Example sentences of "[adj] and [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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1 | By pointing out a flower or describing a rarity he could make a walk supremely interesting and was indeed a charming companion on any expedition in the fields . |
2 | The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it . |
3 | He has been Chairman of Tesco since 1985 and is also a non-executive Director of National Westminster Bank . |
4 | He first took to powerlifting in 1979 and is now a qualified coach and referee . |
5 | The oral shield is arrow shaped or light-bulb shaped and is about a quarter of the disk radius in length . |
6 | They had all become part of campus life but the chuguo chao , the ‘ going abroad tide ’ , was probably the most noticeable and was certainly a ‘ hot topic ’ ( translated from the Chinese ‘ redian ’ ) among students . |
7 | The association with Lancashire lasted until 1986 and was always a happy one , for he was enormously popular with the fans and with his team-mates . |
8 | Chris believes the Bay Horse was first a pub in the 1560s and was also a coaching inn . |
9 | The last ball preceding Lent coincided with Carnival and was generally a fancy dress affair . |
10 | In fact , the first report appeared in July 1992 and was mainly a description of the evaluation process . |
11 | However , although ‘ multiculturalism , as an educational movement dates from the 1970s and is primarily a response to the post-Second World War migration of black communities to Britain , it is important to recognize that multiculturalism is a perennial social issue , for all but the simplest of societies are characterized by cultural diversity . |
12 | It will be available after 1997 and is essentially a travel document whose validity has been questioned by a number of countries . |
13 | It demonstrates Minton 's illustrative talent at its most dramatic and is compositionally a tour de force . |
14 | It was low in numbers a century ago , when the Piedmonts of Italy were being imported for beef and good red milking cows came from Bergamo , but by 1979 it numbered 150,000 and is now a well-established milk and meat breed in France , though almost extinct in Italy , where it is known as the Tarina . |
15 | Cover-up sticks or creams and lighteners are too heavy and are invariably a different colour from the foundation . |
16 | Patterns for these are readily available and are basically a petal of one double crochet , one half treble , and a few trebles , one half treble and one double crochet all into a chain loop behind the previous row of petals . |
17 | He was an Examiner with SCOTVEC from 1978 to 1981 , a member of the SCOTVEC Equivalences Committee during the introduction of Action Plan , served on the HND Revisions Committee in 1986 , the HNC Pilot Committee in 1987 and is currently a member of the HCIMA Education and Development Committee . |
18 | But to automatically assume that this is the woman 's role when other choices are available or when the task can be shared is n't fair and is certainly a point of discussion . |
19 | By the time he had been through that and was ready to return , Jennifer had been married and divorced and was almost a stranger again . |
20 | The present church was built on the opposite side of the road in 1814 and was originally a very plain structure with a square tower at the west end . |
21 | Family counselling , or family therapy , began in the USA in the 1950s , underwent enormous expansion during the 1960s and is now a well developed technique with a sizeable literature devoted to it . |
22 | In neighbouring Alsace there is the Vosges , a black-and-white colour-sided mountain breed which , like most of this upland group , was originally triple-purpose and is now a milk-and-meat type . |
23 | He was a member of the President 's Advisory Committee of the Confederation of British Industry from 1982 to 1988 and is currently a member of the Takeover Panel . |
24 | Mr. Collins said that Winchester was ‘ subject ’ to the Lautro Rules 1988 and was therefore a member of Lautro . |