Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 That was undoubtedly a legacy of her childhood , she thought resignedly — a throw-back to the days when she and her mother had been forced to hold their heads high and attempt to ignore the pointing fingers .
2 If you take that and try to place the feminist consciousness within that political scene then this is the difference .
3 What needs to be done is for the leaders who gather in Edinburgh to accept all that and begin to forge the new kind of European Community which is needed .
4 There are a number of deep paths here , since this is a route to many other peaks and low-level walks , but cross the Allt Coire an t-Sneachda and start to ascend the craggy spur that hugs the western side of the corrie .
5 Sometimes they have proved to be persuasive and have become the new majority view .
6 Where there is a mix of your own grandchildren and stepgrandchildren , it can be hard to be even-handed and learn to accept the new arrivals .
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