Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Dougal shivered , partly because of the cold and partly because polite conversation was a bizarre activity for Lorton to choose . |
2 | His voice as cold and hard as polished steel , Michele said , ‘ It was you who suggested I could have her eating out of my hand … ’ |
3 | When set , it is claimed to be more crack-resistant and harder than normal concrete . |
4 | It is an ideal scenario , for after the initial heavy cost the spending gets less and less before full profitability is reached . |
5 | For if Eliot 's debt to the French poets went beyond an easy charting of ‘ influences ’ , or the neat and better than neat adaptation of French lines ( for instance , from Laforgue ) into English , it could only have meant an elimination from poetry of any notion of ‘ message ’ . |
6 | Underneath , Luke Calder was as tough and hard as old nails . |
7 | Throughout , his banter came as thick and fast as softshelled crab , only halting as he paused to take a slurp from his Dixie Beer or to wipe the steam off the camera lens . |
8 | There would be direct investment both inward and outward as different multinationals arrange their operations on a global basis instead of direct investment only in one direction resulting from the overall balance of the economy . |