Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one case in 1944 , Scott LJ stated that the ‘ British principle of personal freedom , that every man should be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty , applies also to the police function of arrest — in a very modified degree , it is true , but at least to the extent of requiring them to be observant , receptive and open-minded and to notice any relevant circumstance which points either way , either to innocence or to guilt ’ . |
| 2 | The fifth patient with a pouch vaginal fistula also had repeated episodes of pouchitis unresponsive to metronidazole and steroids , and developed multiple superficial pouch perineal and pouch vaginal fistulas , which were managed by laying them open and a proximal diverting ileostomy ; her ileostomy has now been closed and she has a good functional result . |
| 3 | The tadpoles of some spadefoot toads are gregarious and form large moving shoals . |
| 4 | Carter was thrown clear and escaped serious injury . |
| 5 | Because the world is divided into sovereign states , most with relatively clear and unified national cultures , it is convenient to identify these states as the basic elements of the global system . |
| 6 | I tried to shake my head clear and take some more deep breaths . |
| 7 | Oleg Sergueev ran clear and seemed certain to score . |
| 8 | • Glazing materials include clear and tinted polycarbonate and toughened , wired , laminated and tinted glass . |
| 9 | Like her fellow-suf-ferers , Claire has had physiotherapy to keep the lungs clear and taken expensive drugs to help digest high-calorie foods . |
| 10 | The mechanism for this is not clear and leads some researchers to accept the physiological view that delayed maturation or physical differences ( such as reduced functional bladder capacity ) may be the cause of the problem ( Zaleski et al . |
| 11 | Projecting and protecting British interests overseas . |
| 12 | At the extraordinary congress in December the 2,000 delegates had adopted a programme which committed the Socialist Party to act as a " barrier to the right and extreme-right and to pursue economic modernization , social justice , and the construction of Europe " . |
| 13 | Residents in both kinds of estate are by and large socially self-sufficient and feel little or no necessity to create close relations with their Shetlander neighbours . |
| 14 | But at another level , if we could show love , respect and acceptance for each other in the magnificent diversity that that we show as women , instead of patronising and attacking each other on the basis of our body shapes , that would be a great step forward ! |
| 15 | Changes in intraluminal gall bladder pressure were dose-dependent and occurred 10 to 20 seconds after CCK-8 was given . |
| 16 | where the evidence is highly complex or specialized and raises difficult questions of evaluation . |
| 17 | Anthropology adopts a broad comparative perspective , drawing on both historical and cross cultural evidence : parts of medical anthropology narrow the focus to beliefs about the nature , cause , and treatment of illness within specific cultures . |
| 18 | An abundance of white marble may suggest luxury , but marble is porous and needs careful cleaning to avoid dinginess , while marble floors are icy to bare feet . |
| 19 | Both submarines were nuclear powered and carrying nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 21 | Therefore the plant should be grown in a mixture of coarse sand and some peat or bulb fibre to keep it dwarf , low-growing and encourage many plant clumps , which form an excellent carpet of bright green flora . |
| 22 | Outstanding among these were Ana Maria Pacheco 's ‘ Head ’ ( lot 171 ) , a totemic carved and painted wooden head with real teeth which sold for £4,500 ( $6,750 ; est. £2,000–3,000 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | They rate themselves as very understanding and believe that women also value shyness . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 26 | Glasgow District Council , the Scottish Office , Greater Glasgow Health Board and the Central Government Health Brigade launched their ‘ let's all go out jogging , stop smoking and eat brown bread ’ health promotion campaigns . |
| 27 | So I thought I should try to stop smoking and lose some weight . ’ |
| 28 | Many run-of-the-mill MPs turn up , some in the hope of speaking in the debates , others , like Grunte , to feed the faces of the faithful and to press all available flesh . |
| 29 | Chamberlain was explicit about his motives in a letter to Beatrice Webb : ‘ It will remove the great danger , viz , that public sentiment should go wholly over to the unemployed and render impossible that state sternness to which you or I equally attach importance . |
| 30 | They make their heads less head-like and wear false eyes on their tails . |