Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [vb -s] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The story tells us , at a literal level , how Hartleap Well received its name ; the curious prose preface emphasizes this and also conveys the idea of commemorating and preserving a tradition for posterity .
2 The ball then waits at the bowler 's end of the pitch until the reset button switch , S3 , on pin 4 of the IC3 is operated ; taking pin 4 high and then resets the flipflop and pin 13 of IC2 goes low , enabling the clock again to run the wicket sequence from D1 to D10 .
3 It is empty and therefore requires the user to input data .
4 Weldex , which was set up in 1979 and now has a turnover of £4 million , will this week take delivery of Glasgow-based cranes that were stranded in England after Lilley 's collapse .
5 The procedure for dealing with such requests is set out in R.S.C. , Ord. 70 and often involves the Treasury Solicitor making application to the court under the Act of 1975 : see Ord. 70 , r. 3 .
6 It is frustrating , confusing and severely diminishes the pleasure the writing could bring .
7 This set of keys is intended to be random and so has no order to preserve .
8 Do social security systems provided by the state draw on all or only some of these and how does the mix differ between countries and with what effect ?
9 The galea is often two-segmented and frequently overlaps the lacinia like a hood .
10 So suppose an adult sniffs glue making himself very ill and subsequently sues the glue manufacturer .
11 This was originally erected in the reign of Numerian in AD 283–4 and apparently includes the reference to a R(es) P(ublica) C(ivitatis) , most probably D(obunnorum) ( of the Dobunni ) , though the latter reading and attribution have produced several fertile alternatives .
12 A cash payment is unusual and either reflects the bargaining strength of the vendor , or , in recent times , may be demanded by receivers and liquidators in recognition of the duty they owe to the creditors .
13 Each of these advances in ‘ unjust ’ aggression at the expense of its opposite and then pays the penalty , retreating before the counter-attack of the latter , the object of the whole cycle being to maintain the balance of justice .
14 Such an expectation on the part of adoptive parents , they would argue , is self-centred and also takes no account of the birth parents ' feelings .
15 Such tenants should try to persuade the landlord to refrain from opting , for example , by pointing out that the option is irrevocable and often cuts the capital value of the site by restricting the potential group of tenants .
16 I mean one person in particular , who is very good and always does the work , but I feel is probably — ok , she babies people too much , she does everything for them , rather than allow them to do it themselves .
17 The effective use of this resource is the main substance of part II and therefore constitutes the bulk of the advice .
18 The program can be configured for left or right handed players at the press of key and also provides a tuning facility via the PC speaker .
19 The dust is highly irritating and even stings the skin , but a small price , for such a beautiful timber .
20 Social organization is complex and always includes a variety of classes , orders and groups .
21 Table 3 shows recall to be significantly greater for the last five words in the list when recall is immediate and thus supports the recency effect .
22 Only a few reports concerned the fate of oesophagitis , and then with relatively short follow up , although the typical patient is young or middle aged and thus has a life expectancy of several decades .
23 It is not hard to see how permission can be conceived as something which throws the action permitted into the future : one generally gets permission first and then performs the action permitted after .
24 She has an extraordinary gift , as she is telekinetic and so has the power to make things happen through thought-transmission .
25 The mother has since been married again and divorced and now has a co-habitee of three years ' standing .
26 For over 2000 years , the moral — slow and steady wins the race — has lauded the tortoise 's perserverance and dedication while condemning the hare 's arrogance and laziness .
27 Thus , slow and steady wins the race , but timing is everything .
28 The loss is a little below the strategic guidance figure of thirty thousand two hundred and also represents an improvement over the historic trend .
29 It covers the years of acquisition from 1986 to 1989 and almost doubles the size of the collection .
30 Beyond the joining of the rivers , now called the Tisza , the route turns north towards Russian and eventually becomes the frontier between Hungary on the left bank and the Soviets on the right .
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