Example sentences of "[verb] and [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He , ‘ the seigneur ’ , hears the ravishing beauty of the song , but can not act and is not free ; they labour and act in a practical fashion , but do not hear .
2 Indeed , if the system has been well designed and is well run , it should stimulate demand for more and different types of information .
3 If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told .
4 If the top of the egg is exposed to a sufficient dose of ultraviolet irradiation the nucleus is inactivated and is functionally useless while the cytoplasm is unaffected .
5 The airframe , apparently in excellent shape , is complete with 1–16 engines installed and is currently displayed in the Pioneer Village Museum located in Nebraska .
6 A new Petrie and McNaught stainless steel scouring machine costing £430,000 has been installed and is almost operational with test runs being undertaken .
7 However , the key quarterly average has dropped and is down to 33,700 over the three months to March .
8 Owing to the crescendo , the 2nd clarinet , when once it has entered , can not be dropped and is therefore carried on .
9 If I can explain inflation which included in the budget at this stage is inflation between November ninety two and November ninety three , so inflation from today if you like er or last November , through to the end of the year , that is provided for in the central contingency of the authority and as pay awards are awarded the money we drawn down from that into the planning committee so the amount there would one point five percent of pay and four point two percent from general commission , that 's reflecting inflation that 's already happening and is up last year 's budget to the position today if you like so one point five percent of pay was the A P T C award for July ninety two , sorry ninety three and we 're not anticipating here what the pay award will be for the coming year , that is dealt with centrally .
10 Difficulty with breathing , wheezy ; must sit up to breath and is much worse ( < ) for any exertion .
11 Although it is generally true that increasing age exerts an unfavourable effect on outcome of diseases and medical interventions , this influence is weaker than is generally supposed and is mainly due to age-associated disorders .
12 There may well be all sorts of deviations and fluctuations here ; the whole system expands and becomes complicated , develops and is continuously in motion and oscillating but , taken as a whole , it is in a state of equilibrium .
13 Whereas I teach my dogs to disregard game birds and deer , the lurcher is very competent at acquiring the skills of poaching and is usually the animal to accompany deer and game-stealing gangs wherever they operate .
14 In addition to the ‘ A ’ signal box from Crewe Station which has been rebuilt on site , the centre has acquired the 131-level Exeter West box which has been rebuilt and is currently being refitted .
15 One has disappeared , but its ash house remains ; another has been rebuilt and is now the main farm .
16 Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future
17 The Hindus believe also that the universe periodically dissolves and is then recreated .
18 After a few blows there , the porcupine succumbs and is then turned carefully over and eaten from underneath , its soft underbelly causing no problems .
19 It is strong and not damaging and is probably the one absolutely essential piece of equipment you need above all others .
20 At the top of the backswing , note how the left shoulder has turned and is now in front of and slightly underneath the chin .
21 Thus , further down the chain , demand for low-time pilots and ex-military aircrew has slumped and is not expected to pick up again until the pool of laid-off pilots has been used up , probably in a year 's time .
22 The feeling of comfort is basic to a sense of well-being , but it is difficult to define and is often most notable in its absence .
23 A new software package to operate on the local area network of PCs in Administration has been selected and is currently being tested for implementation early in the financial year 1991-1992 .
24 This book is not beautifully written and is not always easy to understand ; technical details sometimes remain unexplained , and a bewildering cast of Russians bob in and out .
25 Staff time taken with such enquiries is difficult to evaluate and is probably underestimated in many Job Descriptions in Annual Staff Reports .
26 He has been injured and is clearly in a state of shock .
27 Wet hair tends to stretch and break and is very vulnerable so never use a bristle brush on hair when wet .
28 He began his career as intake foreman at the maltings when it was built and is now barley buyer for the south of England .
29 The team was only set up 3 years ago when the rink was built and is now ranked 13th in the country .
30 Some other explanation of the solution must obviously be sought and is probably to be found in diurnal variations of the carbon dioxide content of the inshore waters .
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