Example sentences of "and [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The window was full of magazines , lying edge to edge and hanging in yellowed cellophane wrappers from clothes-pegs : she was reminded of playing shop as a child , and lining up the tins of food and boxes of soap flakes and bags of flour , all in miniature . |
| 2 | Benjamin drew a distinction between storytelling , which he saw as , in its purest form , an oral-aural transaction between a narrator and an audience physically present to each other , and the novel , which is produced in one place by a solitary silent author , and consumed in another place by a solitary silent reader . |
| 3 | A casualty officer there reported seeing ‘ quite a few ’ patients suffering from bites and stings in recent days . |
| 4 | ‘ We can go and visit Senga and thaim in Southern Rhodesia . |
| 5 | Every year particular species arrive and disappear , and change in absolute and relative abundance . |
| 6 | The effects of technical advancement and change in industrial structure on material handling requirements of firms in South Wales |
| 7 | A more gender-balanced communication requires that there be a process of redefinition and change in all areas of human activity . |
| 8 | Self reported smoking behaviour ( backed by saliva sample ) and change in relevant health knowledge , beliefs , and values . |
| 9 | The general social action approach thus emphasises fluidity and change in social interaction ; it has a conception of the individual that emphasises people 's creativity and capacity for innovation . |
| 10 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
| 11 | The first year History course provides pupils with an introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary for a balanced understanding of the emergence of early modern societies , a knowledge of continuity and change in Medieval Europe and an awareness of the heritage which has contributed to the world in which pupils grow up . |
| 12 | Development and change in everyday likes and dislikes |
| 13 | It was me , yelling and bellowing in high-speed transports of pleasure . |
| 14 | Such developments gradually overcame the popular fear of water in general and of the ocean and drowning in particular which had been inherited from the Middle Ages . |
| 15 | Recent research reveals the importance of kinship and lineage in non-human primates . |
| 16 | The arrow , expressed as a wedge form , can minimise turbulence and drag in supersonic flight and in automobiles travelling beyond about 75 mph ( 120 km per hour ) . |
| 17 | The castle was built in the late 18th century then extensively restored and altered in 1872–1875 . |
| 18 | The present head office was built in 1806 but extended and altered in 1870 . |
| 19 | Late complications were of much greater concern and arose in eight patients ( 20% ) at a median of 3.3 months ( range 0.25–12 ) from the initial insertion . |
| 20 | It also troubled Peggie Boswell , and arose in those memorable letters between herself and Johnson . |
| 21 | Patients can feel insecure and frightened in this new environment and anxiety increases the risk of accident . |
| 22 | Peter Mann , director of the charity 's veterinary services , said : ‘ The sheer noise of fireworks can shock a pet into running away and becoming lost and frightened in unfamiliar surroundings . ’ |
| 23 | This contribution reached a peak of around two-thirds of the combined income from rates and grants in 1976 . |
| 24 | Not only is it the largest in the world in volume ( $11 billion in loans and grants in 1991 ) , but its untied ratio ( 79.7% in 1991 ) is the highest in the world . |
| 25 | It is also true that British companies got more than 76% of the contracts stemming from official British loans and grants in 1989 . |
| 26 | The juveniles continued to fly south-west , and wintered in southern France and Spain . |
| 27 | ‘ I love , ’ she said , ‘ to see a seed push out of the earth and crack in two . |
| 28 | I knew exactly how I would do this and explained in some detail , finding Alec Reid equally fascinated . |
| 29 | For any given orbit , there is only one speed at which a satellite can travel and remain in that orbit . |
| 30 | However , when groups from such communities move to and settle in countries living and eating in Western style , and adopt Western habits , repeated surveys and studies have shown that , gradually , over the years , they too become equally prone to the ‘ big Cs ’ and all those other Western diseases . |