Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw not Alina , but something with eyes of blazing green ; her hair a long mane strewn with weeds , her dress a dripping shroud , her teeth sharp , her skin pale and scaly as a snake 's . |
| 2 | The programme is structured in such a way that on-going evaluation is simple and results can be reflected on from time to time by the Family Development Nurse and Community Mother so that the monthly visit to the family which is the main focus of the programme for achieving goals can be adapted to each family 's level and the issues that are discussed are relevant , nonjudgemental , and supportive of the parents ' own ideas and recognises the parents ' desire to do what is best for their children . |
| 3 | United States efforts to broker a Middle East peace plan floundered in March when Israel 's national unity coalition collapsed under the pressure of differences between Likud and Labour over the country 's Palestinian policy . |
| 4 | George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors . |
| 5 | At court he became associated with the faction led by George Digby , second Earl of Bristol , and Henry Bennett , first Earl of Arlington [ qq.v. ] , and friendly with the king 's mistress , Barbara Villiers , Countess of Castlemaine [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 7 | The landscape is as simple , naive and charming as a child 's painting . |
| 8 | Henrietta dived into the pool and her head emerged , neat and glossy as a seal 's . |
| 9 | TELEVISION viewers waiting for the result of the 3.10 race at Doncaster last Wednesday heard director Bob Gardam called Lord Howard d'Warden an ‘ Old Fart ’ after his lordship wandered in front of the camera and Mr Gardam thinking he was safe in the privacy of the TV scanner , for some reason came over loud and clear on the course 's PA system . |
| 10 | He was a big man of about forty , with dark hair flopping over his forehead ; his eyes were dark too , strangely wide and clear like a child 's ; and his face was as familiar to her as Adam 's . |
| 11 | Given the establishment of this joint working party , it would appear both reasonable and sensible for the APB 's Going Concern Task Force to work with it to establish the necessary guidance on what disclosures should be made , and then to incorporate it . |
| 12 | His parachute opened instantly and tangled in the aircraft 's wheels . |
| 13 | Different from the time the Radiological Protection Unit had been out , and different from the Boilermakers ' stoppage . |
| 14 | His contribution , which earned " loud applause " , was forceful and dismissive of the Commission 's recommendation . |
| 15 | The Compact Management team should ensure , through prior discussion with employers , that Work Experience placements are of good quality and appropriate to the students ' needs . |
| 16 | Financial problems can be severe , with women finding themselves riddled with large legal bills and deprived of a partner 's income . |
| 17 | The Devil does not mind which of these attacks upon him we make , because taken on their own either one will leave us helpless and impotent in the Enemy 's territory . |
| 18 | The sun was not yet clear of the eastward banks of cloud , and the light was colourless and amorphous from the evening 's soft rain , but clear enough to show what had brought Tutilo to his knees in the darkness , and yet remained unseen . |
| 19 | The purchaser must be bona fide and unaware of the seller 's lack of title . |
| 20 | They give rise to behavioural responses to external stimuli that are enduring and consistent within a person 's psychological constitution . |
| 21 | A thin wedge of what looked like mud caked between the heel and the sole of the left shoe ; the pattern of blood stiffening the fine fawn cashmere of the sweater ; the half-open mouth fixed in a rictus between a smile and a sneer ; the dead eyes seeming as he watched to shrink into their sockets ; the left hand with its long pale fingers , curved and delicate as a girl 's ; the palm of the right hand thick with blood . |
| 22 | The paper claimed that the government had failed to make more progress in changing attitudes because so many beneficiaries of the tax state were opinionformers and hostile to the government 's goals and to free enterprise . |
| 23 | One of these ( Jeumont-1 near the Franco-Belgian border ) also had gas shows in the Dinantian , Namurian , and Westphalian below the Faille du Midi . |
| 24 | On May 23 the Moldavian Supreme Soviet passed a resolution dropping the adjectives Soviet and Socialist from the republic 's formal name , now the Moldavian Republic . |
| 25 | The need to develop management procedures which are understandable and credible to the institution 's environment . |
| 26 | Often there is no intention to frustrate the child ; the rejections — such as not listening to or fobbing off the child — may be the consequences of the parent 's being too busy with chores or being tired and irritable after a day 's work , and so forth . |
| 27 | Made for television and to be shown at Easter , it is about Lawrence of Arabia , or rather Lawrence after Arabia , back from the desert and involved in the Allies ' post-war negotiations over the map of the Middle East . |
| 28 | Her mouth was clumsy and awkward like a child 's good night , and when she spoke the words vibrated inside my mouth . |
| 29 | The granite steps and the pillared doorcase were new and unmarked by the city 's dirty air . |
| 30 | It was a torture which was part of the school 's underground mythology , but something he assumed had died out at the same time as the belief that bullying was inevitable , harmless and good for the victim 's character . |