Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [coord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At four-fifteen , there was one hour of light left and still no sign of the Land Rover . |
| 2 | Not only is this arrogant but also a sure way to lose power and to convince others that the meeting is not worthwhile . |
| 3 | Outside , the cicadas buzzed metallically , the sea was dark blue and only the steady hum of the air-conditioning broke the silence . |
| 4 | The mandarin chided his younger son in rapid Annamese and immediately the giggling stopped . |
| 5 | Although the first two rounds of this year 's Davis Cup , one week after the Australian Open and then a week after Lipton , made it possible for him to fit them into his tournament programme for the first three months of the year when his number one ranking was under such threat , he says , ‘ The Davis Cup is certainly one of my priorities now . ’ |
| 6 | Having won the Australian Open and now the French it means that Seles is on a Grand Slam roll , though she swiftly pointed out that Wimbledon 's grass might be her downfall . |
| 7 | While building such a database , using the kinds of structural concepts described above , is technical challenging and certainly a costly business , the greatest difficulties come when such a database is delivered online . |
| 8 | The point is however that Olympia was not a classic nude or even a high-class courtisane , but as Clark notes , a ‘ fille publique ’ , ‘ a faubourienne ’ . |
| 9 | There is only one Grand National and even the jockeys , maybe most of all the jockeys , are starkly aware of that . |
| 10 | Or rather not , but keep the odds of knowledge in my power without co-partner , so to add what wants in female sex the more to draw his love and render me more equal and perhaps a thing not undesirable sometimes superior , for inferior . |
| 11 | Likewise young females have the problem of choosing mates that will provide them with vigorous young and possibly the assistance they need to rear them . |
| 12 | The most common colour is solid dark red and the breed originated from local red-and-white Breton cattle ( such as the Breton Red Pied and possibly the Froment du Léon ) crossed with Durham Shorthorns from 1840 . |
| 13 | Jones can expect a hefty fine and possibly a ban . |
| 14 | Unlike the other more senior competitors for the approval of the leader , she did not treat him as a fellow professional or even a well-informed client . |
| 15 | The latter post was now restyled , its incumbent being effectively the Speaker of the USSR Supreme Soviet and automatically the successor of the President should the latter be unable to complete his five-year term in office . |
| 16 | Although the peasantry continued to account for over 80 per cent of the population , discontent among the urban poor and especially the industrial working class was of scarcely less significance than the unrest in the countryside . |