Example sentences of "and [adj] [coord] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a few niggles about design , finding the waist drawcord on the Solos awkward and annoying and the elasticated buckle on the Colorados inclined to slip and get in the way of a harness . |
| 2 | The second was whether , on the proper construction of the Judicature Acts 1873 and 1925 and the Supreme Court Act 1981 , a hitherto undetected right of appeal against decisions of visitors to the Inns of Court lies to the Court of Appeal . |
| 3 | Armoured fighting vehicles varied in origin : they included the US M-47 and M-60 and the British Chieftain . |
| 4 | They have experienced considerable movement and disruption in care , and have inadequate knowledge of their past , too little suitable preparation for leaving care , and little or no reliable help and support once they have left . |
| 5 | Indeed , such progress has not been common to all publishers — some still produce little more than typesetting tapes with cryptic codes labelling the various components of each entry , and little or no accompanying software or documentation for their search or extraction . |
| 6 | She hung on his every word at dinner , and after coffee , when la Principessa excused herself and retired and the little group adjourned to the sitting-room for liquers and brandy , Sofia dropped to a cushion at his feet and gazed worshipfully into his face . |
| 7 | Disagreement has tended to centre upon the issue of responsibility for the evident political incompatibility of left and right and the consequent unworkability of Republican democracy . |
| 8 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 9 | It 's a valve-driven box with four separate switchable channels — jazz , funk , blues and rock — and on top of that you have the usual gain and master volume controls , EQ for treble , mid and bass and a switchable mid-boost . |
| 10 | The Award Committee also commented that , while much remained to be done to generate full benefit from expanding use of the service , the new facilities have been well planned and prepared and the new potential is clear . |
| 11 | His blue eyes were bright and clear and the frequent pump of adrenaline through his veins as he tracked and shot for fourteen successive days had left his senses sharpened , on a high edge of alertness . |
| 12 | The stage was cavernous and empty and the wooden floor felt cheerless and cold . |
| 13 | This was ridiculous and wrong and an alarming testimony to the insidious power of the media , although I doubt that Christie would care very much about that . |
| 14 | The negotiations were extremely complex and detailed and the whole issue has been referred to the next stage of IBOA/Bank procedures which is an Independent Tribunal . |
| 15 | Elsewhere , Hindi is at best tolerated , and English and the local language rule the roost . |
| 16 | That power is given in clauses 1 and 2 and the regulatory framework is outlined in the accompanying schedules . |
| 17 | Rust and dry-rot and the small-jawed moth |
| 18 | These communities have an average population of between 200 and 700 and an economic base of agriculture plus some light industry . |
| 19 | P1/LP6 is non-integral , so two new branches are grown with nodes 9 and 10 and the current enumeration tree is shown in Fig.11.1 if nodes 11 and 12 are ignored . |
| 20 | Coryza may be acrid and purulent or a bloody discharge . |
| 21 | This procedure is depicted above for the first three values of the repeated median smooth , shown in full in figure 9.9 : Thus 47 is the value to be smoothed , the skip mean 43.5 is the mean of 40 and 47 and the smoothed value 45.2 is the rounded mean of 47 and 43.5 . |
| 22 | The Dock Feeder Canal at Cardiff was gin clear and cold and the only angler to catch more than 1 lb was Pontypridd tackle dealer Neil Scott . |
| 23 | There may be dry , teasing winter coughs ; dry , rough and hoarse or a loose cough with copious mucus worse ( < ) lying , in a warm room , better ( > ) in the open air . |
| 24 | An Oxford rugby blue in 1959 and 1960 and a keen sailor , Sir Robin , 54 , is remembered by many Whitehall contemporaries as the shrewd captain of the Mandarins cricket team which he led for many years . |
| 25 | In addition to the state pension , people may receive a graduated pension based on earnings between 1961 and 1975 and/or an additional state earnings related pension ( SERPS ) if they have worked after 1978 . |
| 26 | The sides of the valley grew slowly steeper and steeper and the marked path ( white-yellow-white markers ) criss-crossed the river . |
| 27 | What little self-confidence I had ever had packed its bags and left and an aggressive dogmatism and snobbery moved in . |
| 28 | White or earth colours — tobaccos , umbers , sand , sludgy green , pine green — are particularly appropriate with food , while blue and white , green and white , red or pink and white and a sunny chrome yellow , always look good and fresh . |
| 29 | The colour scheme is blue and white and the blue-and-white china Kate collects looks perfectly at home on the old white-painted dresser . |
| 30 | When knitting the water-lily pattern as an all-over design , I actually like black as the background and white or a pastel colour for the contrast , using the paler colour for the welts and details , as illustrated . |