Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 2 | Will she send out a message to those who oppose smoking and belong to the brigade who say , ’ Do as I say and as I instruct you , ’ to the effect that they should leave ordinary people to get on with the job of smoking and supporting the economy ? |
| 3 | The important experimental point to remember is that dust will also scatter light and contribute to the scattering intensity . |
| 4 | Her anguished voice made her mother realise something was seriously wrong and dashed to the family home in Spennymoor , County Durham . |
| 5 | But it was old and held to the post with bits of string in proper agricultural fashion . |
| 6 | Thankfully , though , there still remained one stark difference between the two men ; because where Luther had a cruel and vicious streak in his character , David was a gentle soul , generous and accommodating to a fault . |
| 7 | She pulled her arm free and walked to the booth , lifting the receiver off the wall . |
| 8 | His fingers were sweaty , his touch proprietorial , and all at once she wrenched free and turned to the man who 'd come to her assistance . |
| 9 | But as she shook her hair free and turned to the door , she realised that Miguel was already missing . |
| 10 | His shirt was getting wet and moulding to the hard , enticing lines of his chest . |
| 11 | Your Maria Cork [ Healthcare , Beckton ] is so helpful , charming and comes to the bank promptly and early . |
| 12 | His ideal hero was a knightly hero who besides being brave and loyal was dignified , chivalrous , compassionate and vowed to the service of a rigid standard of personal conduct , the slightest violation of which is an unappeasable torment to his conscience . |
| 13 | Such formidable economic successes gave the German people a new confidence and allowed the expansion of social services , with a major pensions reform in 1957 , when old age pensions were made universal and tied to the cost of living . |
| 14 | For this , you don a neoprene suit , boots , flippers and life-jacket and take to the water in a specially adapted inflated lorry inner tube . |
| 15 | Grey eyes swept the outfit which had caused her some qualms , but it was modest compared to Nicky Kai 's , the oyster-coloured chiffon shirt collarless and slit to a point between her breasts , loose enough to leave them a mystery only occasionally glimpsed when she moved , dark nipples a shadowy suggestion . |
| 16 | The savoury rice was bone dry , half cooked and stuck to the pan . |
| 17 | It 's square , blue and white , generally weather resistant and belongs to the genus Hague . |
| 18 | It made such stellar acquisitions as the Packard collection of Japanese art , twenty-five Chinese paintings from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties , a Bacchic group by Bernini , Monet 's ‘ Terrace at Sainte-Adresse ’ , the Robert Lehman collection , David 's ‘ Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife ’ , the Temple of Dendur , Canova 's ‘ Perseus ’ and Velasquez 's ‘ Juan de Pareja ’ ( still the most important single paintings acquisition since its purchase in 1970 ) and made the museum more accessible and inviting to the public . |
| 19 | Thus , ‘ reasonable suspicion ’ , undefined and left to the discretion of the individual constable , is the key to many of their lavish powers . |
| 20 | But the policeman turned his back to Soapy and said to a man who was standing near , ‘ He 's had too much to drink , but he 's not dangerous . |
| 21 | They are more suitable , therefore , for straighter runs and flatter surfaces , like fences , house walls and trees , than to being turned , twisted and trained to an arch or pergola . |
| 22 | He gave up flat-hunting and went to the cinema . |
| 23 | ‘ So , sometime before or during the course of Thursday evening , a ceremonial sword is taken from its place in the Infantry chapel , sharpened and applied to the head of a priest . |
| 24 | She felt then that S. Kettering 's almost military orders were appropriate and added to the feeling of security about the place . |
| 25 | First , it is important that centres put the correct start and finish dates on the Form NC5 so that is a subject assessor visits a week before the declared finish date , he will find that students are close to finishing the module — and not that the declared date was fairly fictitious and related to a timetabling convenience . |
| 26 | But in this instance , the client was more offended than the candidate , and stormed out of the meeting , leaving the candidate puzzled but generally philosophical and according to the headhunter , ‘ he was quite amused and delightful about it . ’ |
| 27 | He moulded his hands along the long , slender curve of her back , and the towel came untucked and slipped to the floor . |
| 28 | My parents are broadminded , liberal and understanding to the extent that I probably could never match . |
| 29 | On one fake astrolabe examined recently the faker had clearly got bored and resorted to an angle grinder to wear down the edges , leaving very characteristic scratches ; unfortunately most fakers are much more painstaking ! |
| 30 | Lockhart 's flight became lost and returned to the carrier , then set off again with two hours ' fuel already gone . |