Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | For instance , we must know and understand the total cost structure in multi-product businesses from raw materials through to the customer . |
2 | Thus , to raise the potential value of the information being processed using activities beyond Taylor 's Stage 1 ( i.e. those in his Stage 2 ( analysing processes ) , or his Stage 3 ( judgemental processes ) , or his Stage 4 ( decision processes ) ) , the people involved must know and understand the detailed decision-making situation wherein the information will eventually be used . |
3 | Wearing his environmental manager 's hat , Mike 's responsibilities are to monitor , audit and minimise the environmental impact of the business . |
4 | An experiment could be conducted by taking a largish group of electors , splitting them into two at random , telling half that the polls indicated one candidate would win and telling the other half that they showed a rival would win . |
5 | He kept pestering the others about what is known as " account trading " ( where one can buy and sell the same stock within a two week period , hoping that the stock price will have risen ) . |
6 | The feedback currently available indicates that the numbers of women reading engineering have increased to 15% ( from 7.8% in 1982–83 ) , but much more still remains to be done and industry 's most pressing problem in the 1990s will be to attract , recruit and retain the high calibre of technologically literate young people they will need . |
7 | If alien DNA enters a cell — by transformation or as a bacteriophage , for example — E. coli can recognise and destroy the unwanted DNA using restriction enzymes . |
8 | Chapter 4 will describe and evaluate the legal response to shirking and managerial incompetence , the other problems we have assumed to be exacerbated by the separation of ownership and control , by way of the duty to exercise diligence , care , and skill . |
9 | The nature of the benefit which the employer is said to have derived from a particular invention is readily ascertainable if the employee can show that the employer is in receipt of royalty payments from licensees who have been permitted to develop , manufacture and market the patented article or process . |
10 | Teachers are told that what they do is vitally important , that they alone can translate and extend the National Curriculum into rich comprehensive learning opportunities and at the same time that they can not be trusted to do the job . |
11 | The Prime Minister heads a government composed of a Cabinet of her senior ministers and about eighty non-Cabinet ministers all bound to a policy implicitly approved by the electorate ; the Prime Minister and all her colleagues must justify their actions and their policies before parliament , and if parliament withdraws its confidence , they must resign and face the stern judgment of the electorate upon their stewardship . |
12 | Then , in October 1973 , the recently established Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers ( ACSTT ) set up a sub-committee , under the chairmanship of the late Professor N. Haycocks , to ‘ consider and advise the main Committee on policy for the training of teachers in establishments of further education in England and Wales ’ . |
13 | What I need to do is adapt my approach to training , focus on what I consider I can still achieve and get the maximum amount of benefits and pleasure from a reduced volume of training . |
14 | The procedure does not generate and enter the desired structure . |
15 | An initiation for prisoners had been established where for the first week officers were encouraged to violently beat and humiliate the new prisoner in nauseous ways . |
16 | The older dog also teaches the younger puppy good habits and the puppy will often watch and copy the older dog 's actions . |
17 | Not only could he die , but you could inherit and hand the whole thing over to Jamie , which will ultimately make you heiress to nothing but tragedy , bankruptcy and disaster ! ’ |
18 | If you can feel and see the whole work laid out before you as you begin , then this will be achieved . |
19 | Here you can sunbathe , swim and discover the quaint village atmosphere of Letojanni and Mazzaro . |
20 | Throughout this period , most of the cells become progressively committed to form the tissues such as the placenta which will surround and nourish the future embryo . |
21 | It was felt that central government was at the core of many of the problems , but also to be considered was the mis-management of the NIHE Board and their failure to properly consult and allow the full participation of the tenants themselves , who more often than not are the best experts needed . |
22 | Cable said yesterday the company would eventually upgrade and operate the long distance and international communications systems . |
23 | If the tissue and organs can be altered to make them acceptable for transplant , who can guarantee that animal diseases will not also adapt and cross the genetic barrier ? |
24 | At present there are very few CAD products which will significantly aid and improve the ideas-centred design process . |
25 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
26 | I would respectfully follow and adopt the broad statement of principle laid down by Isaacs J. cited earlier and frequently quoted and applied in the Australian cases . |
27 | Mr. Broderick said ‘ We can all see and condemn the naked anti-unionism of Companies like Pat the Baker , but this form of anti-unionism is far more subtle and all the more dangerous . ’ |
28 | Matters can be most easily be sorted out for you on the spot whilst you are in resort , when your Representative , who is authorised to deal fully with any complaint , can see and understand the exact nature of any problems you have . |
29 | Gusev knew from experience that sooner or later something would emerge and give the vital clue . |
30 | I wished there was someone beside me , an Alison , some friend , who could savour and share the living darkness , the stars , the terrace , the voice . |