Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good caddie also has to be something of a psychologist , knowing when to cajole his player into making a better effort ; calming him down when he 's just three-putted or blazed a drive into the rough ; or steadying him up from being over-confident or over-zealous when the adrenalin is flowing after a couple of good holes . |
| 2 | It is easy to get thrown by a detail or a minority comment , to grow elated or dejected before the full position emerges . |
| 3 | Transistor TR2 needs to have an H f e of at least 500 or greater and a BC109C was chosen here . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's marvellous ’ said Jennie , ‘ he does n't get upset or nervous if the rider gets in a muddle . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 . |
| 6 | That is not a retrospective or prescriptive but a descriptive process and will allow the citizens of this country to measure the standards of service that they receive from their local authorities . |
| 7 | It is important for the prosecution case to try to identify the tyre by taking the tyre or batch number which will usually be something like 824927 E , on the tyre wall in letters and figures about I cm high — in about a quarter of all checks the number is nonexistent or illegible and the police officer should try to remember other forms of identification such as marks or scratches etc. on the tyre . |
| 8 | Frequency of repetition will depend on whether the condition is acute or chronic and the vitality of the patient . |
| 9 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 10 | There might also be a departmental or other code in the centre of the key , and we might obtain all the records in three areas starting with numbers such as 03 , 05 or 07 if the choice of storage address is unfortunate . |
| 11 | Two of the dead were children , a girl aged about eight or nine and a boy of about eleven years , they were travelling together , but otherwise unaccompanied . |
| 12 | Of those who do attend , many do not go until the age of eight or nine because the schools can not fit them in . |
| 13 | To boost your chances of a close encounter move quietly through the countryside and wear clothing which is n't noticeably lighter or darker than the surroundings . |
| 14 | Every one of these towns had returned Unionists in 1895 or 1900 and no Unionist government would be elected without some victories in such places . |
| 15 | Er you ca n't imagine this I do n't suppose , but nevertheless it 's true and in a time , the men in the shop they was mass-production , you know what I mean and they wanted this or that or the other , well I had the authority to go down the machine shop and tell them , look here , so and so wants this you do that . |
| 16 | But these firms , as I said , they wanted this or that or the other and with er because of this fellow Mr he did nothing to get it out of his so it just happened , you know what I mean . |
| 17 | But the GMC 's rule against advertising was not so irrational or unreasonable that the court would interfere . |
| 18 | But the GMC 's rule against advertising was not so irrational or unreasonable that the court would interfere . |
| 19 | The formal social care providing agencies are divided into various categories either by the type of agency involved , public or private or the location of care , institution or domiciliary . |
| 20 | The European Council would decide by Dec. 31 , 1996 , whether the economies of a majority of states ( seven of the 12 or six if the UK decided to opt out of stage three ) met four key criteria . |
| 21 | It was in 966 or 967 that the Norsman Thorgills Skarthi ( Hare Lip ) founded it below the great fortified headland that was thereafter called Skarthi 's Burh or stronghold . |
| 22 | Individual deterrence occurs when someone commits a crime , is punished for it , and finds the punishment so unpleasant or frightening that the offence is never repeated for fear of more of the same or worse . |
| 23 | Leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it slows down or stops suddenly , the safe rule is never to get closer than the overall stopping distance shown below , but on the open road in good conditions leave a gap of one metre for each mile an hour of your speed or a two second time gap may be enough , they will also leave space for an overtaking vehicle pulling or wet or icy or the gap should be at least double that , drop back if you know that taking vehicle closing gap in front of you make way for ambulance , fire engines , police or van emergency vehicles when their blue lamps are flashing or their bells , two tone cones or sirens or . |
| 24 | Twelve able miners or pickmen , at least , were to be employed at all times ( Leathart had recommended 30 or 40 or the lease to become void ) . |
| 25 | These may be labelled a-type , b-type or c-type if the dipole change is along the A , B or C axis . |
| 26 | Note that a number 2 or 4 after the model indicates whether the tractor is two-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive . |
| 27 | A matrix is not a simple scalar quantity like 2 or 8 and a special technique is needed to carry out the operation of raising a matrix to the power n . |
| 28 | They were interviewed in groups of 2 or 3 although the researcher recorded individual responses for each question on the form . |
| 29 | The attributes of any volume which is empty or full after a hard copy run may be changed , with the exception of the volume name and charge code ; the minimum fill mark of partially filled volumes may be revised between hard copy runs . |
| 30 | I thought that it would be possible to adopt the exterior trappings of the system without succumbing personally ; yet because I was frightened of appearing different or cockier than the others , I fell in with their mannerisms , jokes and brutishness . |