Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She said ‘ God bless you ’ instead of goodbye , and Melanie would leave the greengrocer 's feeling reassured and cracking an almond between her teeth .
2 Instead of musical chairs play musical hats , and hats can distinguish the teams in games such as ‘ criss-cross quiz ’ [ p.44 ] .
3 Under the current formula for Cohesion payments , the membership of Poland , Hungary and Czechoslovakia would necessitate a doubling of the present budget .
4 Poland and Czechoslovakia will dominate the region in terms of output , although until 1995 western manufacturers will be limited by economic conditions and trade barriers to improving local models and establishing kit assembly operations more than building western brands .
5 She recollected , rather sadly , that she and Ben used to laugh a lot .
6 Perhaps , thought Hazel wryly , teeth and claws would make no impression on that great , firm body and shining pelt .
7 She may not formulate these questions consciously , but her planning and teaching will reflect the influence of these considerations .
8 Programmers do not need to worry about the fact that their applications may be running in parallel , Hinsley says , they merely need to think about the appropriate size of object and Taos will do the rest .
9 Programmers do not need to worry about the fact that their applications may be running in parallel , Hinsley says , they merely need to think about the appropriate size of object and Taos will do the rest .
10 Grilled sardines , garlic mushrooms and snails can start the meal , followed by a choice of half a dozen entrées plus blackboard ideas and choices of grilled steaks .
11 In effect , individuals and groups can have an impact on the political and social order .
12 No large-scale drilling would be allowed without on-site inspections ; any large commercial explosions would have to be notified and inspected ; a highly sensitive seismic and radiation-detector network would pick up seismic activity all over the world ( useful for earthquake prediction too ) and satellites would keep a close check on suspect areas .
13 Timothy Renton , Minister of State at the Home Office , told the conference the Government would not push to legislate while neither shops nor shoppers could agree on a solution , pressure groups could not agree , and Parliament could find no consensus .
14 Where Parliament imposes a penalty for an offence , Parliament must consider the penalty is adequate and Parliament can increase the penalty if it proves to be inadequate .
15 Government and Parliament will have a stronger role to work on the consumer 's behalf .
16 Strange Sounds and Forms shall teaze the gloomy Green ;
17 The Bristol and West will become the first building society in Britain to use customer profiles to determine interest rates when the scheme is introduced in the middle of next year .
18 Because the interdependence of these parties forms a complex pattern which can not be reduced to exchange relations alone , breakdowns of trust and reliance can jeopardize the existence of the entire retail operation .
19 AT&T Co 's Tridom unit will provide very small aperture terminal satellite communications equipment to Citra Sari Makmur of Jakarta , Indonesia : Citra has an unrestricted licence to build and operate VSAT-based services in Indonesia and Tridom will install an AT&T Clearlink hub station and 150 VSATs .
20 Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain .
21 It recommended that the curriculum should emphasise free creation and co-operative inventiveness rather than passive assimilation , and that the study of history , geography and literature should give a central place to Wales .
22 River , meadow , and woodland may lead the spectator to predict ‘ Arcadia among fertility , loveliness , industry and wealth ’ , but the illusion can be sustained only by those who keep their distance , for such ‘ picturesque villages are generally the perennial hotbeds of fever and ague , of squalid penury , sottish profligacy , dull discontent too stale for words ’ .
23 What happened in Kent and Sussex can obscure the central fact of the reign , namely , that Mercia had changed from ‘ a confederation of peoples under Mercian overlordship to a vast kingdom comprising most of the English areas between the Thames and the Humber ’ .
24 Do you think Christine and Colin would enjoy a meal here ?
25 The man straightened slightly and Lisa could sense the tautening of powerful muscles across his broad shoulders .
26 A small shield bearing the Presidential arms was stencilled on the vehicle 's front door and Trent could see the silver pennant staff on the bonnet .
27 Poets and artists would see the world in a visionary light : thus Thomas Treherne ( 1637–74 ) , William Blake ( 1757–1827 ) and William Wordsworth ( 1770–1850 ) were all visionaries in this sense , seeing the world as informed by a presence , piercing the veils of the commonplace to glimpse another order of being .
28 Both companies will adhere to the Remote Procedure Call API of OSF 's DCE and DEC will support the WINsockets API providing transparent access to multiple transports such as DECnet/OSI and TCP/IP .
29 It is obvious that company output and projects must reflect the man-power and its performance level , but , if this is acknowledged at all , it is only in brief verbal terms within , for example , the chairman 's annual report .
30 And Lennie will have a clearer idea after the game about his side 's strengths and weaknesses .
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