Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] and [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Escape ’ from hard times is a cultural necessity and the harder the times the more fantastic and precarious and desperate a business it becomes . |
| 2 | Something was happening … a drifting , wafting hallucinatory journey towards a crazily peaceful and lovely , truthful climax that was far too cosmic and private and delicious and graceful a moment ever to write about . |
| 3 | And amongst neighbours , an executive found guilty of corporate crime continues to be regarded as ‘ upright and steadfast ; indeed , they will probably see him as solid and substantial a citizen as they themselves are ’ ( Geis 1978 : 283 ) . |
| 4 | She said she 'd have a sherry , a nebulous drink itself , so I poured her as dark and sweet a one as I could find in the little tight tiny rows of sinister bottles , and while she drank it I put on trousers and sweater . |
| 5 | The solution of silica which had saturated the dead organisms and solidified into chert was clearly as fine-grained and durable a preservative as exists . |
| 6 | In general , most of these commentaries had concluded that domestic rates were probably as fair and efficient a system as any . |