Example sentences of "and [prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Despite criticism of these research findings , I remain convinced that they offer a framework for schools to investigate themselves as organisations and for teachers to analyse themselves as individuals when meeting disruptive behaviour .
2 This time Marko believed the mysterious child ; he went to the king and asked for three hundred barrels of wine and three hundred barrels of brandy , and for oxen to drag them up the mountain and men to dam up the lake .
3 Through this we aim to develop and heighten the drama experience of youngsters within the education service , to link the curriculum work with performance in a professional theatre and the experience which this brings to youngsters , and for groups to share their work with others , often from different backgrounds and cultures .
4 But insisted that we got into a rowing boat instead , so we did , and after failures to dissuade us , we were promptly joined by three park-keepers who sat in the boat and insisted on ‘ helping ’ us to row !
5 The main problem with this approach can be a lack of company standards defining proven solutions and of systems to make them accessible .
6 The emergence of current cost accounting and of efforts to apply it to public sector organizations has necessitated taking an explicit view of capital maintenance in their accounts .
7 The inability of critics to kill off previous theories entirely , and of theories to defend themselves against their critics to the satisfaction of all concerned , have led several writers to conclude that development theory is in crisis ( see Booth , 1985 ; Mouzelis , 1988 ; Sklair , 1988a ) .
8 And with marks to prove it , that er just sort of one false move and my job with life was over .
9 Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him .
10 Teachers also received a great deal of support and help from both popular organizations and from communities to ease their situation .
11 There is plenty on television , in magazines , and in books to encourage you to alter your health-related habits .
12 Europe has a destiny to fulfil , and in years to come it will become apparent that the best Europe is one which rejects interventionist mediocrity in favour of a European Community which will deliver the promise of a higher standard of living and political pre-eminence so justly deserved by all Europeans .
13 Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search .
14 The Act emphasises the crucial importance of support for those carers , and without strategies to empower them the Act can not work .
15 There are hundreds of varieties , some ripening early and some late , but all rely on a mild spring to prevent damage to the lovely blossoms and on bees to pollinate them .
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