Example sentences of "and [adj] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the political culture of the time was such that the political system which actually emerged is rather different from that which some of the people who went to Philadelphia thought would emerge and that really reflects a number of changes , one that America has grown from four million to two hundred and fifty million , two , from being isolated , remote and scattered the population has consolidated and grown , America has become a vast industrial power as opposed to a , an agricultural nation and all these have had their impact upon the importance and scope of government . |
| 2 | WELL , we 're back to the time of year when , hopefully , it will be warm and dry enough to get a barbecue organised . |
| 3 | The principal was Scotland 's Second Test against Australia at Ballymore in June , and Sole even scored a try in his finale . |
| 4 | This is why the CIA during the 50s and 60s covertly supported a multitude of initiatives whose aim was to present the new American Art across the world as a promise for the future . |
| 5 | You have to be very clever to win races these days , and I 'm totally convinced and so is everybody else here that Nigel will win enough races providing his car is quick enough and reliable enough to win a world championship . |
| 6 | Second World War gas masks , tin helmets and posters on treating burns and what to do with incendiary bombs were left over from the days when each factory had a fire watch and some even had a home guard . |
| 7 | A non-graduate , or a graduate ( Law or otherwise ) who has not obtained full exemption because he lacks one or more of the ‘ core ’ subjects in his degree , is required to take the new Common Professional Examination before the Final ; and this again needs a year 's attendance at a law school . |
| 8 | And this also includes a fence . |
| 9 | She claimed , and this certainly constituted a challenge to the American male : |
| 10 | There have been relatively few books written by senior officers of ‘ the other side ’ , and this certainly provides a commentary that will interest historians of the 1939–1945 air war . |
| 11 | Finally , the UK contingent were adamant that transsexuality was not acceptable , and this really created a lot of bad feeling , as the transsexual in question was one of the main organisers of the campaign . |
| 12 | er I have this , because I would n't of understand any of that if I had that and this really explains a lot of it . |
| 13 | The door he had entered by would take a pedestrian but not a vehicle ; the one at the far end was wide enough and high enough to take a truck . |
| 14 | We sat and watched not the coldness and menace of evil but a pantomime dame who was obviously too stupid and incompetent ever to pose a threat to goodness . |
| 15 | And , to descend to crude practicalities , you are going to get very much less money for what you have done , though it is only fair to add that if you are lucky and clever enough to create a story that catches editors ' fancies then it can be anthologised time and again and in the end bring in perhaps as much as a full-length book that has failed to get wide paperback sales . |
| 16 | We all know how sometimes the stitches stubbornly refuse to be crossed and these definitely had a mind of their own . |
| 17 | To be old and unmarried still represents a cloud on a teenage girl 's horizon … |
| 18 | But this does not , without forcing , mean that such distinctions are clear and regular enough to delimit a category , and especially a category as difficult as this : that some works in a practice which has been specified as an art are ‘ not art ’ or ‘ not really art ’ . |
| 19 | The majority of British undergraduate students have their fees paid in full by a grant-giving body , and many also receive a cash grant . |
| 20 | The Scottish Premier League has generated more than its fair share of jokes , and many still get a game . |
| 21 | The new county of Cleveland created after the local government re-organisation of 1974 has failed to create a sense of identity amongst its inhabitants and many still feel a sense of belonging to North Yorkshire . |
| 22 | Most headhunting firms , especially Korn/Ferry , will take the view that if people are interested , willing , motivated and tenacious enough to make a success then they will support them . |
| 23 | Rationalist and orthodox alike defined a miracle as a supernatural interference with the natural order of things : what they disagreed about was whether such interferences actually happened . |
| 24 | Although the same in chord ( width ) , the Stacker and Super-10 thus have a difference of 108cm(42.5in)in span or 62% in area ; but in terms of efficiency in lift the increase is nearer to 400% . |
| 25 | And two late passes a week and when you 've had those you can get in through the pantry window if the front door 's been locked . ’ |
| 26 | The Ibos in Nigeria and the Bamilike in Cameroun are both groups who in the 1950s and 1960s respectively made a bid for predominant national power ; they failed , and continue to feel excluded from the political mainstream of their countries . |
| 27 | I know the two hours on and four off takes a bit of getting used to , but … perhaps you do n't realise what an important job you 're doing . ’ |