Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the nymphs are hatched into young males and females , they each make a shallow burrow from which they emerge at night to search for a mate . |
| 2 | Now that 's what 's that Kerry if we get six like that make a whole one ? |
| 3 | While Conservatives have proposed the Council Tax as an alternative to the poll tax , Labour want a temporary return to the rates . |
| 4 | At the first and largest rally a prominent opposition leader , Vuk Draskovic , called for a campaign of civil disobedience . |
| 5 | They focus particularly on the number of legs in view — six legs indicate food , while eight suggest a potential mate . |
| 6 | Leaders who lead the church into this make a radical choice to break the isolationism of so many evangelical Christian nuclear families and create true Christian community . |
| 7 | The secure software company lost out on the US Navy 's Super Mini AFKAC 300 contract a few months ago after Planning Research Corp , the integrator and lead contractor , ‘ disinvited ’ it from its bid after teaming with Hewlett-Packard for the hardware , Sandone said . |
| 8 | The secure software company lost out on the US Navy 's Super Mini AFKAC 300 contract a few months ago after PRC , the integrator and lead contractor , ‘ disinvited ’ it from its bid after teaming with HP for the hardware , Sandone said . |
| 9 | Some advocate a liberal regime based on market forces ; others argue strongly for regulation — either self-regulation , or statutory regulation , or both . |
| 10 | Individuals need to help one another engender a common concern for establishing goods and services we all require , creating a community . |
| 11 | How many hundredths make a whole one ? |
| 12 | Half the English feed fast and early and then go down the pub to drink beer , the other half eat a slow meal late and drink wine before , during and after . |
| 13 | As always , the strongest make a steady recovery but the others either wither away because they actually believe their press or , more commonly , find themselves selling considerably fewer records . |
| 14 | Some provide a flat-rate sum per week to be spent on accommodation . |
| 15 | Some provide a protective barrier against the rain — your hair will still get wet , but is saved from damaging effects of pollutants . |
| 16 | The French want a mandatory minimum level imposed of 60 per cent of programmes made in Europe . |
| 17 | Some say a new era of enlightenment is around the corner , some say that consciousness is quietly entering the mainstream , while others see a grim world of confusion and chaos ( not chaos theory but just plain chaos ) . |
| 18 | On the one hand we have the hunting fraternity saying that because they rarely catch and kill foxes , some say a two to three percent efficiency rate , er that it 's not cruel yet on the other hand , they say that it 's the most efficient and humane way to control the fox population . |
| 19 | Some suggest a tropical origin for the breed , probably Indian ; some talk about a yellow Caspian type drifting through the Balkans and into Spain , and thence into France and the Channel Islands — bearing in mind that Jersey was directly linked with mainland France by a landbridge or causeway until the year 709 . |
| 20 | FRESH FROM the wreckage of semi-legendary crusties Radical Dance Faction , DF 118 peddle a similar line in guitar-laced dub . |
| 21 | All boys when about 12 undergo a great increase festival , the Sari , their second ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ , which gives them the internal clothing of the hunter and fisherman . |
| 22 | The British provide a stable government and a way of life recognised and admired by many foreigners . |
| 23 | The counts in Fig. 12 show a sharp drop in November , followed in many years by further arrivals in December . |
| 24 | The chairman , Anthony Vice , said : ‘ The management results for the first two months of 1993 show a small improvement in the United Kingdom and the United States , but this has been offset by the effects of recession in Germany . ’ |
| 25 | Figures 1 and 2 show a strong inverse relation between grade of employment and rates of short and long spells of sickness absence adjusted for age . |
| 26 | 2 Compile a general list of media which are likely to be contacted frequently during a normal year . |
| 27 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 28 | Some exhibit a suspicious symmetry : S 960 , from 1023 , is witnessed by six bishops ( including Æthelnoth of Canterbury ) , six abbots , six earls and six ministri . |
| 29 | Many of the soldiers are dressed in brown uniforms ( very quickly turned red by you ) , but some wear a fetching little pink number . |
| 30 | So I 'm going to do erm a half add a third okay and a third add a quarter and a half take away a third okay and I 'll give you another one to do How about this one . |