Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Todd deems le Play 's schema incomplete , however , because it ignores a further crucial discriminating variable — whether marriage is endogamous or exogamous with regard to the family . |
| 2 | is it logically satisfying or is there anything contradictory or inconsistent in believing in the existence of God ? |
| 3 | The man or woman who is used to referring to the female sexual organ as a cunt will not be comfortable or confident in talking about the vulva or the vagina . |
| 4 | It is highly effective , highly professional and highly regarded and in no way would its organisational change mean that it was any less committed to or capable of working on the types of renewable energy mentioned by the hon. Gentleman from tidal to wave power . |
| 5 | I should think that all of us have had the unfortunate experience at some time or other of sitting on a plastic interlocking chair in a draughty hall listening to some old wind bag droning on endlessly to screens of projected OHP transparencies that no one can clearly see . |
| 6 | Wanting to be sick and afraid of choking under the gag . |
| 7 | The people are sick and tired of seeing on the television , hearing on the radio and seeing in the press the fairy stories that the Secretary of State keeps preaching from the Dispatch Box . |
| 8 | Jorghino , suddenly spring-heeled and full of running on the right wing , outflanked the Dutch defence before producing an inspired centre . |
| 9 | " Oh , kind sir , " Gabriel besought him , " I am so tired and hungry from travelling through the forest . |
| 10 | you need also , very much , to have the all round development , the ability to be nimble , speedy and capable of dealing with the unexpected , and a series of movements demanding and challenging on weight transference and balance performed with speed and various use of space . |
| 11 | Superpowered craft with engines up to eight litres in capacity and capable of surging across the water at 120mph will compete for the class two championship of Europe . |
| 12 | It is one of France 's largest breeds , large in the chest and pelvis and with a well-developed udder , yielding perhaps 4,500kg at about 4 per cent butterfat and capable of growing into a well-fleshed animal for beef . |
| 13 | His hand had dropped to her shoulder and Maria stared at him , immobilised by the fascination he exerted and incapable of speaking for a moment , for all the hot rebellion boiling up in her mind . |
| 14 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 15 | A small quibble is the metal zip pullers , which are stylist and natty in design , but prone to digging into the flesh when under a rucksack waistbelt or climbing harness . |
| 16 | Between 1725 and 1762 , scores of once-powerful imperial favourites , courtiers , viziers , royal lovers , politicians , patricians and plotters fell foul of this or that faction or clique in St Petersburg and found themselves temporarily or permanently imprisoned or exiled beyond the Urals , still alive but incapable of joining in the political intrigues of the capital . |