Example sentences of "and [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Changes over time to things that are seen and heard are powerful forms of stimulation for young infants , and the main purpose of the research is to explore systematically infants ' ability to detect and respond to such change .
2 The manner in which cross-references are realized and checked is crucial for a consistent hyper-base .
3 Then we clad and ran off home then we went back mishchifing again we came to a boy and shoved he down in the grass and piched is sweet and then we ran off then I made a apple bom then I chudet it then we went home .
4 I guess that the people of will realise at the end of this year that the consultation and communication and public relations of this Authority are impeccable , that the quality of messages sent and received is superb and that the volume of such messages is vast .
5 They have gone through privatization and ceased being Civil Servants and gone out into the cold and now they are suffering this blow , so they do , I think , deserve the most generous possible treatment .
6 The particular pieces of action which Freud was seeking to understand and explain were important limiting cases which , in the context of discovery , made new theory imaginable .
7 Chewing and sucking are comforting for the human being and the roots of this go right back into babyhood .
8 The language of her faith and preaching is other-worldly , yet she is deeply concerned with social issues and the roots of crime and poverty .
9 Midnight 's arm was like a bar of iron and all her kicking and struggling was useless .
10 Hay won this title as skip in 1984 and has been prominent as a player and coach in Scotland and Canada since .
11 An experienced general manager has been retained in a consultancy role and has been present on practically all the visits to units since August 1991 .
12 Sheikh Mohammed 's nine-year-old has a history of leg trouble and has been absent since his Cheltenham triumph in March .
13 The man accused of murdering an Open University lecturer was taken ill and has been absent for most of the second day of his trial .
14 The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers
15 The PFA chairman no longer figures in Bassett 's first-team plans and has been available at a bargain £70,000 since the end of last season .
16 Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years .
17 joined the Group with the acquisition of of Trowbridge in May 1978 and has been regional buyer for the north west region since March 1985 .
18 Ad quodraturn is basically one square laid over another at an angle of 45 degrees , and has been one of the commonest systems employed throughout the world .
19 It has been an outstanding success , and has been one of the most far reaching reforms ever carried out in Scottish Education . ’
20 Runcorn opened on June 1 and has been terrific with small fish all along and bream at Astmoor and S Bends .
21 Tracy , 27 , said : ‘ Jamie is always having colds and chest infections and has been poorly since he was born .
22 Mayrhofen is one of the most popular of the Tyrolean resorts and has been welcoming British guests for many years .
23 Pamidronate , a second-generation bisphosphonate , is a potent inhibitor of resorption , and has been successful in the treatment of TIH .
24 ‘ My husband has looked into Nahum 's affairs , as there was no one else to do it , and has been shocked to find that debts were mounting weekly . ’
25 The government is hoping for a vote of confidence in the elections , and has been dismayed by the support the Front appears to be getting .
26 He has used ‘ other Texels ’ and has been disappointed with the grading results .
27 Curt Fredrikson founded the Swedish Debt Surveillance operation , and has been Managing Director of the Swedish wing of Justitia since 1985 .
28 ‘ Secondly , the post of organiser at the Whyte House , is ACE-funded and has been vacant since December 1992 and all attempts to fill it have proved unsuccessful .
29 Sveticic , a near neighbour of fellow Slovenian soloist Tomo Cesen ( ‘ the world 's greatest mountaineer ’ according to Reinhold Messner ) , had earlier soloed the very hard Rolling Stone route on the same face , and has been close to the tops of K2 and Everest .
30 As the right hon. Gentleman was Chancellor before it started and has been Prime Minister throughout its course , is it not clear that he is not only the Prime Minister of recession , but the prime cause of recession ?
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