Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 2 | Remember how it is often difficult to think clearly when the air is heavy just before a storm , or how your mind seems to become clear and sharp in the crisp , clean air on a mountainside or beside the sea . |
| 3 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 4 | The division between the headquarters and the College responsibilities is shown as occurring between sub-systems 4.0 and 5.0 in the system model . |
| 5 | He was omnipotent and instrumental in the fertilisation of the earth , having divinely bestowed the first rain . |
| 6 | This book is about learning to enjoy eating without feeling guilty , and getting slim and healthy in the process . |
| 7 | The Wren who introduced herself was slim and smart in a uniform which fitted her perfectly . |
| 8 | I 'd say it was about half and half in the factory but higher up it 's all men . |
| 9 | At Crowland in Lincolnshire stands a medieval bridge , stranded high and dry in the middle of the town . |
| 10 | One might suppose , for example , that the British would be likely to emerge from the war rejoicing in a warm nostalgic glow as the gallant kid brothers of the American heroes ; that the British ( and the Americans ) would be profoundly alienated from the stay-at-home Germans ; and that the French would be left uneasily high and dry in the middle . |
| 11 | Presently it was summer , midsummer day , with the sun high and lordly in the sky . |
| 12 | The grass was high and golden in the morning sun . |
| 13 | Princes Square mixes old and new in a fashion reminiscent of a film set , while the Italian Centre has elements of real Glasgow buildings jumbled freely with neo-classical replication and a sparse metallic modernism that the critic is lost for words . |
| 14 | By the eighteenth century , therefore , the machinery of international relations in Europe combined old and new in the way inevitable in any form of organisation undergoing slow and unplanned change . |
| 15 | There is a beautiful and , to my mind , very moving story which scientists , grown old and grey in the quest for useful tools with which to chip away first this corner of ignorance and then that one , hand down to their students and which the students , when they have been transmogrified into old and grey scientists themselves , pass on to their students , and so on and on down through the generations . |
| 16 | Under Items 806.30 and 807 in the code , US firms can gain tariff exemptions for products exported from the USA , processed abroad and re-imported to the USA . |
| 17 | You 're generous and selfless in a way I could never be . ’ |
| 18 | The high sequence homology of Oct-11 to Oct-1 and Oct-2 in the POU domain strongly suggested that Oct-11 would be able to bind to an octamer motif . |
| 19 | For such , ( and I have very clear pictures of them sitting illiterate and uncomprehending in the back of classes ) , school attendance is merely a sort of ‘ protection money ’ to pacify inquisitive authorities . |
| 20 | Brave and good in the air , Dave consistently proved his ability to find the net at all levels , but perhaps the goal for which he will be best remembered by Palace fans of the period was that which he scored at Elland Road , Leeds , in January 1976 when 3rd Division Palace dismissed the mighty Yorkshire outfit on our way to our first FA Cup semi-final . |
| 21 | All the way back to the hotel he sat hunched and silent in the rear of the taxi , his eyes closed . |
| 22 | One benefit was that players looked cleaner and smarter in the field without the now familiar red smears . |
| 23 | He felt a baby : helpless , wet and dirty in the cradle . |
| 24 | Keep underarms fresh and dry by using a spray anti-perspirant deodorant — stick and roll-ons will only make skin feel wet and sticky in the heat . |
| 25 | The effective teacher of the 1990s can not simply be the skilled , classroom practitioner ; the evolution of the National Curriculum and the dominant consumer ideology mean that history teachers should be as careful and professional in the presentation of the case for history as they are in their curricular activities . |
| 26 | Rose finished with four wickets for eight runs from nine overs , the only resistance encountered by Instonians , lively and athletic in the field , being a seventh wicket stand between left handed Alan Corcoran , the Railway Union captain , and Dave Varian . |
| 27 | Madge said : ‘ I hear he wrote it [ Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ] in four months , between 2 and 4 in the afternoon . ’ |
| 28 | It is a giant amongst rivers , the longest and mightiest in the world . |
| 29 | The elegant Gower had rediscovered his appetite to be both combative and successful in the Test arena and had celebrated his return after nearly 20 months ' absence by eclipsing Geoff Boycott 's long standing English Test runs aggregate . |
| 30 | She realized suddenly how empty and unlived in the apartment had become . |