Example sentences of "[adj] and [art] [noun sg] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealing through a third party made things more difficult than they were already but the young officer could n't deal with a situation like this and the Captain could n't risk not making himself perfectly understood . |
| 2 | At one time villages had to be more self-sufficient and the village used to have more shops and trades than there are now . |
| 3 | This is especially important when the job is quite high powered and the interview may be rather searching . |
| 4 | The banana must n't look brown and the fondue must n't splash when it 's poured . |
| 5 | The demonstrators were therefore in the wrong and the union could properly be held responsible for their actions . |
| 6 | For English fans , though , there was pleasure that their team had begun to show heart and direction and purpose , all of which had been missing since the Ashes tour of 1986–7 ; while West Indian fans were just happy that their heroes had shown that , after all , W.B. Yeats had got it wrong and the centre could hold . |
| 7 | The main cloud base should be at least 2000 feet above the highest ground in the region , the freezing level must be high and the visibility should be good . |
| 8 | There was other evidence that , with a moderate ( 2 to 3 per cent ) rate of economic growth , the demographic trends would not impose pressures on the public purse until 2020 and a crisis would occur only if the economy failed to grow by 2 per cent or more . |
| 9 | Mr Edwards said : ‘ There was a time when bonuses would be generous and the person might work several months notice . |
| 10 | The use of the procedure is free and the bill can only be lowered ; it can never be increased . |
| 11 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 12 | O I 'm big and I 'm bad and I 'm bold and I 'm free And the world will never see another villain like me |
| 13 | From France , Khomeinis aides would dial Teheran direct and the ayatollah could read his sermons straight into Iranian tape recorder for instant distribution throughout the country . |
| 14 | The date of the seminar is 15th January 1993 and the location will be Fife House at Glenrothes . |
| 15 | In fact , the BBC charter comes up for review in 1993 and the Government will decide how broadcasting will be run without much regard for Birt 's opinions . |
| 16 | Adventure holidays are increasingly popular and the brave can test their physical and mental endurance in a number of ways from outward-bound courses where the participants usually spend the last few days of their ‘ holiday ’ building themselves a shelter in a sodden landscape and living off nature , to dog-sledging across the Arctic Circle and learning how to build an igloo on the way . |
| 17 | Given the higher demand curve D 2 D 2 , short-run marginal cost pricing will lead to a price P 2 and the industry will produce at full capacity . |
| 18 | Freeze frame is also possible with most videocassette machines but the picture is often unstable and the tape can be damaged if it is stopped too often at the same point . |
| 19 | It was the duty of the medicine man of the line of Armijas to tutor the spirit warrior through the Seven Levels , to prepare her for the final battle , in which she would stand with the other spirit warriors — the Holy Woman From Across the Great Water , the Man With Music in His Heart , the Red-Handed One , the Yellowlegs Who Has Lost Much , the Great Father in White , the Man Who Rides Alone — against the army of the manitous and the story would end . |
| 20 | Parent-child stimulation may be adequate and the relationship will be normal . |
| 21 | A key deposited with a trustworthy neighbour and the location of a telephone and address book beside the bed are invaluable at times of illness , because you can call the neighbour and doctor from your sickbed and the neighbour can let the doctor in for you . |
| 22 | In this condition , one wrong base pair in the DNA of the gene coding for a particular enzyme means that this enzyme is functionless and the body can not easily make melanin , which is the dark pigment responsible for brown eyes and dark hair , and which is produced in response to sunlight when we get a sun-tan . |
| 23 | Pupils will now be tested when they are deemed to have moved from one stage to another and the teacher will be free to determine when this is the case . |
| 24 | When we have a complete account of the brain , we are assured , consciousness will be intellectually transparent and the mind will assume its rightful place as just another part of ( physical ) nature , obedient to the laws that hold sway elsewhere in the material universe . |
| 25 | It is advisable for the precise extent of the centre to be readily identifiable and the tenant should take care to ensure that where there is a right for the landlord to extend or reduce the centre , such extension or reduction does not adversely affect the tenant 's use or occupation of the premises and that there is provision for any specific service charge percentages to be varied accordingly . |
| 26 | She did not have the tube central and the umbrella would not balance . |
| 27 | It may make us unhappy , but it insists that the mechanical and the material need n't be in charge . |
| 28 | Treatment is symptomatic and the condition can be prevented by housing animals on clean , dry bedding . |
| 29 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 30 | Firstly , although a clearinghouse might have considerable files to draw upon in answering an enquiry , the communication of all the relevant information may be clerically impossible and the information may on occasion have to be brief summaries ; obviously those clearinghouses with a computerized database are at an advantage here . |