Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to this and partially as a result of it , there is little in the way of national planning ’ . |
| 2 | He was rewarded for this and more with a Bulgarian sentence of death and a British MBE . |
| 3 | This menu is used mainly for keyboard operation as most operations are quicker and easier with a mouse . |
| 4 | The cupboard smelled slightly of damp and even on a warm summer evening Ginny felt the prickle of goose pimples rising on her bare arms . |
| 5 | Since the tournament began , first in Delray Beach in 1985 and then for a couple of years in Boca Raton , the temporary , scaffolding-supported stands have gone with them . |
| 6 | Any broadcaster will tell you that there is something different and better about a live ‘ performance ’ . |
| 7 | Cases may be transferred from one family proceedings court to another and also to a county court care centre and ultimately the High Court in certain circumstances . |
| 8 | However , while we all have our national stereotypes , and they are invariably supported by research ( see Hofstede ) , the underlying differences from one country to another and also within a country are much more subtle . |
| 9 | Suddenly its noise was distinct and loud like a tractor coming over the western horizon . |
| 10 | The sweater is very simple and yet with a little time spent you can produce a complex looking garment . |
| 11 | When models are constructed from such premisses , for example , there is a tendency to view government as a restrictive and even as a repressive agency . |
| 12 | Glendenen , who also hit a century against Glamorgan in the NatWest Trophy , drove straight and powerfully on a slow wicket and he and Parker hit seven fours apiece . |
| 13 | It is more helpful to meet real people who have come to terms with their lives , than to wander around lost and alone in a maze of fantasies . |
| 14 | Beyond the town quay the strength reaches force 4 to 7 and more during a session ; and it 's not so strong . |
| 15 | Once through it bear slightly right and uphill to a kissing gate and a lane where you turn right . |
| 16 | The screens should be removed from the reception desk to make it more friendly and less like a bank . |
| 17 | Radishes : best sown little and often as a catch crop among other vegetables . |
| 18 | Where , on the other hand , the third estate was still weak and only in a budding stage at the beginning of the nineteenth century , as in Germany , Italy , and among the Slavonic peoples , nationalism found its expression predominantly in the cultural field . |
| 19 | Perhaps all that it is safe to say in this context is that very commonly around the world one finds an unfossiliferous quartzite conformably below fossiliferous Lower Cambrian and unconformably above a great variety of Precambrian rocks . |
| 20 | Both dishes may taste scrumptious and once in a while wo n't do you any harm , but foods like that eaten regularly are no basis for a healthy diet . |
| 21 | Midnight , tall and still against a background of copper pans hanging on the wall , looked directly at Jess . |
| 22 | Wilson had to trot briskly , to keep up with his wife ; and he trotted responsibly , because there was no doubt that he was proud of his charge — tall and upright as a Grenadier Guard as she was , and issuing instructions in the way that I imagine a Grenadier might , so that when they were at home her voice would sometimes float right up the road and into our garden , ‘ Wilson ! |
| 23 | And since he was in his late thirties and apparently without a cent to show for it , the conclusion was obvious . |
| 24 | Let me just give you a little illustration that might help , you know in thinking of the erm the fusion of the divinity , the divine nature and the human nature , erm is it Clarke Kent , is that the guys name on television , you know the character , you know the guy that walks around you know he 's the boy next door type figure with glasses and all the rest of it , he 's no macho figure that and then in a transformation take place and woof goes flying through the air does n't he , what is he , he 's Batman is n't he |
| 25 | The Japanese company Casio , which developed the TV , has also made two novel wristwatches : one acts as a thermometer ; the other translates English into spanish and vice-versa from a dictionary of 1711 words . |
| 26 | Twitch bites , contrary to what some anglers think , are the product of very confidently feeding fish , unlike the carp that runs off strong and fast with a bait . |
| 27 | Out of court he has to work far into the night , night after night , working hard and continuously at a mass of detail . |
| 28 | But look closely through those softly parted , glossy lips and you 'll notice the perfect teeth set hard and fast in a calculating smile . |
| 29 | In 1844 Youatt described two types of Sussex : one closer to the Devon stock , being smaller , light and agile , the other larger and more like a Hereford except that its coat colour was whole . |
| 30 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |