Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Vulnerable people should be aware that there are some laboratories and practitioners who rely on controversial and unproven procedures … which are not considered by independent observers either to be reliable or to have a scientific basis . ’ |
| 2 | Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc . |
| 3 | If members have done something interesting or have a fascinating or unusual hobby and want to tell us about it perhaps letting us borrow a photograph of the member ? ) they are welcome to write — quoting membership number please . |
| 4 | Most of the game is mental — being able to keep your head clear and retain a certain outlook on life should mean that bad times are neither so frequent nor so lengthy as they would be if you start examining your technique or doubting your ability . |
| 5 | Then scratchmen Scott and Monaghan , along with Downey ( Clann Eireann ) , broke clear and opened a small gap . |
| 6 | Patients were seen weekly and kept a daily symptom diary . |
| 7 | And the traders themselves told us that , by calling weekly and establishing a personal relationship with their customers , they can rely on collecting debts from people who might not reliably send off payments , say to an H P firm . |
| 8 | They are very economical and remain a viable buy because of their extreme portability , especially for use in the car , where CDs — with their wider dynamic range — have little advantage . |
| 9 | It is the most demanding and requires a high commitment of all staff involved . |
| 10 | The post was very interesting and involved a good blend of research , teaching and clinical work . |
| 11 | It is extremely light and has a sensible gear ratio of 4:1 . |
| 12 | It tastes brown and leaves a little dust crunching between the teeth . |
| 13 | Police have accepted their officers were in the wrong and sent a written apology to the family . |
| 14 | Yet it never seems to have occurred to politicians that maybe the whole system is wrong and needs a radical overhaul . |
| 15 | The okapi , according to Gill Venner , is shy and elusive and has a long gestation period . ) |
| 16 | Utilisation can be twice as high and produces a double benefit : ( i ) lower costs per hour , and ( ii ) fewer aircraft needed to service the same sales volume . |
| 17 | They point to what they see as the devastating effect of the Exchange Rate Mechanism on keeping interest rates high and maintaining a debt-driven recession . |
| 18 | when delivering a kick , raise the kicking knee and leg high and maintain a straight line through the body ; and |
| 19 | Get the wing-tip holder to keep the down wind wing-tip high and apply a little aileron to prevent it falling during the first part of the take-off run . |
| 20 | Instead , you held your head high and let a glazed look mask your eyes . |
| 21 | But those keen to dial a sex show face problems — the screen is a mere three inches high and gives a poor image . |
| 22 | Let's celebrate : organisers Cordelia Ditton and Dominic D'Angelo are determined that the overall tone will be upbeat and create a feel-good factor |
| 23 | Q Our son is 11 years old and attends a prep school as a boarder . |
| 24 | Joanne was 4 years old and attended a private nursery in a private housing estate within a large city . |
| 25 | She looked at him , smiling , and he thought she was beautiful , even though she was old and had a stiff , curly whisker or two on her chin . |
| 26 | Wendy from Countesthorpe in Leicester , is 18 years old and has a little daughter , Natasha , who was born in December 1988 . |
| 27 | ‘ As you know , I 'm an adequate , plain cook , but I 've neither the time nor the talent to produce a coq au vin like this one : it was produced by my neighbour , Mrs Neville , who is seventy-five years old and runs a thriving emergency cooking , house-sitting and general crisis-management service for the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 28 | Farrell angrily ripped the empty magazine free and rammed a fresh one in . |
| 29 | He was illiterate and possessed a limited knowledge of English , and had a partner who was unscrupulous ; he was utterly vulnerable , a lamb to the slaughter , taken in by a rotter . |
| 30 | That is what it takes to become internationally popular and to have a longlasting career . |