Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On the same day two of Spain 's leading private electricity companies ( Iberduero SA and Hidroeléctrica Española SA ) announced plans to merge to compete with the state-owned ENDESA ( Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA ) , in a move welcomed by the government which was aiming to reorganize the power industry and planned to introduce a new national energy plan by the end of July .
2 Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’
3 For example , in the case of starting up a machine at a control panel the operator will be given the instructions and asked to provide a verbal commentary as he actuates the various controls and checks the various indications , this is a ‘ talk through ’ .
4 Informal counselling implies that group members are not seated and asked to discuss a particular topic or situation .
5 Phillip DeFreitas managed to play in only three matches in India , including one Test , and failed to take a single wicket .
6 whether possible or not , it was never contemplated The Labour party leadership failed consistently to put principle into practice , while the rank-and-file opposition to party politics , as expressed by the Labour Spain Committee , confused imperatives and failed to effect a radical change of policy .
7 If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion .
8 While tempered by experience and ( according to Beard ) self-interest , the framers of the United States Constitution were informed by Lockean values and sought to impose a political framework in line with a Lockean conception of society .
9 They have been simplified and condensed to provide a basic introduction .
10 A grouping of eight opposition parties , including the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) and the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) , met on April 7 and agreed to support a single candidate in each constituency .
11 More than 70 delegates from 33 opposition parties meeting in Salahuddin and Shaqlawah , near Arbil , in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq on Sept. 23-27 , proclaimed their unity and agreed to form a federal government .
12 Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government .
13 THE United States and Russia yesterday challenged Arabs and Israelis to resume peace talks in April and agreed to hold a first summit between Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin .
14 MDC noted that the Retirement planning seminar held on 31 May 1991 had proved to be very successful and agreed to hold a similar event in Manchester on 21 February 1992 .
15 At two days of talks convened in Lomé on Feb. 12-13 by the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) mediation group , the factions signed their agreement to a detailed plan for monitoring the ceasefire , and agreed to hold a national conference in March with a view to establishing a transitional government .
16 George finally saw this last week and agreed to buy a new one , although not until 1997 when we might have the money .
17 The North-South Exchanges and Co-operation Subcommittee met on March 18 , and agreed to prepare a supplementary agreement on inter-Korean exchanges and co-operation for signature at the next round of Premiers ' talks in Seoul on May 5 .
18 The board of CCAB recognised the need for further consideration of the underlying implications of the research results and agreed to establish a small working party under the chairmanship of immediate past president of the ACCA , its remit being to receive and consider the results and the policy options available , with the aim of reporting back to CCAB in July 1993 .
19 The last bridge at Nuln is one of the marvels of the Old World , and its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier .
20 Its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier .
21 Unfortunately I soon blotted my copy book by stating that Pete Townshend of The Who should be tried for cultural war crimes and made to issue a public apology .
22 Yesterday Bland , 35 , appeared before Teesside Crown Court and admitted possessing a prohibited weapon and two offences of possessing a firearm without a certificate .
23 ‘ Who ? ’ asked the Sheikh and rose to get a better look .
24 DAVID went to sea and rose to command a naval ship ; after losing an arm in a naval battle , he was offered but refused a knighthood ; in his book Memorials of Ochiltree , David Ramsay says that when David 's brother James Tennant asked why he had refused the honour , he replied , ‘ Deed , Jamie , I just considered it little better than a nickname . ’
25 Within the precincts of the White Tower , guarded by magical illusions of great cunning , he learned the intricacies of sorcery , and rose to become a true master of High Magic .
26 He unwrapped the handkerchiefs , contrived to get a good amount of mud down his boots and pretended to make a bad landing from the monkey rope and was dispatched to the sanatorium with a suspected sprain .
27 As I slipped Martina 's book between the folds of my best suit , Felix knocked and entered bearing a white package the size of a small coffin , flamboyantly fastened with a blood-pink bow .
28 Gummer having been summarily dismissed , a lugubrious George Gardiner tapped on the door and entered carrying a large parcel , marked ‘ urgent ’ , upon which Lady Thatcher fell with cries of pleasure .
29 It will be collected using tape-recorders , transcribed and analysed using a sequential and comparative method .
30 Also of interest is computer use during consultations , where patient notes are made available and up-dated using a desk-top terminal .
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