Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are they approval seeking , supportive or a put down ( as in ‘ you 're not really going to wear that , are you ? |
| 2 | I make several trots down the run without so much as a tremble of the float . |
| 3 | A test as simple as a Detect Magic spell will show some stronger focus of magic above the ceiling of this chamber . |
| 4 | If one is sure that the remedy is correct ! and there is no improvement then it is likely that a maintaining cause in the patient 's way of life or environment is influencing his progress . |
| 5 | there is a large barn behind the gallery , a granary on the left and a shippen below , following the usual pattern . |
| 6 | If it is used unimaginatively , the microcomputer can be nothing more than a child-minding device aimed to drill certain concepts and skills into pupils with the minimum of teacher intervention . |
| 7 | The Brundtland Commission may have made sustainable development the end-of-century watchword , defining it as ‘ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ’ , but even Tolba has wondered aloud whether it amounts to much more than a shibboleth . |
| 8 | Constanza found him uncouth and a bore — that was one of the things being with Simon did to one — she broke it off and went to parties again . |
| 9 | A model with 4Mb of RAM , a 120Mb hard disk , Windows 3.1 and a built in trackball costs £1,695 . |