Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A key objective is to make it easier for our Centres to communicate and do business with us . |
| 2 | It can be used to communicate and to discommunicate , to bring people nearer to one another and to separate them ; to liberate human beings and to control them ; to iron out differences and to make and establish differences ; to clarify and mystify . |
| 3 | It is the manager 's responsibility to decide what and how to communicate and to adapt his approach in the light of experience . |
| 4 | Noises of such intensity may seriously affect the ability of cetaceans to communicate and echolocate , especially in cold polar waters where ice cover reflects much underwater noise back from the surface . |
| 5 | It should help us to communicate and spread experience , feelings , understandings and ideas and thus facilitate action . |
| 6 | We have yet to learn how to communicate and make decisions in an electronic environment . |
| 7 | Creating a technical structure that allows for a pan-authority electronic mail service is usually as problematic as building the trust and confidence that will allow staff to communicate and make decisions using such a system — let alone remember to log in each day . |
| 8 | They tried to communicate and got on very well , despite the language difficulties . |
| 9 | Foreign language teachers might say that their students already know how to communicate and interact in their own language ; what they need in the foreign language are formal skills and knowledge — pronunciation , vocabulary , grammar — which will provide the basis for communicating and interacting . |
| 10 | There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering . |
| 11 | In such a time anyone who lacks the courage to be curious and questioning , the capacity to grow into new competencies , and the confidence to communicate and collaborate with others , is severely handicapped , and his or her educators are guilty of gross dereliction of duty . |
| 12 | The new culture will certainly require the forging of new alliances between education professionals and other groups , a redefinition of teacher roles and professional autonomy , a greater willingness to communicate and negotiate . |
| 13 | It is the possession of a common culture and the ability to communicate and pass it on to others that distinguishes the human being from other animals . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll be staying with a number of Japanese families so will have to learn how to communicate and become less of a gaijin ( foreigner ) , ’ he says . |
| 15 | So behind every change , every innovation , every development project , there must be somebody with a vision who has been able to communicate and sell that vision to somebody else ( even when the change begins with an assignment , not a self-directed initiative ) . |
| 16 | Experience : the extent to which a practitioner is able to integrate her/his skills and knowledge in the assessment process , to communicate and liaise effectively with a wide range of individuals , to analyse and evaluate and reach a professional judgement about questions of need and risk , will be partly contingent on the professional confidence and sensitivity derived from experience . |
| 17 | Moreover , there seem to be all manner of missed opportunities to communicate and discuss proposals with teachers and headmasters . |
| 18 | Retix Inc , Santa Monica , California says it has developed an Open Systems Interconnection-compliant distributed transaction processing communications manager , which enables different transaction processing monitors to communicate and interoperate with each other . |
| 19 | As with any technique , direct mail has basic principles which must be obeyed if the programme is to communicate and raise money over a long period : * It must be regular ( a minimum of eight times a year ) * It must be personal , relevant and informal * It must be good quality * It must ask for and offer something * It must appeal to emotion first and reason second |
| 20 | The ability to communicate and to build bridges in human relationships is now recognised as an essential nursing skill ; and the opportunity for offering comfort and unconditional acceptance in this way probably has no equal in any other profession . |
| 21 | Without a shared culture , members of society would be unable to communicate and cooperate , and confusion and disorder would result . |
| 22 | The most harmful effects are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and lose their ability to communicate and cooperate with one another , |
| 23 | Careers in computing are for people with common sense , the ability to think clearly and logically , the capacity to adapt readily to change , and the skill to communicate and work closely with others . |
| 24 | Here is more than the chance to do a bit of direct selling or attract further commissions ; there should be the desire to communicate and work with others . |
| 25 | The characteristic products are books or articles , and review articles : these enable members of a scattered community to communicate and to develop knowledge and polemic . |
| 26 | the ability to communicate and listen ; |
| 27 | Their bodies are streamlined for maximum efficiency in moving through water , and they have evolved a highly sophisticated sonar system to communicate and receive information through water and over long distances . |
| 28 | Discussions centred on one particular charter , the African Charter on Human and People 's Rights , which specifically mentions the right to communicate and receive information . |
| 29 | Discussions centred on one particular charter , the African Charter on Human and People 's Rights , which specifically mentions the right to communicate and receive information . |
| 30 | Christine McCracken , her teacher at St Bartholomew 's school in Haslemere , Surrey , said : ‘ She has a great hunger to communicate and understand . ’ |