Example sentences of "a [adj] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast with Godwin and his circle , who grew out of a broad and rising general formation , at first not in critical relations with its own class , the Pre-Raphaelites , who were in majority from families of the commercial bourgeoisie , were in conscious opposition to the main cultural tendencies of their class , though they may finally be seen as articulating and expressing them . |
| 2 | The life of a business or operation may also be at risk for few industries have such a strong and demanding legal code where failure to comply may result in immediate closure or prosecution . |
| 3 | Very gently he cleaned a sore and put some ointment on it . |
| 4 | He is showing ‘ Pencils ’ , a kinetic wind sculpture constructed in a sprayed and lacquered light aluminium . |
| 5 | As we dip a toe into this rather choppy sea we appreciate even more that our work is a well-tried and tested educational system operating mainly under the safe anchorage of Adult Education . |
| 6 | For around £400 the lucky purchaser can harangue members of his family with sermons from the hexagonal pine pulpit or , for £65 — £80 , sit in his favourite armchair beneath a carved and painted royal crest used in the courtroom scenes from Rumpole of the Bailey . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , from the viewpoint of the necessary external analysis , Porter is clearly correct in seeing a rigorous and informed economic analysis of the market place as the most vital element . |
| 8 | It 's alright for some to be able to buy private health care , and then the rest of us can have a diminishing and reducing National Health Service both in Nottinghamshire and throughout the rest of the country . |
| 9 | Parents of young users have watched helplessly as their children , their bodies overheating uncontrollably , suffer a painful and harrowing shocking death . |
| 10 | His most recent book , ‘ Wrecking a region ’ , provides a detailed and pathbreaking historical analysis of these issues in the north east of England . |
| 11 | It had also drawn public criticism from Bettino Craxi , secretary of the Socialist Unity Party ( PSU — formerly the Italian Socialist Party — see p. 37786 ) , who in March 1990 had indicated that an alliance with a reformed and renamed Communist Party might be possible [ see p. 37508 ] . |
| 12 | If the Liberal-SDP Alliance were ever in a position to implement electoral reform , a reformed and strengthened second chamber , and legal limits on the sovereignty of Parliament , then we could find ourselves with a constitution which entrenched the middle ground and which offered a democracy of dazzling choice but no decision , and a less-accountable government than that which we currently enjoy within the established constitution . |
| 13 | But once I got to the hospital and after the operation the doctor reassured me it was a straightforward and took forty-five minutes . |
| 14 | A SIMPLE and tax efficient way to save is through one of the tax exempt schemes run by a number of Britain 's 500 friendly societies . |
| 15 | Air comfort : Systems often using a shaped and stitched padded back which allows a current of air to pass between the rucksack and the wearer . |
| 16 | The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle , often accompanied by the use of weapons . |
| 17 | The ‘ Pope John Paul Comprehensive ’ is a large Roman Catholic aided co-educational 11–18 comprehensive , with a large and thriving sixth form , offering a wide range of courses including some not normally found in LEA schools , such as ‘ A ’ level philosophy . |
| 18 | A brief and warming thigh-slapping routine ensued before headscarves bound tight as bandages were again bowed before the task in hand . |
| 19 | On Aug. 14 , the French government , effectively turning its back on Ratsiraka , called for " a rapid and controlled popular consultation " on the island 's future . |
| 20 | It was ordained that anyone hunting the deer in that forest without royal licence was to pay a fine and suffer three years imprisonment . |
| 21 | You could always cheat a little and use skeletonised leaves for a cream colouring , though if you look carefully through your collection of pressed materials you may find quite a few unusual shades . |
| 22 | He seems to have supposed things were quietening down : ‘ Aung San is a tired and deflated little man ’ , he told London . |
| 23 | Schofield won a long and taxing three setter , 6–3 , 4–6 , 7–6 , and went on to defeat Cowan 6–4 , 6–4 in the final . |
| 24 | Universally used , especially at planting time — which is something of a hoot , as it needs a long and involved bacterial breakdown process for the phosphate to become available for plant uptake . |
| 25 | Above the parlour is the King 's Bedroom because George 1 , coming back from one of his constant visits to Hanover — he was a Hanoverian and spoke little English — was caught in a storm so violent that his ship was driven ashore on Camber Sands close by Rye . |
| 26 | This was attributed to four main factors : the chairperson had been promoted to another school ; the librarian/coordinator had been promoted to a complex and demanding pastoral role ; the reorganisation of secondary schools had imposed strains to which the activities of a library committee were an unwelcome addition ; and finally , the fact that the project purchases were now completed , with the books already finding their way on to the library shelves , appeared to be seen as an indication that the committee 's work had been completed . |
| 27 | Real-time sharing of text , graphics , image , audio , video frames and third-party apps is possible via HP SharedX , the MPower component that lets users pick a destination , press a key and share any X window with anyone on the net . |
| 28 | Real-time sharing of text , graphics , image , audio , video frames and third-party applications is possible via HP SharedX , the MPower component that enables users to pick a destination , press a key and share any X window with anyone on the network . |
| 29 | Everything seemed set for a happy and relaxed nine months . |
| 30 | There are winding green paths through dense corridors of perennials , all plum and violet , rose-pink and silver ; there are corkscrews and pyramids of box , green exclamation marks defining the Tuscan temple ; there is a full and frothing white garden crisply held in check by clipped evergreens , a laburnum walk and a wooden Doric temple wreathed in clematis . |