Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At another they study how cell functions are integrated in tissues , organs or complete animals and how information , vital for co-ordination , is sent from one cell or group of cells to another by chemical and electrical signals . |
| 2 | Ufton went in for England 's third try in 49 minutes and then flanker Robert Leach touched down from a five-metre scrummage , Stimpson converting . |
| 3 | For some species of spider will blatantly mimic the ‘ come-hither ’ sound signals and even sex pheromones of female moths , luring lusting males to a dinner party they had not expected . |
| 4 | This perspective is unduly restrictive of the role of law in its socially instrumental aspects and unduly kind to those who have power over the legislative and judicial functions of states in that to define law in terms of the pursuit of order seems unwarrantably to exclude the use of law to foment disorder when this seems desirable to the politically strong . |
| 5 | Sexual offences and particularly rape may fall into this category . |
| 6 | Piece by piece , a picture emerged of wrong-doing in high places and eventually congress and law enforcement agencies were obliged to take action . |
| 7 | There were some granulomatous area on the lower edges of the lungs , possibly caused by migrating worms , but these seemed to be old lesions and not evidence of a newly acquired disease . |
| 8 | You 're looking for high fliers and even car firms can go bust the second year . |
| 9 | The wastes include lindane , DDT , out-of-date drugs , carcinogenic chemicals , old cigars and even pornography ( a different kind of pollution ) . |
| 10 | It has offered bonuses in British Telecom , British Gas , British Airways and lately water privatisation Concessionary Discounts , available from January 1990 for £2.50 from Seymour Pierce Butterfield , 10 Old Jewry , London , EC2R 8EA . |
| 11 | Later on , however , the names of those who had graduated in the social sciences and especially sociology were greeted with hissing disparagement and barely concealed denigration . |
| 12 | Between 1313 and 1322 , with the help of Archbishop Reynolds , Edward II tried to extract grants from the clergy by means of their parliamentary proctors , but so obstinate were their objections and so counter-productive , politically as well as financially , were these attempts that by 1322 the king was content to seek subsidies through clerical assemblies and not parliament . |
| 13 | Forty years later , when viruses were better known and several people had attributed viral origins to some tumours and perhaps leukaemia , the paper was rediscovered . |
| 14 | I mean , I 'm a fan of oily rags and maybe mildew . |
| 15 | Sometimes they are joined by Elves who have lost their homes and families to the Dark Elves and now lust for vengeance with the cold fury that only Elves can feel . |
| 16 | Giap behaved ruthlessly towards the French-led levies and even village chiefs who were condemned as French collaborators . |
| 17 | Madame Grimaud , short and trim with a well-managed waist , solid hips and strictly upswept smooth black hair , stood on the doorstep with two cross-looking and awkward teenage daughters , to whom Frederica was to be required to converse . |
| 18 | Trainees should be given basic skills and then choice could be made later on as something forced on the individual by the structure of the labour market . |
| 19 | ‘ Great Expectations ’ is a novel about growth and personal development , contentment , human relationships and how money corrupts . |
| 20 | These classes use a variety of apparatus , from sponge balls and plastic hoops to bean bags , large cushions and even paper bags . |
| 21 | We were soon to see dragons , fish , giant insects and even trouser legs suspended in mid-air . |
| 22 | Taxes on share dealings , gold trading , large fortunes and even farm income spell the end of an era for Brazil 's rich — unless they find the loopholes . |
| 23 | Lawrence McGinty , late of these pages and now science 's man on Channel 4 's news programme — had the indignity of being the first to be ejected from the balloon . |
| 24 | The grim harvest of these cuts was an increase in preventable diseases and hence child deaths — especially in Ghana . |
| 25 | The electric field of the radiation can interact with these charges and so radiation can be absorbed , as in common salt . |
| 26 | Such an individual could choose to ignore conventional time-cues and so cocoon himself in an artificial world in which meals and artificial lighting are adjusted to accord with the dictates of his body clock — like the subject in a cave ( in chapter 2 ) and the opposite of what happens normally , when our life-style adjusts our body clock . |
| 27 | Rapid heart rate , respiratory failure , untreatable convulsions and then coma |
| 28 | I realised there was no going back — that pregnancy meant 18 years and then college … ’ |
| 29 | A combination of lack of food and over-stocking can lead to poor conditions and sometimes death , particularly for the native ponies . |
| 30 | When knowledge of basic principles might cure for future generations many diseases and even hunger and that education might set solid foundations for extending and repeating that knowledge , as well as the economic viability of the community and a sense of responsibility . |