Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This demonstrates that there are indeed certain junctions which both tend to be rated as risky and tend to be recalled by many subjects . |
| 2 | It is my purpose to expose such ideas as erroneous and offer in their place an account based on social processes . |
| 3 | These people are very primitive and live in small groups , moving from place to place . |
| 4 | The word associated with Lórien most often is ‘ stain' — an odd word , both French and Norse in origin , with an early meaning of ‘ to lose lustre ’ as well as ‘ to discolour ’ . |
| 5 | I try to keep my diary clear and concentrate on collating and editing all the material that has been arriving in my in-tray over the previous weeks . |
| 6 | Whitaker 's partner slipped while turning tight into the penultimate fence , but the horse managed to jump clear and win from Emma-Jane Mac on Everest Oyster . |
| 7 | Witnesses must be clear and open about their own position , but this does not necessarily imply that they will be effective in convincing and persuading others . |
| 8 | ‘ Apparently you keep the path clear and look after the little hut ; does your father come here much ? ’ |
| 9 | The cells in the embryo are initially much less specialized and differ from each other in more subtle ways . |
| 10 | He was slim and fit with well-brushed thinning hair . |
| 11 | Assuming that uniformity exists for research funding by the EC , as an example , the EC Nuclear Fission Safety 1991–94 programme states that in order to qualify for research support projects ‘ your proposal must be transnational and involve at least two independent participants from different member States ’ , ie three in all . |
| 12 | Will she send out a message to those who oppose smoking and belong to the brigade who say , ’ Do as I say and as I instruct you , ’ to the effect that they should leave ordinary people to get on with the job of smoking and supporting the economy ? |
| 13 | LDOCE is slightly superior to the CED and OALD in this respect , most probably due to its use of a core vocabulary . |
| 14 | The important experimental point to remember is that dust will also scatter light and contribute to the scattering intensity . |
| 15 | All of these guidelines tend to be narrative and concentrate on qualitative trends and areas of concern but with an accompanying outline of quantitative forecasts . |
| 16 | Our first winner was Debbie Moseley and when Debbie told the guys at Feature You she would like to do modelling but thought she was n't good enough , they decided to prove her wrong and set to work on a dramatic transformation . |
| 17 | ‘ Even if I am wrong and think of a dozen times , it is still dreadful that somebody so involved in the game is not out there watching the guys . |
| 18 | Operations to reverse sterilisation do exist but the chances of success are not high and depend to some extent on the type of sterilisation operation carried out originally . |
| 19 | One evening in May 1979 they eagerly clambered in after warming up with several glasses of favourite tipple , turned the thermostat up high and set to . |
| 20 | Position the track at least 220 cm high and allow for it to be slightly wider than the headboard . |
| 21 | Raise heat to very high and cook for 3–4 minutes , shaking pan . |
| 22 | Sitting with legs apart , stretch your arms up high and twist at the waist . |
| 23 | Stretch up high and twist at the waist . |
| 24 | These solid state stereo units are only 1U high and fit into a 19 inch rack space . |
| 25 | There is still an element of polarisation , however , which proclaims ‘ belief in the old and distrust in the new ’ . |
| 26 | I am thirteen years old and go to a girls ' school , predominantly working class , at the Elephant and Castle , London . |
| 27 | I am nine and-a-half years old and sit in front of the television in England with my brother , watching characters like Meg and Sandy argue in the Cross roads motel , while fat Benny , the tele West Country moron in woolly hat , eats lots of pies . |
| 28 | The retired can squat , smoke , reminisce and grow old and die in familiar , comfortable surroundings . |
| 29 | The Cherry and Whites ca n't wait to ring out the old and ring in the new . |
| 30 | The fact that there is something quite new and of a different quality means that we will rapidly discard the old and move into the new , just as colour television sets were substituted for black and white , and created a very high growth rate over a period of years . |