Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wish , we can let the matter drop and others , perhaps more fortunate , can dig amongst the scandals , the lies and the deceit and possible search out the truth . ’ |
| 2 | If economic reform was the ‘ key to all our problems ’ at the outset of Gorbachev 's administration and political reform increasingly the means by which it was to be accomplished , the ultimate objective remained the achievement of a form of socialism which advanced decisively on those that had preceded it . |
| 3 | a hundred and fifty crackers just a letter addressed |
| 4 | They had gone about a hundred and fifty yards when a figure in blue combat gear loomed up and signalled them to stop . |
| 5 | As has often been the case , it is the artists who are the forerunners of fashion , and fifty years later the world and his wife craved for Windermere . |
| 6 | But there can be practical difficulties in implementing this , particularly in small and medium-sized companies where the number of treasury transactions does not warrant employing several staff . |
| 7 | This occurs because most tropical rainforest biogeochemical cycles involve a tight intra-system relationship between the living biomass and the litter which contains the major reservoirs of nutrients ; this is in contrast to the biogeochemical cycles of temperate and boreal forests wherein the soil plays a much more significant role in nutrient recycling ( see Mannion 1986e for a more complete discussion of these relationships ) . |
| 8 | The national summarizes complex social and economic issues where the sources of fury are more obvious . |
| 9 | Since then the methodology has been greatly extended to reflect new developments in linguistic theory , new approaches in language teaching methodology and , most importantly , to respond to new pressures in the social and economic climate particularly the growth of racism in Britain . |
| 10 | Farmers , whether on a large or small scale , faced new demands on their managerial abilities and technical skills almost every day — decisions and actions they usually had to make and take on their own . |
| 11 | Before this time , vestiges of England 's Tudor past were still evident , and some time afterwards the style grew tired , and the proportions lost their perfection . |
| 12 | His arms went round her and his lips found hers , and this time when the world fell apart and the sky came crashing down , she clamped her lips together and buried her face in his shoulder and said nothing . |
| 13 | Similarly , the economic base is fragile and overdependent on specific local and possibly transient opportunities e.g. military bases , industrial and commercial initiatives e.g. the oil platform fabrication yard at Arnish , and some Highlands and Islands Development Board sponsored enterprises e.g. fish processing factories . |
| 14 | I remember a big insurance scandal in which someone was bumped off and another case where a dustman was having sex with his two daughters . |
| 15 | I imagined conning Wavebreaker into Dartmouth , and taking the power skiff upriver to one of my old and favourite pubs where the ale had real taste instead of the limp-wristed chill of North American beers . |
| 16 | Inner-city areas are also often short staffed as a result of difficulties in recruiting staff to work in areas of heavy demand and high workloads where the work is particularly stressful . |
| 17 | They are a development of the system of weirs and flash locks where a stretch of water was impounded to provide a good depth of water to flush or ‘ flash ’ a boat along its way . |
| 18 | We had taken 120 carp and 2 cats so the trip could hardly be deemed a ’ cat-astrophe ’ ( sorry but I could n't resist it ) when suddenly one of Rick 's rods was away . |
| 19 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 20 | Open full-bodied reds about two hours in advance and lighter ones about an hour beforehand . |
| 21 | Police were still clearing the hotel and nearby homes when the bomb , abandoned in a Volvo car , partly exploded at 1.20am . |
| 22 | They guard the Everqueen as her court travels through Avelorn for the forest contains many dark and dangerous places where the hearts of the trees are rotten and great spiders lurk . |
| 23 | A couple of hours and aching arms later the copper and brass was gleaming and sitting back to bask in satisfaction a voice soon broke the momentary pleasure . |
| 24 | Despite all this and more we decided that the asking price of £28,000 was about right and six months later the purchase was completed and we moved in . |
| 25 | We in the G M B know about our roots and we always will because of a very , another important word we 're accountable we 're accountable in the real world to real people with real issues and real problems not the hothouse world of some sections of the Parliamentary Labour Party . |
| 26 | An alternative to the questionnaire-type of worksheet , is the field booklet or pamphlet with pre-selected headings and blank spaces where the pupils can jot down their own notes on particular features , or make plans and annotated sketches . |
| 27 | Simon had neither family nor friends and three days ago the parish council had begged Athelstan and Benedicta to visit the unfortunate . |
| 28 | In 1894 he joined the Wilson Line in Hull as second mate of the SS Draco and three years later a chance meeting with the Norwegian explorer H. Borchgrevink , a passenger in his vessel , the Montebello , led to Colbeck 's joining the Southern Cross expedition ( 1898–1900 ) as magnetic observer , following an intensive course of instruction at Kew Observatory . |
| 29 | In 1984 the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation , former owners of London 's Old Vic Theatre , deposited a portion of their archive material with the Theatre Collection and three years later the Governors of the Foundation decided that the entire archives , covering the history of the theatre and a complete documentation of the Old Vic company from 1944 to 1963 , should be housed in Bristol . |
| 30 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |