Example sentences of "and [vb infin] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The instinct of engineers is to bulldoze and construct in straight parallels . |
| 2 | Yet , have n't we tried to teach and think in non-racial history ? |
| 3 | But these judgements were then taken over and pre-packaged for pedagogic purposes , so one had the spectacle of the Leavisite schoolmaster or university teacher who presented his students with duplicated copies of , say , sonnets by Hopkins and Rossetti , which they were invited to compare and contrast in evaluative terms . |
| 4 | We have to examine and discuss in great detail its proposals for an immensely complex engineering project . |
| 5 | It then comes to the practical point , Citing German experience to show that ‘ there was a tendency for employee and shareholder representatives to vote and act in distinct groups ’ , they add that the presence of co-opted directors on the board would mean that either group would at the very least need to gain the support of the majority of the directors before they could carry or veto a proposal . |
| 6 | I used to try and act in straight plays but I was so bad they made me act with my back to the audience . |
| 7 | We are located at Flaxton House where there is a mature garden which visitors are free to wander round and enjoy in rural peace and quiet . |
| 8 | I felt sorry for poor Heathcliff , and while the Earnshaws were at church , I helped him wash and dress in clean clothes . |
| 9 | Further practical experiences with space and shape may be gained through play with junk boxes and other materials large enough for the children to sit in and use in imaginative play as trains or cars . |
| 10 | Last summer , I had an opportunity to live and work in rural Czechoslovakia , a very different culture . |
| 11 | B. More people desire to live and work in southern England and around London than in the Midlands . |
| 12 | The fact that education ( though not schooling ) is obligatory up to the age of 16 forces one to try to justify and legitimate in curricular terms such a major act of social compulsion . |
| 13 | In other words , goods produced in one member state would be able to enter and compete in other member state markets , free of all obstacles and barriers . |
| 14 | Energy seems to vanish and re-emerge in dramatic swings . |
| 15 | Social support remains , however , a rather nebulous concept to define and measure in social surveys . |
| 16 | She began to moan and thresh in simulated frenzy . |
| 17 | Meals should be made and served as attractively and conveniently as possible , to encourage people in bed to eat and take in adequate amount of nourishing food and fluid . |
| 18 | To stay and luxuriate in ordinary emotions and sensations means that the contemplative is trapped in our normal limitations . |
| 19 | It 's all a bit like going back to the Fifties , when TV 's role was to entertain and inform in equal measure . |
| 20 | The obvious comparison is with housework : if women want to eat and live in pleasant surroundings they have to cook and clean . |
| 21 | Artists are deprived of the international connections and the possibilities to follow and participate in current art events . |
| 22 | A breakthrough to end the 11-year civil war in El Salvador seemed unlikely , as representatives of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) guerrillas and the government failed to agree on a common plan covering reform of the US-backed armed forces , arrangements for a ceasefire , and constitutional changes to enable the FMLN to disarm and participate in democratic politics [ see p. 38231 ; for 1990 peace talks see pp. 37372 ; 37449 ; 37770-71 ; 37850 ] . |
| 23 | His highly playful Djinn ( 1981 ) — originally written as a French teaching text — demonstrates the limitless power of narrative to combine and fragment in ever-changing patterns . |
| 24 | What qualities do you most like and dislike in other people ? |
| 25 | Flesh folds to die for , convex cake-holes for budding Bardots — male and female — to puff and point in hot surrender or childish defiance . |
| 26 | Flesh folds to die for , convex cake-holes for budding Bardots — male and female — to puff and point in hot surrender or childish defiance . |
| 27 | It is our commitment to providing customers with outstanding value for money , and our emphasis on quality , innovation and service , which allows the Group to grow and prosper in varying market conditions and in extremely competitive retail sectors . |
| 28 | To help cope , Boots are having a series of one day special clinics at some of their larger stores this month when experts will help and advise in total confidence and privacy . |
| 29 | It is therefore unwise to allow grass to grow up and mature in late summer . |
| 30 | Questioned about the nature of the Norway exercise , the MoD spokesman said the men had been learning to live and fight in Arctic conditions . |