Example sentences of "and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • Z55 tensile quality steel combined with a 47mm deep ribbed profile configuration gives excellent spanning characteristics and minimises ponding even at pitches as low as 1½£° |
| 2 | Although the risk of aspiration has not been completely eliminated , massive regurgitation is unlikely to occur , but avoiding ventilatory pressures greater than 20 cm H 2 O ( not always practical in a trauma situation ) avoids leaks around the cuff and minimises gastric dilatation . |
| 3 | They argue that to rely exclusively on the electoral or parliamentary road to the goal of socialism is to shut-off the possibility of attaining that goal precisely because it overestimates the power of party and the democratic state ; underestimates rival centres of power ; and minimises the moderating implications of parliamentary democracy and much else besides . |
| 4 | In such a situation it is therefore all the more necessary to recognize the unique place the ethnographer holds and to capitalize on it . |
| 5 | Much depends on the nature of the training provided , especially the ethos that guides it ; that is , whether it is organization- and profession-centred on the one hand or client- and community-oriented on the other and the degree of commitment on the part of professionals to recognize and affirm the value of indigenous factors and to capitalize upon them . |
| 6 | Already in my own LEA there are plans for visual arts teachers to explore and establish assessment guidelines , and to capitalize on the considerable amount of curriculum development work that has occurred over recent years . |
| 7 | When he appears on television or in the media , he pooh-poohs and belittles it , and gives the impression that we are exaggerating the problem . |
| 8 | The Brigadier set down a fat puppy that he had been holding and squelched towards the yard , driving a dozen pullets before him . |
| 9 | Then he went to the john for twenty minutes and squelched back clicking and ticking like a geiger counter . |
| 10 | It means instead the end of childhood and freedom , the beginning of a new life as a slave and chattel at the bottom of a hierarchy in someone else 's family . |
| 11 | As glossy as a fashion-plate , Karl jumped up , grasped Herr Nordern 's hand , and beamed into his face . |
| 12 | Stanley puffed on his pipe and beamed . |
| 13 | The Nationalists set up their own TV station in Sicily and beamed into Malta . |
| 14 | The moving spectacle , which was interrupted repeatedly by rounds of automatic weapons fire , was carried live on Sarajevo television , and beamed to homes in all the former Yugoslavian republics . |
| 15 | As the only Farangs there , we were drawn by friendly hands to the best viewing spot , and beamed at and invited to climb the ladder . |
| 16 | As the distinctive gold badge was pinned on to her chest , Fiona Ray glanced across at her parents , Rosemarie and Bob , and beamed broadly . |
| 17 | George cleared his throat and beamed . |
| 18 | BRAVE Princess Diana put two weeks of torment behind her yesterday … and beamed this smile of relief . |
| 19 | He slapped his hands together and beamed around the overcrowded cockpit . |
| 20 | He took the cigarette holder out of his wide mouth and beamed at his visitor , his Roosevelt smile , warm and toothy . |
| 21 | Battler sat back and beamed at me . |
| 22 | He paused and beamed affably at his host once more . |
| 23 | Nathaniel Sherman looked at his sons and beamed proudly as they joined the group around the governor . |
| 24 | He rubbed his single eye and beamed . |
| 25 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 26 | He eyed the Robemaker with wide , ingenuous eyes , and beamed . |
| 27 | And beamed again . |
| 28 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 29 | She caught the barman 's eye and beamed contentedly at his hot red face as he sipped iced water , taking a brief rest . |
| 30 | Cranston drained his cup and beamed in self congratulation , giving a sly grin at Athelstan , who glared back . |