Example sentences of "and [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They help to overcome the inherent problems of sectoralisation and to promote a more integrated development strategy . |
| 2 | Meditative techniques were designed to eliminate this struggle , to overcome the duality and to promote a more balanced mental condition . |
| 3 | It represented a conscious effort to offset colonial influences and to promote a national culture which would reflect the new nation . |
| 4 | The greatest challenge is public education in order to reduce fear and to promote a better understanding of the aims of services . |
| 5 | Particularly active has been the WJEC TEC co-ordinating panel set up in 1975 to co ordinate the work of the colleges and consortia and to promote a programme of in-service training . |
| 6 | To raise awareness , understanding and esteem of the profession and to promote a positive image . |
| 7 | Operation Torch — the American invasion of French North Africa in November 1942 — was the culmination of Allied attempts to exclude de Gaulle and to promote a viable alternative to Gaullism . |
| 8 | Using a medium tension and hanging a weight on the scarf as it is being knitted will make it curl more easily . |
| 9 | Creating this elegant , opulent bedhead is as simple as making curtains and hanging a rack . |
| 10 | One of the businessmen sniggered and whispered a comment to his neighbour , who burst into raucous laughter . |
| 11 | Eudo summoned all his strength , as if he could stand the pain no longer , and whispered a name . |
| 12 | Sofia , a beautiful , dark-eyed girl of perhaps eighteen , smiled shyly and whispered a breathy ‘ Buona sera ’ . |
| 13 | Then he allows for the effects of a ‘ propagation mechanism ’ ( see section 5.1(a) ) by adding the lagged value of to equation ( 6.2 ) and attaching a positive coefficient to it , giving : |
| 14 | The sight of another horse , especially a friend , will calm and reassure a horse that is feeling anxious or frightened . |
| 15 | The gunner looks through his optical sight , lines it up with an enemy tank and squeezes a trigger to fire a laser that measures the range . |
| 16 | she then ‘ picks up ’ the open stitches ( a fine circular needle is wonderful for this ) , returns these stitches to the machine and knits a new rib ( going downwards ) or whatever is required . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , visiting the Company was an important occasion in Mary O'Dell 's calendar ; when her husband was the landlord , she always fussed over him beforehand , ironing his best shirt , starching the collar , sponging his blue serge suit and tucking a clean handkerchief into his top pocket . |
| 18 | Commentators are fond of discovering and praising a guidebook clarity in the novel . |
| 19 | The Cabinet also agreed to reduce cash allocations and other benefits to new immigrants , to reduce child allowances and to implement a 2 per cent across-the-board cut in spending by all ministries except Defence . |
| 20 | ‘ More money , more money ! ’ he demands , and clever minds set to work at his behest , the computers shift and change a little all over the world , and presently his bank balance shows another nought ; and , so that that nought should be there , somewhere in the undeveloped world another ten backs break needlessly . |
| 21 | Women wishing to return to work after maternity leave can telephone an agency which will vet , recruit and supervise a local childminder , and provide back-up cover if the main carer is ill . |
| 22 | Its brief would be to devise , offer and supervise a comprehensive course devoted to the training of church musicians in all aspects of their craft . |
| 23 | They are also extremely vocal , calling and bellowing a good deal of the time . |
| 24 | Eardwulf met and countered a succession of threats from rival aethelings in the first years of his reign . |
| 25 | A third party should be entitled to assume that a person in an authoritative position within an organisation is competent to bind the organisation , and the organisation should not be able to plead violation of an internal rule unless ‘ that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of fundamental importance . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes , Henry thought , it would be kindness itself to rise one night between three and four when the suburb slept and drag a sharp stone across the Mitsubishi 's flanks . |
| 27 | EEE CHUCKY EGG BE A FERRET AND DRAG A KEG OF MILD OOPPT FROM T'GLORY'OLE |
| 28 | During the 1930s the world had seen considerable political and military changes , already the dictators of Europe were making territorial gains , and the Japanese also had designs on mainland Asia , invading Manchuria and waging a savage war on China . |
| 29 | Hence neighbourhood police cam deal with offences and develop a familiarity with their local area , knowing that the formal aspects of community relations , such as involvement with youth clubs , schools , and community groups , is being shared with people whose special responsibility this is . |
| 30 | The cheeses are matured in a specially constructed humid cellar for 2½–3 months , during which time they lose a further 225–325g/8–12oz in weight and develop a mould or rind beneath the muslin . |