Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one side branch shoots up very high and lets fall an avalanche of dark green pine needles . |
| 2 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) has pronounced Bulgaria 's sole nuclear power plant unsafe and has urged the capital , Sofia , to take immediate action to rectify the matter . |
| 3 | Tippex is ideal for marking , since it is slightly sticky and helps to hold the fibres together after cutting . |
| 4 | It has been mostly left to outsiders to remark that knowledge of the structure of DNA has made possible and has enforced a change of thinking about the nature of living things . |
| 5 | In specific terms it is our professional duty to stand back and , acknowledging that the resources to acquire everything are not available , to provide a service that is balanced and unbiased and tries to meet the demands of a clientele that itself must judge what is good and proper . |
| 6 | It is believed that the discharging system used for grain removal is unique and involves removing the grain and transporting it to the mill without having to remove the boat 's hatch covers . |
| 7 | Taking three regular meals with nothing in between removes the risk of " grazing " like cattle all day long and begins to re-educate the eye and the stomach in what constitutes a " normal " portion of food . |
| 8 | With a loss of about one third of income and with three divisions at Daresbury , the inevitable presumption is a loss of one of the divisions , probably the high energy physics speciality that has made Daresbury world renowned and has provided the North Cheshire landscape with the accelerator tower . |
| 9 | This path of magic is recommended to the quiet , pacifistic person who dislikes the dramatic and likes to allow the world to take its own time . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's probably feeling bitter and angry and wants to kill the people who did it . |
| 11 | The first is lexicon-based and involves storing a list of the allowed words . |
| 12 | The protest group fighting the plan says it was n't responsible and has condemned the attacks . |
| 13 | A software engineer who freely admits to being plump and has tried every diet in the book claims to have invented a programme that 's guaranteed to keep those extra pounds off . |
| 14 | In general , however , the scheme has been successful and has achieved the purposes for which it was instituted . |
| 15 | Primary prevention of suicide attempts is extremely difficult and continues to present a challenge to health and social services alike . |
| 16 | At one level it may be expressed by a Commander-in-Chief who is determining the strategic objectives of the military and has to convince the generals . |
| 17 | Since then , the Committee has been remarkably active and has staged a number of public vigils and occupations of buildings . |
| 18 | The author is a self-confessed Morseaholic and has seen every episode hundreds of times . |
| 19 | ‘ Jane 's 22 and Grant a bit older but she 's very intense and tries to force a commitment , while he 's very airy-fairy and does n't want to think about the future . |