Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attendance at meetings of the Family Fellowships , such as Al Anon or Families Anonymous , brings one among people who have had similar experiences and feelings and been equally confused , hurt , angry or depressed and taken similar actions out of confusion or despair . |
| 2 | where the evidence is highly complex or specialized and raises difficult questions of evaluation . |
| 3 | If you are elderly or disabled and have regular contact with your social services department , they may be able to help you with loans or with support . |
| 4 | On the whole the poorest communities have had most difficulties , where parents are illiterate or semi-literate and have little money or time to spare . |
| 5 | Part of the strategy of GM , the world 's biggest car maker , will be to increase Jaguar 's output of 50,000 cars a year by two or threefold and launch new models into the executive market . |
| 6 | Yeah I 've been to me mam 's , I 've just had a cup of coffee and some fairy bun summat or other and ate these fairy buns . |
| 7 | His penetration was deep and complete and surged pleasurable pain through her whole body . |
| 8 | This means that the designer must avoid long unbroken sequences of questions demanding little thought or deliberation from respondents , otherwise they are likely to grow bored and inattentive and provide ill-considered answers to get the interview over with . |
| 9 | Like Mum , they were good and meek and deserved more love . |
| 10 | At the extraordinary congress in December the 2,000 delegates had adopted a programme which committed the Socialist Party to act as a " barrier to the right and extreme-right and to pursue economic modernization , social justice , and the construction of Europe " . |
| 11 | Time spent in careful planning at the beginning of a test can make the test more efficient and economical and save much time in its execution . |
| 12 | This first pattern represents heaven and light and has 18 movements . |
| 13 | BEST BEDROOM : Tony Jacklin 's — because it is nice and light and has lovely views of Scotland . |
| 14 | The bivvy bag is ultra lightweight and waterproof and has high wicking qualities . |
| 15 | The interiors of these churches are tall and dark and bear strong similarities to inverted ships . |
| 16 | The volume emphasises that adjustment without growth and human development is unacceptable and counter-productive and proposes possible alternatives . |
| 17 | After the arrest of Chatichai and Arthit the coup was swift and bloodless and caused little disruption in Bangkok where the key installations were all placed under military control . |
| 18 | Subsequent legislation followed the same pattern , extending legal control over familiar areas such as indecency , prostitution and brothel-keeping and creating new offences around male homosexuality and incest . |
| 19 | Silent , humourless and reserved , Haig was also shrewd and ambitious and had unbounded self-esteem . |
| 20 | For example : ‘ We are satisfied from the evidence that the consensus is that the sign of anal dilatation is abnormal and suspicious and requires further investigation . |
| 21 | Moreover , the important , though limited , concessions to the unions which Neil Kinnock has now made , are based on the false premise that current legislation is unbalanced and unfair and renders effective strike action impossible . |
| 22 | Howard meets Phil Schaffer in various pubs , down there in the sea of lights — Phil knows the city intimately already — and they walk round for hours , talking and yawning and doing joky things . |
| 23 | But you may have to think hard and long and reject many ideas that seemed promising before arriving at an ending to your book that is at once what everyone all along expected and what no one , or hardly anyone , thought would happen in that way . |
| 24 | Leave bedclothes clean and tidy and remove soiled linen . |
| 25 | The rules and practices of the organisation relating to — ( a ) the admission and expulsion of members ; and ( b ) the discipline it exercises over its members , must be fair and reasonable and include adequate provision for appeals . … |
| 26 | The rules and practices of the organisation relating to — ( a ) the admission and expulsion of members ; and ( b ) the discipline it exercises over its members , must be fair and reasonable and include adequate provision for appeals . |
| 27 | Indeed , paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1986 , which I have already quoted , requires that Lautro 's Rules relating to the admission and expulsion of members and the discipline it exercises over its members must be fair and reasonable and include adequate provision for appeals . |
| 28 | a new Technical Conservation , Research and Education group which will have a key role in raising standards of research on technical conservation of buildings and encouraging and disseminating good practice both within the agency and among the professions , trades and general public |
| 29 | It involves questioning and challenging and testing all views — those that represent the status quo — as well as those clamouring for change . |
| 30 | All bedrooms are light and airy and have private facilities , plus a telephone and radio . |