Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increased ionisation along the earth 's lines of magnetic force make them more conductive and leads to an increased current flow with consequent rise in magnetic flux levels . |
| 2 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 3 | Your call is free and goes to a central advisory unit rather than to your local Social Security office . |
| 4 | In my view , the existing available protection is adequate and gives to a governmental body all such rights as are necessary in a democratic society for the protection of its governing reputation . |
| 5 | A very good-value lunch can be enjoyed here , cooked and served to a high standard by the students of the school . |
| 6 | Spread over two or more years , the courses are part-time and lead to a national examination for the Medau Society Teachers ' Award . |
| 7 | Following completion of the drift mapping in the Fortrose ( 84W ) sheet , BGS staff coordinated and contributed to an interdisciplinary field meeting run by the Quaternary Research Association , in which the participants examined the drift deposits of the sheet area . |
| 8 | Legislation which made official Jewish equality of citizenship rights was passed in the Norddeutschen Bund in 1869 and extended to a united Germany in 1871 . |
| 9 | As for the mid-range competitors , they are often forms-based and tied to a particular 4GL or database . |
| 10 | These will be removed later and the outside spokeshaved and scraped to a good finish . |
| 11 | She says mostly they 're the soul of courtesy — embarrassingly polite and come to a grinding halt … |
| 12 | The loose , undulating rhythms of trees and foliage are still of a kind seen in Fauve canvases by Matisse ( and have their origin ultimately in the late work of Gauguin ) , while the colour is decorative and heightened to an unnatural degree . |
| 13 | The taxi swerved out of the Champs Elysées , down the Avenue George-V and came to a sudden halt on the corner . |
| 14 | The path is 600 yards long and connects to a tar-surfaced lane at the north end . |
| 15 | There would be dark fortresses in that world as well , and the skies would be forever heavy and lit to a reddish glow with the incantations and the dark sorcery that would rise like a miasma from the dark citadels … |
| 16 | The process is expected to make paper continuously available and to lead to an annual $5 million saving in hard currency . |
| 17 | That yard , privatised and sold to a new owner and with access to the intervention fund , now has a substantial number of new orders . |
| 18 | But while Ride and TFC took the indie way out of obscurity , gaining success by giggling like hell while maintaining a strong position in Sounds ' indie charts , Five Thirty bit the big one and signed to a major , East West . |
| 19 | But while Ride and TFC took the indie way out of obscurity , gaining success by giggling like hell while maintaining a strong position in Sounds ' indie charts , Five Thirty bit the big one and signed to a major , East West . |
| 20 | A spokesman said the effect on borrowers will be marginal and amount to an extra £10 a month on mortgages of £30,000 and above at the typical interest rate of 8 per cent . |
| 21 | The beginnings were slow and limited to a few sectors where differences in labour costs were important . |
| 22 | The greens and golds were all faded and darkened to a dull blackish colour that looked all the drabber in the presence of so many fresh flowers . |
| 23 | Some of the information was unreliable and amounted to a considerable wastage in air dropped ordnance and flying hours by launching bombing and strafing missions over ‘ dead ’ jungle . |
| 24 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |
| 25 | These days , he 's a happily married father of two and confesses to a certain ambivalence about making records . |
| 26 | The three bedrooms are attractive and decorated to a high standard , equipped with private bathrooms and colour TV . |