Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , like Morgan , his main orientation was historical and he contributed to evolutionary theory by introducing the term ‘ survival ’ for those customs or beliefs which , like the human appendix , linger on anachronistically out of context . |
| 2 | The interface , therefore , between aid personnel involved in the field of environmental conservation and government institutions in Nepal is interesting and one found in many countries elsewhere . |
| 3 | There was a library but Rain and Patrick did not meet there because her recollection was wrong and they blundered into each other in a passage . |
| 4 | Ken thought he had got the idea of the play all wrong and I think in that I have to agree with Ken . |
| 5 | His institute 's estimates of the country 's current economic level relative to Western Europe are high and he concludes from this that economic reform can be based largely on domestic resources . |
| 6 | ‘ My father retired when I was 10 years old and I started in 1980 . ’ |
| 7 | We are seeking to develop and Advanced Courses structure which is more flexible and responsive and which contributes to major objectives of wider access , credit transfer and articulation . |
| 8 | It is an unfortunate excrescence on a democratic policy which is essentially sound and it follows from this that , with the right ideological tools and political elbow grease , racism can be dealt with once and for all , leaving the basic structures and relations of British economy and society essentially unchanged . |
| 9 | There may only be a small number of laws , which are self-consistent and which lead to complicated beings like ourselves who can ask the question : What is the nature of God ? |
| 10 | and I had it on right and he came in right , and I was going , he was going , a long conversation all about little Harmony and everything and really going onto it , and I went to play it back and it had n't recorded anything . |
| 11 | They are environmentally friendly and they lead to less congestion . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , this was short-lived and it folded in 1884 having been torn asunder by internal dissensions , but before its collapse it inaugurated two important undertakings , the Stockton-on-Tees Mission and the Ayrshire Mission to the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 13 | one night when Paul came up and I was n't asleep and I saw like this bright light |
| 14 | N.B. Languages and language learners are very idiosyncratic and what works for some may not work for others . |
| 15 | But old resentments died hard and they reappeared after 1290 , when Roger-Bernard III of Foix became vicomte of Béarn . |
| 16 | They 're ambitious and they strive for upward social mobility . |
| 17 | Their findings therefore seemed puzzling and they looked for possible explanations . |
| 18 | Meredith watched the long , well-manicured fingers gripping the glass until his joints showed white and she thought for one crazy moment that it was going to break into shards . |
| 19 | They 're bigger than us , they stand for a bigger establishment than we do , like , we 're just little and they stand for bigger things , and you try to get your own back . |
| 20 | Yet I am so little and I live behind hard iron bars , eating synthoats … ’ |
| 21 | They are people striving for purpose and meaning in circumstances that are usually much less than ideal and which call for constant adjustment , adaptation and redefinition . |
| 22 | As the material is synthetic , use a matching thread — 50 denier is ideal and it comes in many colours , although strangely very few kite-makers seem to want other than black . |
| 23 | This girl she was well and she got on this fucking roundabout you know , one that swings out ? |
| 24 | It is very informative and I agree with all of the points raised . |
| 25 | Recognition of this new client awareness came fairly late and it served to liven the ‘ flats versus houses ’ debate at the end of the 1930s and into the 1940s . |
| 26 | ‘ It was a little bit negative and we pounced on that . ’ |
| 27 | There 's a site to which this Society objected on Wetherby Road in Harrogate which we thought did n't need developing at all , but in practice the District Council decided they wanted it for industry because it considered the need for industry to be so great and we have along this frontage of Wetherby Road a row of three car showrooms and a token spot of industry behind it . |
| 28 | The World squad matches in New Zealand were great and I felt in fine fettle there but after injury in Australia it has been quite a struggle . |
| 29 | It was ten foot deep and I fished at 11 metres with a shortish line to get good control . |
| 30 | Time was getting short and I ran in this awful heat to the nearest Underground , waited ages for a train , and then had an interminable journey into London . |