Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resulting blood pressure increase can rupture a blood vessel ( haemorrhage ) or a globule of fat can become detached and block a vessel ( thrombosis ) . |
| 2 | The Stravinsky , if more detached and calculated a piece , equally engages the senses here in the incisiveness of Zimmermann 's playing , his thrust , his fullness of sound , the quiet restraint he shows in the concerto 's plaintive moments . |
| 3 | But actually it 's the reverse , since it 's a struggle to get detached and find a perspective that balances my own inside knowledge against the spectrum of differing views of their fans , detractors and those unfortunate enough to be indifferent to them . |
| 4 | In one case in 1944 , Scott LJ stated that the ‘ British principle of personal freedom , that every man should be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty , applies also to the police function of arrest — in a very modified degree , it is true , but at least to the extent of requiring them to be observant , receptive and open-minded and to notice any relevant circumstance which points either way , either to innocence or to guilt ’ . |
| 5 | Silent , humourless and reserved , Haig was also shrewd and ambitious and had unbounded self-esteem . |
| 6 | On arrival at the theatre I was met by Mr and Mrs Alexander Heymeyer , the latter was originally Scottish and born on the Isle of Skye . |
| 7 | Alex , who had given me the cigarettes , was Scottish and had been at Lille for three days ; he had deserted from the Military Police in Germany , and thought that French food was nowhere as good as Glaswegian . |
| 8 | The easily identifiable tartan mark is your guarantee that the salmon you are buying is genuinely Scottish and produced in accordance with a stringent set of quality standards , enforced by Food From Britain inspectors . |
| 9 | Where the negligent misrepresentation induces a contract between the parties , it may be more advantageous to proceed under s2(1) of the 1967 Act , not least because it reverses the onus of proof by placing it upon the seller ( see Howard Marine and Dredging Co Ltd v A Ogden and Sons ( Excavations ) Ltd [ 1978 ] QB 574 ) . |
| 10 | In Howard Marine and Dredging Co Ltd v A Ogden and Sons ( Excavations ) Ltd [ 1978 ] QB 574 , a case decided under s3 of the 1967 Act , Lord Denning considered the following factors to be relevant : the parties were of equal bargaining position , the representation made was innocent , and in any case the plaintiffs had failed to prove that they had reasonable grounds for believing the truth of the statement . |
| 11 | This demonstrates that there are indeed certain junctions which both tend to be rated as risky and tend to be recalled by many subjects . |
| 12 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 13 | As a system gets larger the logic becomes more obscure , modification more risky and debugging increasingly problematic . |
| 14 | Questioning everything a company does is usually too risky and confronts too many entrenched interests among managers and employees to be worth doing unless a firm is in dire trouble . |
| 15 | Because the size of potential losses is growing so fast , many insurers now reckon that providing catastrophe cover has simply become too risky and have quit the market . |
| 16 | This was risky and proved to be an extremely ill-advised tactic . |
| 17 | Banks have little desire to underwrite — it is risky and demands lots of precious capital . |
| 18 | ( The grant was repeated in 1876 and lodged in the National Bank , Bridgend ) . |
| 19 | Van Gogh stayed with the Rev. Jones from July to December 1876 and continued to write copiously and regularly to his beloved brother , Theo , also to his parents . |
| 20 | It had been painted in 1876 and showed an older and more ethereal poet , his head rising , as is common with Watts 's portraits , from a vague dark column of a body into a spiritual light . |
| 21 | It had been built in 1876 and consisted of a whole succession of low-roofed , dormer-windowed , gabled buildings . |
| 22 | Left a widow at the age of twenty-nine , she returned to England in 1876 and settled with her son and two stepdaughters in the developing suburb of Wimbledon . |
| 23 | Burntisland shipped 190,000 in 1876 and jumped to over 500,000 tons by 1880 . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course you are , and so am I. Let's go somewhere civilized and have a meal . ’ |
| 25 | Charles White , the celebrated Manchester surgeon , was born in 1728 and received his anatomical training in London at William Hunter 's academy in 1748 . |
| 26 | This picture offers us a useful parallel with the Handel portrait dating from about 1728 and has the same kind of confidential candour . |
| 27 | Nabiyev completed a two-day visit to Iran on June 30 and went on to Pakistan , returning to Tajikistan on July 4 . |
| 28 | A majority of 10 EC Foreign Ministers rejected the Netherlands draft at a meeting in Brussels on Sept. 30 and demanded the reinstatement of the earlier Luxembourg text . |
| 29 | Justin Lekhanya , who seized power in 1986 from the then Prime Minister Chief Leabua Jonathan , was himself led into the studio of Radio Lesotho by troops on April 30 and made to broadcast his own resignation as Chairman of the six-member ruling Military Council . |
| 30 | He was described as being about 30 and wearing a diamond patterned jumper . |