Example sentences of "[adj] and [is] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adrian 's entry was selected from a short-list of 30 and is an abstract self-portrait . |
| 2 | For the elderly , and especially for students , it is a better deal than was offered by any previous alternative system of local government finance , and it is much fairer and is a better deal than what would be imposed by the Labour party . |
| 3 | The GHS has been running since 1972 and is a large-scale survey designed to meet the information needs of a variety of different government departments . |
| 4 | She has been a member of the board of the British Council since 1985 and is a vice president of the NSPCC . |
| 5 | It is due to be heard in the Chancery Division of the High Court , in The Strand , London , on March 22 and is a separate action from the eviction order . |
| 6 | The main façade was built from 1621 and is a strange concoction of northern Mannerism and Italian Baroque . |
| 7 | For example , is the division between academic and pastoral functions appropriate and is a departmental structure appropriate to managing cross-curricular factors , especially when the pupil experience is not divided into compartments ? |
| 8 | Considerable effort by senior management needs to be devoted to refining information so that it is related to local units , uses easily understood concepts and yardsticks , has illustrations and examples , is consistent and is a careful balance between mentioning failures and successes . |
| 9 | Hungarian salami , a small sausage approx 5cm/2in in diameter , is very hard and spicy and is an excellent ingredient in quiches and pizzas . |
| 10 | His strength is unbelievable and is a crucial asset in close-quarter exchanges . |
| 11 | State censorship is abhorrent and unthinkable in a democratic country , but censorship carried out along party lines is equally abhorrent and is a significant move towards state censorship . |
| 12 | This involves the obvious and is a great incentive for your debtor to discover that he really can pay you after all . |
| 13 | In the first , the shape into which the social formation is predisposed to settle , though contested , is obvious and is a powerful influence on the culture ; the second — despite an underlying complexity in the cultural relationships — possesses brilliant if temporary clarity arising from its historical position at the beginning of a period of great situational adjustment . |
| 14 | It depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned with the young Tobias and the Archangel Raphael on their right and St Jerome on their left and is a preparatory study for the altarpiece of around 1514 , painted in Rome for the church of San Domenico , Naples . |
| 15 | Only the preparation of the manifesto stays unchanged and is a joint responsibility of the National Executive Committee and the Parliamentary Labour Party . |
| 16 | Obviously any dark colour with white , cream or a pastel shade would be suitable , but I personally think simple black and white looks very effective and is a good colour combination for this time of year . |
| 17 | What they do is to introduce a new element into the concept of responsibility which involves more than free will and reason ; now a third party is present and is an active participant in the language game in which responsibility has a role . |
| 18 | Similar analyses are required under the 1992 regulations in respect of retail and non-retail funds , which is to be expected , but also in respect of commercial assets , which was less predictable and is a potential source of confusion and misunderstanding . |
| 19 | He is married and is a keen golfer . |
| 20 | The first published book using photographic illustrations was William Henry Fox Talbot 's The Pencil of Nature , which appeared in six parts , 1844–46 and is an important landmark in that it was the first book in the world illustrated without the aid of an artist in pen , pencil or paint . |
| 21 | The city of Delft has a population of some 100,000 and is a free standing urban area with an historic core surrounded by recent accretions , many of them in the form of high density , high-rise developments . |
| 22 | In units with long-stay residents or psychiatric units this may be particularly important and is a necessary part of the programme . |
| 23 | This treatment of children which is uninhibited indoctrination , is evil and is a further outcome of the unyielding intention to retain the ancient ‘ gods ’ at all costs . |
| 24 | The event was founded in '84 and is a national scratch stroke-play team event for male members of Scottish course-owning clubs . |
| 25 | To this extent it is the same process that we encountered with NBFIs in section 4.2 and is a further indication of the way in which continuous innovation affects the ‘ information content ’ of key indicators . |
| 26 | Though there appears to be no evidence to support Husameddin " s assertion that Molla Fenari actually went in company with Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey , the fact that the former dedicated his commentary on the to the latter and praises him fulsomely in the preface suggests a close connection between the two and is a further indication that it was during Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey 's rule ( 1402–19 , 1421–3 ) that Molla Fenari 's sojourn in Karaman occurred . |
| 27 | A lot like the pig above , except that it 's found on the grasslands and savannah woodlands of eastern and south-eastern Africa , is slightly bigger , is more bristly than hairy and is a muddy colour . |
| 28 | The range of community relations programmes is impressively wide and is a further demonstration of imaginative commitment on the part of community relations police . |
| 29 | In my view this is not the correct approach because membership administration can be expensive and is a variable cost depending on size … a society must set its membership rates on the basis of generating the revenue surplus it needs to meet its expenditure objectives . |
| 30 | Birmingham Midshires Property Services ( BMPS ) was formed in 1988 and is a major part of the Birmingham Midshires Group . |