Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that I searched high and low for a new teacher , and when I found one I had to start from scratch . |
| 2 | You do n't want a firm whose work of good , but who may leave you high and not-so-dry for a few weeks . |
| 3 | Is there any hope that the Veterans News could do a feature on the old and new for a future issue of the Veterans News and wangle an invite for several of the veterans to the opening of the new branch at Lyons farm , perhaps on the day the dignitaries attend . |
| 4 | I 've been feeling headachy and dizzy for a few days now . ’ |
| 5 | A survey based on a stratificational analysis is not appropriate or feasible for a sociolinguistic study carried out in Brazil ; the chief objections are that the notion of a continuum is neither congruent with the sharp distinction between rich and poor , nor does it adequately discriminate between the individuals studied , all of whom were relatively poor . |
| 6 | But she was too warm and lazy for a proper argument . |
| 7 | In many respects a superb centre , even if it was poorly served by public transport and lacked the atmosphere of the Casa de Campo , the new complex would have been too large and expensive for a leaner fair with a thinner list of participating galleries . |
| 8 | At the death , Mike Procter , the South African coach , stood ashen-faced and speechless for a full 10 minutes on the pavilion steps , unable to take in what had just transpired . |
| 9 | Limited , until recently , to an A4 sheet and with some initial problems in terms of RIP reliability it may have been but the output quality is more than adequate for a wide range of documents . |
| 10 | Despite the Encomiast 's tale of how Cnut 's men , searching far and wide for a suitable wife , eventually found her in Normandy , it may be , as Keynes has argued , that Emma had remained in England throughout . |
| 11 | Clough wrote : ‘ I felt angry , frustrated , disappointed , useless and unused for a whole week . |
| 12 | ‘ Our aim is to take away from the franchisee all those areas which are expensive or difficult for a small business to operate , ’ says Mr Gamlin . |
| 13 | He had to say that it was neither suitable nor adequate for a paying patient … any extras had to be brought in by friends . |
| 14 | Compiling an elaborate data base or investing in systems akin to those of very large companies or the Civil Service would clearly be uneconomic and unjustified for a medium size group . |
| 15 | It is thought , for example , that the long and feathery antennae of male mosquitoes pick up the specific sound wave patterns generated by a female mosquito who is ready and willing for a sexual encounter . |
| 16 | Vologsky was silent and thoughtful for a long while . |
| 17 | Were the old values of a Catholic society sufficient and necessary for a modern state ? |
| 18 | The central theological question is whether the picture of the Devil that emerges from the New Testament is true and necessary for a proper understanding of the Christian story . |