Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money . |
| 2 | McGregor calls this Theory X. In contrast to this is Theory Y , where he argues that if the leaders see subordinates as willing and able then the leader will be less inclined to pursue an autocratic style but instead prefer a participative style of leadership and encourage subordinates to accept responsibility and authority . |
| 3 | Between 1985 and 1990 alone the sculpture index climbed 270% . |
| 4 | If post cold-war Europe is not to be violent and conflictual then the sources of rivalry and mistrust need to be addressed head-on . |
| 5 | If the delegation is absolute and unconditional then the electorate can not be sovereign ; if it delegates its power on trust then Parliament can not be sovereign . |
| 6 | Pittston has drafted in ‘ scab ’ labour to get the coal out , but the roads in these mountains are narrow and winding so the strikers drive their vehicles ahead of the coal trucks as slowly as possible . |
| 7 | At times ( for example , under Mr Heath ) governments have abandoned economic pricing as part of an anti-inflation programme ; at other times , notably over the price increases in gas between 1980 and 1982 when the Thatcher government each year raised prices 30 per cent above the current rate of inflation , above ‘ economic ’ pricing levels and what the board wished . |
| 8 | If the remainder of Rentokil staff are as helpful , pleasant and co-operative then the contract should run very smoothly indeed . ’ |
| 9 | Between 1932 and 1939 when the bank rate was 2 per cent , a building society 's advance was normally around 80 per cent of the value of the house spread over fifteen to twenty years at 4 to 6 per cent interest . |
| 10 | Sometimes , Henry thought , it would be kindness itself to rise one night between three and four when the suburb slept and drag a sharp stone across the Mitsubishi 's flanks . |
| 11 | If the degree of moral outrage is widespread and simmering then the individual who ignites the fire has a high chance of success ; the enormous , potential power of the base of the hierarchy is ignited . |
| 12 | On Oct. 17 and 18 respectively the German and Polish lower houses of parliament ( the Bundestag and the Sejm ) ratified the border treaty signed on Nov. 14 , 1990 [ see p. 37867 ] , and the friendship treaty signed on June 17 , 1991 [ see p. 38306 ] . |
| 13 | We shall see how useful this is in Chapters 4 , 5 and 6 where the Chart is used to identify word strings from various kinds of phonemic input . |
| 14 | The foreign ministry which took its place in that year had fifty-one in 1895 , ninety-two in 1911 and 146 when the monarchy collapsed in 1918 . |
| 15 | On Nov. 6 and 7 respectively the House and Senate approved the conference-reconciled version of the human services appropriations bills which they had enacted in September [ see p. 38428 ] . |
| 16 | In 1978 and 1983 when the UK was in surplus with the rest of the world , a significant deficit was registered with the EC . |
| 17 | Between 1871 and 1901 alone the number of towns with populations over 50,000 doubled . |
| 18 | There are early mentions of the Portadown district in Latin documents about Papal taxation in 1296 and 1302 where the references are to Plebs Varren ( or , more familiarly , Ballyoran ) and the name ‘ Ballywarren al' Portadowne ’ is in the Ulster Inquisitions of 1609 but Portadown as a village only came into existence at the Plantation of Ulster . |
| 19 | Doherty is described by Cole as an ardent Owenite ; but though he records him as advocating ‘ co-operative self-employment far and wide wherever the workers became organised ’ , he nevertheless identifies the National Association as a purely trade union body . |
| 20 | On Nov. 13 and 17 respectively the court ruled that Stoph , who had not been well enough to attend the previous day and had heart problems , and Mielke were too ill stand trial . |
| 21 | ‘ Transfer fees and salaries are far more modest and reasonable then the UK and Europe and the potential is endless . |
| 22 | But officials say this was unconnected and that now the situation is calm . |
| 23 | ‘ The architect 's plans for the changes made in nineteen hundred and ten when the Priory was reconsecrated Roman Catholic and the Little Sisters took over . ’ |
| 24 | Two-party dominance was at its greatest in the period between 1945 and 1970 when the Conservative and Labour Parties won all but 8 per cent of the vote and 2 per cent of the seats . |
| 25 | We like to keep the floor nice and sticky so the staff ca n't run away ! |
| 26 | The bulk of the destruction occurred during the 1950s and 1960s when the trees were felled to provide land for agriculture or for re-planting with conifers . |
| 27 | Old Foresters , a team of former Public Schoolboys , won three years running from 1885 to 87 and Ilford repeated the act between 1988 and 1990 when the manager had no more than a large village to select his players from . |
| 28 | But the dates to be noted by the narrow gauge enthusiasts are June 20 and 21 when the Bala Lake is holding its annual summer gala at Llanuwchllyn . |