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

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1 Whether it provides the basis for more general statements about the relative performance of SE and NSE students is difficult to tell without more extensive research .
2 The exercise of its enforcement and rulemaking powers is amenable to judicial review .
3 A list of current and planned papers is available on request .
4 In well-designed organizations , the ability to change and remain dynamic is a key ingredient of continued competitiveness .
5 The feet and rig change is done about two-thirds of the way through the turn .
6 As much as possible of the message should be contained in the medium : as Marshall McLuhan pointed out , the ability of advertising to convey a message and influence people is due to success in achieving this .
7 Of course , giving time and helping others is important : but it goes hand in hand with collective action to bring about wider change .
8 She has two grown-up children and thinks reading is as important as eating .
9 The following considerations of Council Tax structures and staffing levels are based on the assumption that ‘ Office Power ’ ( or some similar package ) and Imaging system is provided and available before the end of the 1992 .
10 Ahi sā could be described as the means leading to the realization of Truth as the end or goal , but since means and ends are convertible terms in Gandhi 's philosophy of life , to practise ahi sā is to realize Truth and to realize Truth is to practise ahi sā .
11 But sorting and reselling rubbish is not .
12 The ability to borrow and lend stock is an important facility and enables market makers more easily to take long positions ( large holdings ) and short positions ( low or negative holdings ) of stocks .
13 The DSS spends £80 billion on social security benefits and the pressure to control this and make cuts is huge .
14 The interchange has deteriorated badly in the 19 years since completion and repair work is involving jacking up the deck of sections of sliproad still in use in order to extract the decaying crosshead beams for replacement .
15 After extensive conservation and repair work is completed , the Palace will house a rich series of displays showing how its apartments were used by the Stewart monarchs and their households , and a special display will be devoted to the carved wooden Stirling Heads which once decorated the ceiling of the King 's Presence Chamber .
16 The difficulty of defining and quantifying life-styles is illustrated by the example of the so-called " yuppy " .
17 A disinfectant is a chemical product used for disinfection and despite the association of the term with hospitals , toilets and drains disinfection is a vital part of modern food practice .
18 This may sound like cold comfort when you 're desperately hoping for something to come along and get you going — but continuing your work and maintaining skills is vitally important .
19 Constructing repairing and maintaining footpaths is all in day 's work for pathcraft manager Keith Wilson
20 BUSINESSES currently need all the help they can get in the current economic climate and maintaining staff is vital .
21 This only goes to show how narrow minded and blinkered Cosroe is compared to Tamburlaine .
22 The challenge in designing and using materials is how to delay the moment of ultimate failure .
23 All insulation in new cold stores and display cabinets is CFC-free .
24 This powerful and eyecatching result is obtained by postulating a world in which :
25 We want to ensure that the drive to save money , to reduce bureaucracy and raise quality is powerfully led from the centre of government .
26 A 10% salt solution is recommended for recharging , and cooking salt is perfectly acceptable .
27 The danger of too close an association between church and dance music is the subject of the humorous short story ‘ Absent-mindedness in a parish choir ’ .
28 The CCPR Movement and Dance Division is co-operating with the Barbican Centre in arranging a Family Festival of Dance and Movement on the afternoons of the Spring Bank Holiday — Sunday 28 and Monday 29 May 1989 .
29 Their song and dance show is touring Britain and Mike Rowbottom went to meet them .
30 This is quite normal , and not a cause for concern , unless the shrinking and polyp retraction is prolonged , in which case something is amiss with the water quality .
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