Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] that [art] " in BNC.

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1 But the GMC 's rule against advertising was not so irrational or unreasonable that the court would interfere .
2 But the GMC 's rule against advertising was not so irrational or unreasonable that the court would interfere .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 The official may be equally under stress , overworked , resentful and conscious that the administrative back-up of the office is not very efficient .
6 After the Head of Department had gone , the Head said that it was interesting and pleasing that the interview had identified an objective for the Head of Department which was congruent with the institutional needs of the school : to extend the range of his activities with Art .
7 What they do then is scale a cliff , clambering from one ledge to another until they 're perched on one so high and narrow that the leopard ca n't follow .
8 Allegations by USC officials on April 2 and 3 that the Kenyan government was supplying arms to supporters of former President Mohammed Siyad Barre in southern Somalia were rejected by Kenyan Foreign Minister Wilson Ndolo Ayah .
9 She will be half pleased to see him and half disapproving ; and that will be the beginning once again of something so painful and awkward that the possibility of happiness must be concealed in it somewhere .
10 And it 's funny an' all that the dirty buggers do n't go for the ragged-arsed lot that 's swarmin , the place .
11 Also , at the end of the day it is arguable that all that the register needs to show are the principal charges over the company 's property since anyone dealing with the company can seek to find out the full extent to which the company 's property has been charged once put on notice that some charges have been created .
12 An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror .
13 There 's a kind of consensus view that in the language of ten sixty six and all that the Vienna settlement was a bad thing .
14 Edwin Frere looked into Agnew 's old face and saw only hopeless consternation there , as though he too were overwhelmed with feelings so vast and flood-like that no word might answer them .
15 The church was so vast and empty that the vicar 's words rolled away into the gloom .
16 She was staring at him , with her great golden eyes , and her expression was so sad and apprehensive that the sight of it shocked him into asking the question he had been trying to ignore .
17 ( 1 ) Although the Act does not expressly say so , it is implicit in sections 10 and 11 that a demand for expenses must be served by the local authority before proceedings can be taken to recover them .
18 Finally , it is sad but understandable that the parents of disabled children should clutch at the straw of conductive education as a means of resolving their own problems .
19 Erm it 's obviously right and proper that a local planning authority if it 's releasing green field sites has to justify why those sites should be released .
20 It is right and proper that the brewers and their designers should address the challenge represented by imported concepts .
21 It is right and proper that the medium-sized and larger building firms should carry out proper training .
22 We feel it is now right and proper that the debate is to be had and that our roots , our heritage and our future are defended on our terms and in our forums and not in the editorials of Sunday newspapers , and as for les people 's letters to the newspapers , and Kinnock and co saying to people , individual members , why should the Labour Party not trust you with the choice of your candidate , it is you who do the work to get them elected , who are they kidding ?
23 It was as a " voice " on behalf of the deaf and dumb that the BDDA excelled from its inception .
24 The essence of showmanship had become the capacity to build up from one 's regular audience , to bring in whole families , to attract women and children , to win over religious families who were normally against organized entertainment , to convince trade unionists and the politically active that a moment 's respite was harmless enough , and to convince the respectable and well-to-do that a visit to the movies was not a disgraceful act .
25 Just as it seems strange and unnecessary that the law should have to choose between duress as a complete defence to murder , and duress as no defence at all , so it seems strange and unnecessary that a killing which narrowly fails to come within the requirements of self-defence or other justifiable force should then be classified as murder .
26 Just as it seems strange and unnecessary that the law should have to choose between duress as a complete defence to murder , and duress as no defence at all , so it seems strange and unnecessary that a killing which narrowly fails to come within the requirements of self-defence or other justifiable force should then be classified as murder .
27 She had grown so tall and disrespectful that the old woman was afraid to hit her .
28 Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed .
29 In determining whether goods are of a class to which an advertised trade description relates , s5(3) provides that regard shall be had not only to the form and content of the advertisement but also to the time , place , manner and frequency of its publication and all other matters making it likely or unlikely that a person to whom the goods are supplied would think of the goods belonging to the class in question .
30 The state apparatus has become so corrupt and exploitative that the common man sees it as an enemy .
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