | I 've always lived in the Western part and played guitar here since I was 16 . |
| 24 | This description fits a young fish of one variation , but the colours and patterning change somewhat as the fish matures . |
| 25 | They keep the television at the front of the bed , and receive friends there when they call for tea . |
| 26 | Searle presented his argument , which attacks the basic tenet of artificial intelligence that machines can in principle understand symbols and signalled events much as we do , in the form of an analogy in a much-quoted paper : ‘ Minds , brains and programmes ’ ( Behavioural and Brain Sciences , vol 3 , p 417 ) . |
| 27 | Remote sensing , engineering geophysics and hydrogeological techniques are being used in a study in south-east Zimbabwe aimed at improving the success rate of boreholes and dug wells so as to improve the provision of a reliable supply of clean water to rural communities in developing countries , particularly in semiarid tropical regions where droughts are frequent . |
| 28 | You can go and see Matthew now if you want |
| 29 | Consumers who saw their commitments enlarge so dramatically as a result of higher interest rates , who found themselves over-committed , and then found themselves unemployed and even less able to meet those commitments , will not rush out and spend money even if they have more of it . |
| 30 | We are now both retired and watch TV together if we are both interest ( while I sew up ) ; if I am not interested , or my husband is out , I knit and listen to the radio . |