Example sentences of "and [adj] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cool and fresh it 's to be for the fish , more studied and solid for the main course ; for the dessert , fragile and delicate . |
| 2 | Furthermore , your Lordships may feel that it is inconvenient and undesirable for the criminal law as enunciated in Lawrence and Dobson to be in conflict with the law affecting the title to money and other kinds of property . |
| 3 | It would be impracticable and undesirable for the High Court of Justice to embark upon an inquiry concerning the effect or the effectiveness of the internal procedures in the High Court of Parliament or an inquiry whether in any particular case those procedures were effectively followed . |
| 4 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 5 | Clough wrote : ‘ I felt angry , frustrated , disappointed , useless and unused for a whole week . |
| 6 | But she was too warm and lazy for a proper argument . |
| 7 | After that I searched high and low for a new teacher , and when I found one I had to start from scratch . |
| 8 | That is if erm material , material for these topics should be lively and interesting for the broad range of pupil ability i.e. differentiation . |
| 9 | It is thought , for example , that the long and feathery antennae of male mosquitoes pick up the specific sound wave patterns generated by a female mosquito who is ready and willing for a sexual encounter . |
| 10 | ‘ It is a terrible waste of resources and heart-breaking for the local community , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The most likely reason for the incompleteness of the depth scaling is the presence of contradictory vergence angle information , which remained constant and appropriate for the 57-cm distance of the display screens throughout the experiments . |
| 12 | But generally the climate is comfortably warm — ideal for small children and perfect for the Spanish ritual of the paseo , the evening parade when grandmothers , mothers and their offspring , dressed up to the nines , ride their bikes , push prams , sip coffee , choose ice-creams , and gossip like a noisy flock of birds settling down before bedtime . |
| 13 | Vologsky was silent and thoughtful for a long while . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll have to make peace , you and I. You 're too sharp and quick for an old sailor like me … ‘ |
| 15 | Have new television channels , satellite cable etc. made the film critic redundant and fit for an academic existence only ? |
| 16 | The English chronicler , Roger of Howden , who was in Rome at the time , saw both of them as papabile and ambitious for the papal throne . |
| 17 | EOF#-1 returns TRUE for an expanded machine and FALSE for an unexpanded machine . |
| 18 | EOF#-1 returns TRUE for an expanded machine ( >=; 128Kbytes of RAM in SLOT 1 ) and FALSE for an unexpanded machine . |
| 19 | The Great Barr , located to the north of the city , close to motorway links and ideal for an overnight stop or as a touring base for the motorists exploring the Big Heart of England . |
| 20 | Compiling an elaborate data base or investing in systems akin to those of very large companies or the Civil Service would clearly be uneconomic and unjustified for a medium size group . |
| 21 | Days when my mind was like those days , grey and comfortless for no particular reason . |
| 22 | The following selection are the most decorative and useful for the average garden pool . |
| 23 | Whether it is true or not , I think the law changes are revolutionary and apt for the current rugby style , producing more speed and entertainment . |
| 24 | We see a flash of the porter 's face , and can tell he is fearful , and apologetic for the near accident . |
| 25 | We may be cross and short for no other reason than that we are frustrated and dissatisfied . |
| 26 | Although the first units were somewhat spartan , the later builds were well equipped and responsible for a sizeable upturn in passenger business on some routes . |
| 27 | The exhibition 's curators are Richard Brettell , Director of the Dallas Museum of Art and responsible for an impressive list of other projects including ‘ A Day in the Country : Impressionism and the French Landscape ’ ( 1984–85 ) and ‘ The Art of Paul Gauguin ’ ( 1988–89 ) , and Joachim Pissarro , the artist 's great-grandson and author of Monet 's Cathedrals ( Pavilion Press , 1990 ) . |
| 28 | The gaps in our data do not make it possible to say anything of statistical value , merely to point out that the evidence fragmentarily available suggests that it was by no means exceptional for women to be sole breadwinner in a household , usually in three precise sets of circumstances : in widowhood , with or without children ; after marriage when the husband was away , unemployed or chronically sick ; when unmarried , either living alone or — more frequently in our sample at any rate — caring for and responsible for an elderly parent or sick sibling . |
| 29 | In fact , he would be much better taking a wholly conservative approach to his new mortgage and plump for a fixed rate . |
| 30 | Although perhaps a little detailed and daunting for the potential trainee , reading ( and understanding ) it will certainly speed the conversion process and consequently save time , money and unnecessary sweat . |