Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a curved surface in a moving airflow which simply bends the wind , causing a pressure difference between the windward and leeward sides of the sail . |
| 2 | To begin with I found the playing a little mannered , although I soon became involved in the thoughtful and musicianly approach of these artists . |
| 3 | He had his little peccadilloes , the quaint and rather Machiavellian ways to gain his little ends , but he knew me and I knew him , and in essentials he made good . ’ |
| 4 | The impressions gained from the WHO collaborative studies on the relationship between maternal age and the capability of fetus to survive the early and intermediately period of gestation are supported by more reliable national data from a European country . |
| 5 | The erasable and write-once formats used in the multifunction drive are based on ANSI/ISO standards for continuous-composite , magneto-optical disk and recording format , and the drive is made at Hewlett-Packard 's Greeley Storage Division , in Greeley , Colorado . |
| 6 | Just get hold of the aerial and just sort of twist it round and see if you can a good enough picture . |
| 7 | Kanemaru had accepted the vice-presidency of the party in January 1992 in order to revitalize the unpopular and politically moribund administration of Miyazawa , who had been elected party leader and Prime Minister three months earlier . |
| 8 | As we have seen , by this time the traditional and often puritan belief in the virtues of abstemiousness and moderation was finding it hard to resist the reality of achievement , but they were still regretted . |
| 9 | Critics and the viewing public were quite accustomed to seeing the nude and even courtisanes in pictures . |
| 10 | I was n't sure it was a girl , at first , what with the shapeless and grimly robe she wore — ankle-length , made of coarse brown cloth — and the heavy oversized boots in which she was clumping along . |
| 11 | Mrs Aughton wants the County Council to send Steven and Jason to the fifteen thousand pound a year private West Country Boarding School in Exeter which caters exclusively for the blind and partially sighted . |
| 12 | Tony Fretwell-Downing , the Sheffield computer businessman who sponsored the event , very gamely claimed his first ever route with an ascent of the loose and long west flank . |
| 13 | The only allies left were the Iceni and possibly Bodvoc of the northern Dubunni . |
| 14 | Facilities for the Disabled : Ten Pin Bowling can be fully enjoyed by the disabled and both individuals and parties are welcome . |
| 15 | On both occasions she had been struck by the contrast between on the one hand the beauty of the Bay itself , the islands , the fine buildings towards Posillipo and on the other the cramped and jumbled desperation of the mean and bustly streets immediately below her . |
| 16 | These are the tangible results of its activity , and take no account of the quality of the educational and indeed life experience gained by those who have passed through its doors . |
| 17 | The upwards and outwards inclination of the kite either side of centre is what provides lateral stability . |
| 18 | Contrastive , in a sense , is the Varsity match they play , pitting an Oxford fabliau against a Cambridge one , but common to both is the urbane and clerkly perspective in which the comedy of the tales is made explicit . |
| 19 | So I live with a constant and uncomely reminder of folly and failure , and no doubt it does me good . |
| 20 | At the finishing cropper where carpets are given their final sheer to achieve a smooth and even surface , £25,000 is being invested on an automatic height adjuster . |
| 21 | You must swing normally , with a smooth and even tempo , ensuring you complete both the backswing and make a well-balanced follow-through . |
| 22 | Thankfully there 's always Dave Hemingway 's grin , Brian Corrigan 's Grogan-esque voice and Heaton 's foppish dancing to cheer us up and turn it into a gorgeous and lurvely night . |
| 23 | Ideally , I would have liked to have baited on a little and often basis , say a couple of dozen lobworms and one mashed loaf every day . |
| 24 | A more promising approach seemed to be the invention of a new and universal language and writing system , and Slaughter gives a fascinating and commendably deadpan account of the attempts of ‘ language projectors ’ to achieve this objective . |
| 25 | Always lay the rug on a flat and even surface , and after smoothing it out , carefully view it from all sides to see if there are any ridges or troughs . |
| 26 | Apparently as you know I mean biblical criticism is a very and well people have devoted their whole lives to it , but apparently there is a , a school o of , quite a large school I think o of biblical critical that claims that there are actually two Moses and not one . |
| 27 | For the majority however , there is a bewildering and highly application or culture-specific variety of high level units into which they may be divided . |
| 28 | Previous issues from November 1990 to the last edition show that the major features have been on Gabby and Steffi , Zvereva and Martina and Monica , Capriati and Monica , Anke , Jana Novotna and Arantxa respectively , evidence of a fair and even representation of all women players by Tennis World . |
| 29 | Thomas Henderson Docherty was born and raised a catholic and undoubtedly Catholicism contributed to his downfall . |
| 30 | Some of the attempts at peacemaking the churches in Ireland are making may seem worrying may seem politically subversive but how will we respond to the longing for peace to the desire for reconciliation for the hope the stakes that will result in a permanent and just solution ? |