Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Held , allowing the application , that since section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 made provision for persons arrested for breaking bail conditions , or on the likelihood of their so doing , to be brought before a single justice , it was an enactment falling within the exception contemplated by section 121 of the Act of 1980 which , in any event , was limited to summary trials of informations and the hearing of complaints under the civil jurisdiction ; that Parliament had intended by section 7(4) to create a simple and expeditious procedure whereby a justice was required , before forming an opinion under section 7(5) , to conduct no more than an informal inquiry , hearing the arresting officer 's grounds for belief that the person had broken or might break his bail conditions and allowing that person to respond , but without the giving of evidence on oath or cross-examination ; and that , since the provisions of the Act of 1980 relating to the adjournment of proceedings before magistrates ' courts did not apply , there was no power in the justice to adjourn proceedings under section 7(5) ( post , pp. 24A , G — 25B , C–G , 26B , E–F , H — 27A , G–H ) . |
| 9 | The same could be said of the TSB while if you sell shares at such low prices that they guarantee the buyers an instant and spectatular profit then a lot of people are going to say : ‘ Thank you very much indeed ’ . |
| 10 | In view of this irksome journey to Keswick , not surprisingly , regard was given to the possibility of setting up smelt houses at Coniston : " … if the Mynes hereafter should hereafter prove so rich as to countervale the charges of erecting any worke houses , there is more there about but water sufficient to make some competent buildings and good store both a wood & peets at more easy rates than at Keswick if the said wood may be preserved for those uses … " |
| 11 | There were , however , three periods when his wife 's assistance was necessary — in early and late summer when the livestock was moved to and from the mountain grazing , and at hay making . |
| 12 | And so we 've , now , you know , in these times when you get tied up in red tape and bureaucratic mess everywhere the speed at which has achieved this is admirable and I do really thank you for that . |
| 13 | The Lok Sabha reconvened to complete essential business on March 11-12 , the Rajya Sabha ( upper house ) finished business on March 13 , and one hour later the President dissolved Parliament , ordering that it be reconstituted by June 5 . |
| 14 | But pressed up against the railings there were waxy gold marigolds , sunshine yellow flowers , bronze floppy heads and one clump almost the colour of blood . |
| 15 | I , I am a single parent and I was over forty when I had my one and only son now the father walked out but I never deprived my son of knowing who is father was or what he was . |
| 16 | The first stage is the prenatal and perinatal period when a person 's genetic constitution is determined , birth trauma may occur , and the early mother-child bond established . |
| 17 | There is an elegant lounge and restaurant , a bar , and live music twice a week . |
| 18 | Other insurers were generally firmer in the wake of Prudential 's results with Commercial Union 3p higher at 608p and General Accident up a penny at 669p and Guardian Royal 3p firmer at 219p . |
| 19 | The series was inaugurated by Richard Long in 1990 , and Anthony Caro showed new and recent work there a year ago . |