Example sentences of "is soft and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Gruyère is made in the high alpine mountains , the paste is soft and supple , the cut shows not any hole like butter . " |
| 2 | ‘ I have created somewhere which is soft and loving and lovely for the parents and baby . |
| 3 | Barley straw is soft and palatable , and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle . |
| 4 | THE air is clean , the earth cool and moist and the water is soft and pure . |
| 5 | Food is not swallowed with comfort unless , or until , it is soft and moist . |
| 6 | The lighting of this tiny interior is soft and gentle ; it comes only through the alabaster panes of the small windows . |
| 7 | Their underside is soft and hairy but the whole of their upper surface is covered in strong , thick spines . |
| 8 | This '90 has the earthy flavour I would expect from Bergerac , but is soft and ripe , almost creamy in texture , so it really works . |
| 9 | Acrylic fibres are made into fabric which is soft and warm , and consequently has similar characteristics to wool . |
| 10 | Her pubic hair is soft and crinkly beneath his cheek . |
| 11 | STEAMED SPONGE PUDDING Unlike the heavy steamed puds of the past , this is soft and cakelike . |
| 12 | She is clever but her voice is soft and stupid like syrup . |
| 13 | The skin of her face is soft and lived-in , with little wrinkles at the corners of her eyes , and beneath the lobes of her ears . |
| 14 | Escada 's body and bath collection is soft and sweet ( from £19 ) . |
| 15 | The lighting is soft and pleasing due to the marble sheets in the windows ( 201 ) . |
| 16 | The alliteration of ‘ sweet birds sang ’ is soft and harmonious and strangely at odds with the harshness of the picture painted so far . |
| 17 | Immediately the tarmac is soft and muddy , brown water gutters between the road and the wood and corrugated iron houses on each side , there are far fewer lights , open shop fronts are also cheap eating places and tiny spaces for sleeping . |
| 18 | To the adult mind , the shifts of logic that are often involved do not come easily ; but children accustomed to personification in fairy tales , or to the surreal and fantastic , can accommodate elephants who do house-work , or noisy peanuts , and the occasional Dali-esque touch : What is soft and yellow and goes round and round ? |
| 19 | This pretty bedroom uses a range of natural materials for a look that is soft and natural . |
| 20 | Several coats of polyurethane proofing are applied and the fabric is soft and flexible . |
| 21 | If only desire were a plum-stone. all dried and hard , but it is soft and juicy and luscious . |
| 22 | Everywhere and all over the vault of heaven is a marvellous blue , and the sun sheds a radiance of pale sulphur , and it is soft and lovely as the combination of heavenly blues and yellows in a Van der Meer of Delft [ sic ] . |
| 23 | Cotton is soft and fluffy ! ’ . ’ |
| 24 | Heel in any bare root plants which arrive during bad weather and plant out when the ground is softer and workable . |